Did fellow Catholics Bishop Guilfoyle and Bishop McCort sabotage Bishop Carroll?

[youngbuck]

And I would have been one of the loudest voices supporting them against the football factories of Forest Hills, Cambria Heights and Richland, all of whom I feel acted in a shameful manner by voting against BC.

No one cares what you think, what were these schools supposed to do, wait until they had a hole in there schedule and try to find out of state teams to play?  CR wanted in and is a good fit.  BC very like will go the way of Rockwood and not have football.  
One day you are crying that Catholics recruit and the next day you are their champion.  Go back to your real housewives.

[knowitall]

Nice comeback, has been.

I would like to defend BC on this matter but how can I when they were thrown under the bus by their so called Brethren. This is all the proof anyone now needs that sports comes first at these schools and they will do anything it takes to win.

[Wrasslerfan]

My answer will be brief no and how long will knowitall go on this tanget

[youngbuck]

Wow, has-been, great comeback
This has nothing to do with winning, for the last two years every team in the LHAC has beaten BC easily.  Adding ridge will probably hurt some teams in the win loss column.  Playing BC with 20 players, a portion of that exchange students, not known when they are no longer going to be able to have a team is what it was about.  Why in tbe world would BM and BG side with BC?  Each school is Independent, no diocese control.  So there schools can beg to get into another conference or play as independents and travel all over to find games.  
You want to argue but lack the knowledge to do so is the issue.

[knowitall]

I'm well aware of the issue, has been. 

While they may be separate schools, BG, BM AND BC are all Catholic schools.  BG and BM sacrificed their principles by choosing their sports teams over their fellow Catholic schools.  It was these two schools I was clearly referring to when I said it was all about winning.  I have no idea what Greater a Johnstown, Somerset or Penn Cambria's motivation was to vote the way they did.

What happens if Ligonier or Central want to come back?  Will Bishop Guilfoyle get booted?  They sure know Bishop McCort won't stand for them.

Did you even read the original article?  

[Crimson's Ghost]

It's pretty clear the public schools call the shots, McCort and Guilfoyle can get voted out at any time after seeing what happened to Bishop Carroll.

Not an easy way to live.

[Crimson's Ghost]

But blaming McCort and Guilfoyle for not sticking to these unwritten "principles" that I myself have never heard of while being held hostage by 9 other schools seems like a very strange stance to take on the matter.  I don't see anyone else coming to this conclusion but yourself.

They wanted to kick Bishop Carroll out for 5+ years now, and McCort and BG stood with them until it became apparent they were going to be kicked out as well. So in this theory, McCort and BG were supposed to vote themselves out of a league all to stand with Bishop Carroll. It just sounds ludicrous to me. I don't understand the reasoning why it's McCort's and Guilfoyle's fault.  They weren't presented with any other viable options.   It's either vote BC out, or vote yourself out.  

No other league is taking McCort, you understand this right?  They would have to plan an independent schedule for every varsity and junior high sport, which would require far more travel than they do now.  So to stand with Bishop Carroll meant a larger travel budget, scheuling hassles, possibly cutting some sports teams.   I feel awful that's what is happening to Bishop Carroll, but why should McCort and Guilfoyle have to write that fate for themselves if they don't have to, all to appease a guy on Bleachercoaches.com?

They absolutely made the right decision, but it's unfortunate they were given an ultimatum in the first place. Voting themselves out of conference could potentially be a larger blow than either school was able to afford.   

[theprophet]

Am I the only one who thinks this could be a win win for everyone.  First I cheer for BC in all sports but to have them play football in the LHAC is not fair to them or the other teams.  Hopefully they can join a conference were the majority of the schools are their size.  Maybe WestPac or Heritage.

[Crimson's Ghost]

The only issue is that neither the WestPac or Heritage will take them, the only reasons those conference were formed was to avoid Bishop Carroll.

[benchpress]

The only ones suffering in all of this are the Bishop Carroll athletes. Decisions made by adults affect these kids.Decisions by grown men who have their panties in a bunch because of some perceived screwing over years ago, back in the day when they probably feel they lost out on their chances at the NFL because of the Huskies. These kids  never asked for ANY of this. They compete to the best of their abilities and they are ridiculed when they win and ostracized when they lose. Guess what? They will still go on and have successful lives because of their families and their education, education which can be enriched by sports. But a bunch of crybabies have tried to take that part of their high school experience away from them. You can wrap this up, tie it in a bow and tell everyone it's for the best interests of the students but in all reality, it's only self -serving to a bunch of middle-age wanna be's who make themselves feel superior by taking on a bunch of teenagers. Congrats, you've won. You beat a bunch of kids. Hope you all feel really great about it.