The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has inadequately addressed this issue and essentially ignored pursuing remedies to it for nearly 40 years.
Nearly 4000 people involved with high school sports across NYS including the NYSPHSAA executive committee members, section executive committees, section and state level sport chairs, athletic directors and coaches were presented a viable framework for a resolution to this problem in February of 2024. Some had this in their possession in January of 2023. Their lack of progress on the matter and unwillingness of Dr. Robert Zayas to publicly acknowledge the viable and reasonable solution put into their possession evident by the youtube interview that is included on this website warrants a justified lack of faith in their sincerity in handling this long standing competitive disadvantage every boundary mapped pulic school has to overcome in post season play. Pursuing some other path such as adopted NYS legislatioon is warranted and overdue.
Here are two attachments that show what was brought forward in February of 2024, these are long in an effort to thoroughly lay out the case why a revised policy was justified and reasonable.
Here is the introductory email sent out across NYS in February 2024 that brought forward a viable solution.
Here is the proposed resolution attached in the email that that was brought nealy 4000 NYS high school sport officials.
Lucy Hodgman's article in the Times Union hilighting the inequities of public vs. private teams.
In February 2024 a proposal was brought forward across New York State to nearly 4000 school administrators, NYSPHSAA section officials and coaches that would create a criteria for creating a new classification for both private and charter schools in the postseason. This proposal could be moved forward as is or serve as a conceptual model for another proposal similar in nature.