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Congrats Vero Beach I mean Dillard

I continue to be intrigued by the relegation/promotion system, but I can't help but think there is a serious difference between professional soccer teams and high school football teams.  Soccer clubs are more likely to maintain a consistent roster over time.  Sure, they'll lose a player here and gain a player there, but it's pretty much the same club from one year to the next (until the owner decides to take the plunge and go sign Messi).   My biggest concern with the system being applied to high school football is similar to the discussion we've had regarding ranking -- more often than not, teams are ranked based on what they did last year, not what they're projected to do this year.  
So, as I understand the relegation/promotion process, here's how it would play out.  Mythical High School would be in a particular class.  Then, over a period of a year or two, the right kids would all come together for a magical senior year, where the MHS Unicorns make a run at the state title.  Whether they win it or not, their record for that year is the best in school history.  Let's say the Unicorns finish 14-2, losing a close game in the state finals.   Anybody who knows anything about high school football knows that all of MHS' star players will graduate and the team will regress back to mediocrity the following year -- if they stay in the same class.  But, because they won so many games, they get moved up a class, where they promptly get smacked down and are lucky to win two games.  As a result, the handful of rising stars from the JV team decide they don't want to be part of a losing team, so they jump ship and transfer, making it hard for MHS to even stay mediocre the next few seasons. 
In short, with rare exceptions where a "program" exists that continues to attract talent year in and year out, success in high school football is cyclical and my concern is that the relegation/promotion system would always be a year or two behind a team's actual talent and could very well cause a team to lose what little talent they have waiting in the wings. 
Help me understand how the system accounts for determining where a team should be this year as opposed to where they should have been last year. 

Madison competing in the same class as STA? Get real!  That's like saying Mount Union College should be in the SEC.

Agree. All 3 options suck because none address the real issue, transfers.

Agree. All 3 options suck because none address the real issue, transfers.

I'm trying to understand option 2.  People are so focused upon the handful of schools that get all the transfers they have lost sight of the entire rest of the city schools that dont receive any transfers.  These schools that lose transfers greatly outnumber the few schools that concentrate all of the talent.  If they get lumped into the metro divisions, which I assume are going to contain all of the powerful teams that receive the transfers, it wont be fair either.  The current system is not perfect but its better than this proposal.

Ah, ok...

Ah, ok...

Ah, ok...

I think we all did 

I'm happy for you 17, I know it's been tough seeing your program struggle lately

@LakelandGator We needed this one.  

But I did blow it on your Wildcats beating Frostproof.
I had the Dogs winning that game. See my weekly preview:   
 
 
 

Right now it’s looking as if Deerfield beach threw in the towel & walked off the Field & forfeited. 

Not me, I won money on it. Easy money at that(+21)
I watched a replay of the 1st half of their game with SFA. That score is very misleading and SFA is poorly coached. I knew a really coached team with some talent could make it a game, and obviously Jesuit is well coached with some decent to good talent.
Aquinas will lose to well-coached teams with good to equal talent.
 

I think we all did

Martin County had to cancel this week due to covid issues, so Vero will be hosting Bartow this Friday instead. 

Tap the brakes Jesse. Lotta football to b played. That ball takes a lot of funny bounces......(like your loyalty!)....

Should be a great playoff in 1A region 4. Pahokee, Fort Meade, Bradford, Wildwood, and Hawthorne.  

Fort Meade is good this year

Haines City ended their losing streak

Haines City ended their losing streak

I've heard Sarasota is good this year. 

Fort Meade is good this year

Fort Meade is good this year