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Originally Posted by JohnSchneider
I think the real problem is that for the last 5-6 years, TRR has served as the "state championship" for Texas. Its the flagship of Texas offseason. And rather than create another event for UIL as they probably should have, they just decided to take over TRR and use its recognition and systems to serve as the "UIL state championship". They're sort of corrupting something that was special to many Texas Teams.
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Originally Posted by Michael Blake
It creates a second-class tier IMO and I know _a lot_ of others, including those with full-UIL eligible teams, agree with me on this because they've told me directly.
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I agree with these sentiments whole-heartedly. TRR is a great offseason event, and I would hate to see these "tiers" fall into place here in Texas. The last thing we need is for that mentality to propagate into the regular season and create a divide between what I see as a big Texas family.