Loss of Revenue to the KSHSAA if P/P high schools were to go on their own:
I estimate it to be $5400/$10,800: 27 High Schools x $200 per school in membership fees = $5400. However, officially, the membership fee is $400 per year per high school, but the KSHSAA halved it this year and next, so could be as high as $10,800 when reinstated.
Doubt there would be much, if any, loss of revenue in state playoffs as there will be schools qualify for post-season who would not have otherwise.
I don't think losing $5400 or $10,800 if the P/P schools were to choose to go on their own would cause the KSHSAA to shutter its windows.
On the other hand, if the P/P schools went on their own they would have to secure their own catastrophic injury insurance, probably at a much higher premium. P/P schools would find it difficult to schedule games with KSHSAA schools if no uniform system of eligibility or season of sport was adopted by the P/P schools and could/would incur more travel cost.
For the most part, other KSHSAA competitive NON-ATHLETICE activities such forensics, debate, music and scholars' bowl would not be as extensively available to the students in P/P schools except at greater cost and travel. The KSHSAA oversees and sponsors a LOT MORE than just athletics. In fact, the first "A" in KSHSAA does not stand for Athletics, it is for Activities.
IMO P/P schools dropping out of the KSHSAA would be the classic "cut off nose to spite face" move. I believe the 27 P/P schools get a lot more from being members of the KSHSAA than the KSHSAA and its other 300+ member schools would lose if they were to go on their own.
I think the proposal to split 4A into two classifications FOR FOOTBALL will receive some serious consideration.
IMO, the proposal to put P/P schools in their own classification is DOA. I think adopting a proposal which automatically "bumps up" the P/P schools one classification is, at best, extremely remote. I do think there will be some serious talk and study of multipliers for P/P enrollment, but believe its future adoption to be 50-50 at best. Keep in mind I am speaking from an area of the state that has very, very few P/P high schools (just one, TMP, that is a KSHSAA Member?) so my "world view" about possible changes by the KSHSAA is no doubt stilted.
