Why are there so many Private school leagues

[midcities 6-man fan]

I'm just curious why there are so many private school associations in Texas. There is TAPPS, which is by far the largest and appears to be the most competitive. Then there is TAIOA don't even know what that stands for. Then TCAL which I thought was Texas Catholic Athletic League, but none of the teams there seem to be catholic schools. So I'm confused.
Why don't they all play under one umbrella like the public schools do?

 

[CoachTravisR]

I do really wish we could play under one umbrella like UIL. All of our playoff systems would make so much more sense. And the playoff brackets could expand to what they need to be at.
So a little backstory to answer your questions. TAPPS is definitely the most played in the Private school System. But they do not allow Homeschool teams. This is kind of where the gap started to grow. Homeschool teams were once in TCAL, it was a big league back in the early 2010's giving TAPPS a run for it's money. Played State Games in the Cotton Bowl. But TCAL got very unorganized and "shady."
So a couple of coaches from San Antonio-Feast Homeschool decided to create a league of their own. For Homeschool teams and all alike in 2014.
This was the birth of TAIAO. The whole TCAL situation also had TAPPS create a rule where TAPPS Teams can not play TCAL schools.
TAIAO has expanded a lot though and takes in other private schools. Either schools that fall out/get kicked out of TAPPS or schools moving on from TCAL and TCAF.

TCAL now only has about 3 Teams. TCAF maybe has 6-8, but TCAF is strictly in the DFW area now.

I imagine a world where we could get everyone in one league and split everyone up into 4-5 team districts and do it true Round Robin style like UIL. But the main issue has been people bumping heads, and to many private schools doing "Shady" things.

Hopefully one day, we can figure it out. Instead of having 8 different "State Champs" every year.

 

[HillCountyWolvesFootball]

I'm just curious why there are so many private school associations in Texas. There is TAPPS, which is by far the largest and appears to be the most competitive. Then there is TAIOA don't even know what that stands for. Then TCAL which I thought was Texas Catholic Athletic League, but none of the teams there seem to be catholic schools. So I'm confused.
Why don't they all play under one umbrella like the public schools do?

TAIAO stands for Texas Association of Independent Athletic Organizations

 

[SixManNewb]

The thing that bothers me is a school can just decide to leave TAPPS for football for one season and then come back like nothing ever happened. We had several schools in our district just drop out for football, but maintain their membership for other sports. You're either in or out.

 

[Broadcaster]

I do really wish we could play under one umbrella like UIL. All of our playoff systems would make so much more sense. And the playoff brackets could expand to what they need to be at.
So a little backstory to answer your questions. TAPPS is definitely the most played in the Private school System. But they do not allow Homeschool teams. This is kind of where the gap started to grow. Homeschool teams were once in TCAL, it was a big league back in the early 2010's giving TAPPS a run for it's money. Played State Games in the Cotton Bowl. But TCAL got very unorganized and "shady."
So a couple of coaches from San Antonio-Feast Homeschool decided to create a league of their own. For Homeschool teams and all alike in 2014.
This was the birth of TAIAO. The whole TCAL situation also had TAPPS create a rule where TAPPS Teams can not play TCAL schools.
TAIAO has expanded a lot though and takes in other private schools. Either schools that fall out/get kicked out of TAPPS or schools moving on from TCAL and TCAF.

TCAL now only has about 3 Teams. TCAF maybe has 6-8, but TCAF is strictly in the DFW area now.

I imagine a world where we could get everyone in one league and split everyone up into 4-5 team districts and do it true Round Robin style like UIL. But the main issue has been people bumping heads, and to many private schools doing "Shady" things.

Hopefully one day, we can figure it out. Instead of having 8 different "State Champs" every year.

TCAF also has schools in Central Texas. Other than TAPPS, it is likely the most organized and controlled or supervised. It has been in existence for Bout 30 years. I believe that they serviced 14 to 16 six man teams this year. Their top 4 teams are always very competitive and generally play some tough TAPPS and UIL teams. Another round of playoffs would be nice though.

 

[CoachTravisR]

The thing that bothers me is a school can just decide to leave TAPPS for football for one season and then come back like nothing ever happened. We had several schools in our district just drop out for football, but maintain their membership for other sports. You're either in or out.

This is a HUGE issue for going back and forth between 11-man and 6-man as well.