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Congratulations to Coach BasSie for taking a stand against the PSAL. I applaud him, as a former coach and athletic director at RKA I totally understand his battle. Small schools like RKA are at a major disadvantage even if they have the good fortune of being able to compete with bigger schools.

RKA has 200 girls and 200 boys a very small pool to choose teams from year after year. The chance of having a competitive team in the "A" division year after year is slim. Yet 3 of RKA's teams are in the "A: division. Schools they compete against have populations of thousands, certainly there is a better chance to select quality players and have quality teams. PSAL should have various leagues based on population. A large school league and a small school league. This should not be based on how well a team did the previous year but only on size. The PSAL should make the pools for students to be on teams equal. The PSAL adds and drops teams from the A division to the B division only on the success or demise of that team the previous year. Sure the children want to compete at the highest level but they can do that in a league that is fair. Their are plenty of small schools throughout the city that have excellent athletes which would make the games very competitive. Schools in New Jersey compete based on size and certainly colleges have division 1,2, and 3. Would a small division 3 school compete with a division 1 school such as Notre Dame, I don't think so. Hats off to the Science coach, the PSAL should listen and change and therefore not accept Coach BasSie's resignation but instead honor him for his courage to take a stand.