Justin Dyer

🚨 We’re done pretending this is a level playing field. One school is practicing on a field that should have been replaced 10 years ago. Their coaches are begging for equipment, fundraising for uniforms, squeezing kids onto buses 🚌 and wondering whether the budget can even cover transportation. Across town, another program has pristine facilities 🏟️, resources most public schools could only dream about, financial aid and scholarship opportunities to help attract students, and the money to get wherever they need to go. Then the adults running high school athletics look at those two programs and say: 🏆 Perfect. Go compete for the same championship. Give us a break. 🙄 The problem isn’t the private school taking advantage of every resource available to them. They should. The problem is the people in charge who can look at two completely different realities and continue pretending they represent competitive equality. 🚌 If one program is worried about whether the bus is getting approved while another is deciding which upgraded facility to use, STOP CALLING IT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. 📢 At some point, competitive balance has to mean more than putting everybody in the same bracket and pretending the logo on the jersey is the only difference. Public schools deserve better than being told to “compete harder” in a system that refuses to acknowledge what they’re competing against. 🎯 If you’re responsible for competitive balance and you’re comfortable calling this fair, the problem isn’t the schools anymore. It’s you. 🎤 #SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud #FloridaCoaches #HighSchoolSports