irish86 wrote:A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.^[1] To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position. (ouch, that will leave a mark)
Coach, my point was not that the Jesuit players are saints, but that the Jesuit haters are anything but....Cursing and slandering a bunch of players is a reflection of the folks spewing the hate. The fact that the Jesuit players and fans don't punch them in the nose is also a credit to them.
And I still don't see your name anywhere. My name is David Finn and I'll give you very good directions to my office if you care to visit.
And if you care to respond you win and will get the last word. I'm getting back to rooting for the Jesuit coach, team, parents, and school.

CoachByb wrote:

DropAndSwitch wrote:San Antonio Alamo Heights allows tuition students. I don't know exactly how that works if they are a public school, but I knew a couple of friends who played soccer there and lived out of district. The school wasn't paying their tuition or anything but I could definitely see how that would be an advantage for a private school. If a kid is in a bad district and has the means to attend a private school with a good program, that team would naturally benefit from a situation like that.

Actually, several districts allow open enrollment. Jesuit's regional final opponent is a good example. Socorro ISD allows students to transfer schools based on certain curriculum decisions not based on attendance boundaries. Wichita Falls ISD does this. Brownsville allows this for Hidalgo College Prep. What do these have in common? Final four appearances in the last few years. Coincidentally, many of the best soccer players happen to choose to go to the school that is winning at the time.
Hidalgo was brought in front of the UIL last fall for recruiting violations. Bel Air has actually been in front of the UIL, and the complaining coach showed how the player had misspelled "Bel Air" on the application, questioning what the students true motivation for attending that school would be.
Open enrollment at various high schools across the state is very similar to what the Jesuits have.
By the way, I'm predicting an All-Catholic final.

Head out of the Sand wrote:

irish86 wrote:A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.^[1] To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position. (ouch, that will leave a mark)
Coach, my point was not that the Jesuit players are saints, but that the Jesuit haters are anything but....Cursing and slandering a bunch of players is a reflection of the folks spewing the hate. The fact that the Jesuit players and fans don't punch them in the nose is also a credit to them.
And I still don't see your name anywhere. My name is David Finn and I'll give you very good directions to my office if you care to visit.
And if you care to respond you win and will get the last word. I'm getting back to rooting for the Jesuit coach, team, parents, and school.

Don't give them too much credit...I was a neutral spectator at the Jesuit v El Paso Bel Air game last weekend and heard more than enough racial slurs coming from the mouths of the Jesuit parents.

irish86 wrote:just like in the old TCIL days! These two teams probably met 20 times in the TCIL finals over the past 30 years in the pre-UIL days.
Go Jesuit(s)!
PS: So whatever happened to the stripping nun? Ha

irish86 wrote:Nice. Please remind the Sisters of Perpetual Martyrdom that charity begins at home, as in Dallas. If the Dallas Jesuit team does not win the championship I will send you and yours to the restaurant of your choice on the house. I'm sure you'd reciprocate, right? If not, you can still call me on my offer. I won't let you down.
David

irish86 wrote:And lest I forget to make a specific prediction, Dallas Jesuit's Rex Rayfield will score the winning goal. He got two yesterday, and his dad was a machine when he played for Charlie many moons ago...That kid, and the team, are on a mission, and I think Rex Sr. was on the Dallas Jesuit team that beat Strake 3 or 4 years in a row

Aswan wrote:To think that we have had centuries of dialectic on divine dispensation when all we had to do was resolve the issue with a soccer game. Truly, we are living in a marvelous time. Your views: does the resurgence of the church mark the beginning of the end of times or the beginning of a new historical epoch.

finish1 wrote:

irish86 wrote:And lest I forget to make a specific prediction, Dallas Jesuit's Rex Rayfield will score the winning goal. He got two yesterday, and his dad was a machine when he played for Charlie many moons ago...That kid, and the team, are on a mission, and I think Rex Sr. was on the Dallas Jesuit team that beat Strake 3 or 4 years in a row

My prediction is that Jesuit wins the UIL Championship today for the first time. Why? See clip...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKZSqd5Y8nA&feature=related

old soccer dad wrote:Interesting move by Jesuit Strake to put a defender in the goal for the shootout.
I will say Jesuit Dallas earned the championship. They played alot of really good teams in Region I and came out on top.