Ferd, no problem with the ILH recruiting the best athletes in Hawaii (from outer island included) and/or the mainland/Samoa also.  Yes, it freedom of choice and any athlete who is recruited and given a financial incentive to do so, should go if that's the best decision for them.  They should go as the educational opportunities that the Iolani, Punahou, Kamehameha affords, cannot be matched by the public schools.  Public can offer the opportunity to all but cannot match the vast resources of the top private schools.  And that's why the leagues should be kept separate during league play and meet up in post season if the public schools decided to do so.  If it leads to the OIA having their own separate state championship then so be it.  I don't think it'll go that far as a thought floating is to bring back the Prep Bowl concept with OIA vs ILH champion forgoing the HHSAA tournament entirely.  The OIA goals does not include supporting the ILH league.  That's for them to deal with.