[Updated Districts and Regions for football]

Personally I think numbers shouldn't matter with certain schools because depending on who it is can play with just about anybody. You take Booker T. Washington and Cocoa for examples. Both of these schools are in 4A, however moving them up a classification I think wouldn't hurt them at all because they would win and some might say American Heritage but remember Booker T. Washington beat the breaks off them in the preseason game.

 

Another thing I need to add in is rival schools. Miami Central is a good example. Central could move up but the problem with that is scheduling. 7A district 16 has 9 schools so if you're Central who's the last game Northwestern, Carol City, Booker T. Washington or OOS game and then 8A. 8A district 13 has 6 schools which again if you're Central you schedule Northwestern, Carol City and Booker T. Washington which leads one open spot. Do you schedule OOS, in state game or cupcake game. I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't see why Mainland is moving up to 8A.

Coachog just explained the reasons for Mainland to go to Class 8A. He just said it mostly has to do with student enrollment. That's how their program feels, I would like them to stay to try to beat one of those Dade teams, but they are doing what is positive for them.

[Updated Districts and Regions for football]

My bad. Was meant for the STA-Venice thread, but I see someone has put it up already.

[Next Year's Playoff: Simulation]

First coast has dropped off huge last 2 years

Still a large playoff contender. They been to the state finals before, and have a high number of good prospects. They have proven themselves a lot more in the JAX area.

[Next Year's Playoff: Simulation]

Yes, except now imagine 60 of the best teams in the classifications and you start getting the idea. Now obviously, school size plays a large role in success, but we can obviously name many schools that are top notch that are smaller.

Yes, which then would bring up the point of travel. I'm all in for our state classifications to be much stronger during the season, and the playoffs instead of this watered down balloon system that we have, but traveling will always be at the top of the list when it comes to situations like these.

[Next Year's Playoff: Simulation]

In theory, I like teams like Trinity Christian, Bolles, Cocoa, Godby, Bishop Moore, and other continuously great schools to move up in classification until winning districts or making the playoffs is not an absolute. I want us to eventually the 60 best schools put them in an 8A classification and let them play. Size would not matter, if you are a 3A school and beat the 3A schools, then move up to 4A. If you beat the 4As, move up to 5A, And so forth.

 

If you are an 8A school and can barely field a team, let's move you down to 7A to try and be more competitive. If you are not competitive at 7A, move down to 6A. If you are not competitive at 6A, and then 5A and so forth.

 

One of the worse ideas we have is that school size is the only factor that contributes to success. While I am sure there is a strong correlation between size and success, we can many mid-size schools that are better than the 8A schools in their own counties. So we need to stop pretending that size is the only factor, let on field success or failure allow teams to move up and down in classifications, not just school size. 

So in a way, it's like making the state like a top to bottom gauntlet starting with the juggernaut/playoff contending programs all down to upstarts and or programs who are not really engaged in the win for titles effect. So if it were to be that type of scenario, 8A would be pretty much be like a popcorn version of the SEC in one when you have the likes of Apopka, Plant, Manatee, DP, First Coast, Lakeland, Armwood, Cocoa, from the north and Aquinas, Central, Heritage, BTW, Flanagan, Northwestern, Naples, Dwyer, Oxbridge, from the south.