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In 2018 Tampa Robinson beat Jefferson in a district game. Both had the same w/l record. Under the old system Robinson would have made the playoffs as district runner-up. But Jefferson got in with a higher RPI.

I can't see how RPI, or the point system used in 2018 are that much of an improvement over district champ & district runner-up format previously used. This was supposed to keep teams with losing records from making the playoffs while ones with winning seasons are kept out. Has either system really accomplished that goal? Not always.

Look at Lemon Bay's RPI.

It's possible to manipulate an RPI. Going 10-0 against weak teams counts 35%. If a couple of your opponents go 5-5 or 6-4, your RPI actually looks pretty good.

it's a good laugh

So, my son just ran the math for Hardee's RPI. He said he had to subtract our game out to arrive at the same OWP as FHSAA has.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=g4kA1dCWwJc&feature=share

BTW (1) FSU (9) Apopka (5) STA (10) Bartram Trail (6) TCA (7) Rockledge (4) Cocoa (8) Palmetto (2) TBT (3) Bonus : Clewiston

That's why I think there should be a cap on the number of transfers a program should be allowed to take.

Lake Gibson was up big then nearly blew it. Sounds like Lakeland didn't take Lake Gibson too serious until too late.

I went from first to last quick. Thanks Lakeland!

I visit it occasionally. Not much fun on there anymore.

OSL & Broward Handicapper - miss both

I was told this game was scheduled last minute due to a cancellation. Should be good one and a chance to see just how good Fort Meade is.

Freeport (1) Seminole (4) Lakeland (10) Belen Jesuit (3) Cardinal Gibbons (2) Trinity Christian (6) Apopka (7) Lakewood (8) Gulliver (5) Edison (9)

I heard that too

Fort Meade has a great team this year.

Frostproof vs Okeechobee was rescheduled to today at 6

Form what I was told by those at the Webber University camp, Lake Wales was every bit the equal to Jesuit. I know, that was camp and this is the season, Lake Wales hasn't been challenged, etc. I will give Lakeland a nod but I really expect a close one that can go either way and a LW win won't hit me as a shocker.

Private schools by design have to have a way of attracting students or close up shop. Getting them to come there while still in middle school or just finishing 8th grade is just part of how a private school has to function. Big difference than going after an athlete already attending another high school.

How so? I got no problem with the private school saying come here to an 8th grader who hasn't played a down of varsity before. Most likely that kid is going to play JV as a freshman anyway.

Here's what I see: Bartow a couple of years ago was 0-10. The years just before were not much better. Then they hire a competent head coach. Overnight he turns the program around and now they are winning. Bartow is 7a. They didn't have to go to 6A to start winning. Some schools choose to go independent, Bartow did not. It's examples like this that has me convinced that most schools need a leadership change to be successful. Not some gimmick.

Give it up. I've been telling @gatorman-uf this for years now. He's convinced and no changing his mind.

When I private school gets a kid as an incoming freshman or before, I don't view it as recruiting players. Especially if that kid plays a year on the JV team.

Not to mention the fact that Florida has a right to privacy law as well as an anti-stalking law. FHSAA is lucky they haven't been sued the way they handled some of those past investigations. Think twice before you go snooping around someone's home or interrogate a minor without their legal guardian present.