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This is why Metro/Suburban/Rural, rich/poor, public/private aren't the issue. The number of GA-4s in a program is the single biggest differentiator among programs. Playoff system needs to reflect that.

You don't have a clue about what you're talking about. That region is brutal. Talent-wise, Enterprise was at an extreme disadvantage. There are multiple teams in that region that would win state in FL fairly easily.

Only thing about a multiplier is it touches on the issue of out of boundary issue, but doesn't directly address it. If 10 kids transfer in to take AP Calculus, that doesn't affect football. It also doesn't account for fake addresses, which are used more often than not. Also, how much of a multiplier, what number represents the value of a transfer? People talk Metro/Suburban, public/private etc and what they are getting at is how to group schools who get transfers more easily than others. It makes more sense to just group teams by transfers and cut out all the periphery talk.

Transfers are the issue. Nothing wrong with kids going where they want to go, but they create the imbalance. The issue isn't public/private, metro/suburban, rich/poor. There are schools that get them and schools that don't. There needs to be a system that groups teams based on that. Have an Open Division, but make it based on the number of incoming transfers. All FHSAA teams will be places into districts based on geography and enrollment (pre Metro/Suburban split). 8 classifications (Rural + 1A - 7A), 16 districts per. District champions are automatic qualifiers and the remainder of the playoff qualifiers are determined by Maxpreps ranking. At the conclusion of the regular season, the 32 teams with the highest number of incoming transfers (tracked by GA-4 forms) are placed into Open Bracket. If a district champion is moved to the Open Division, the 2nd place team becomes an At-Large qualifier, assuming they are not in the Open Division. If they are, then the 3rd place team becomes an At-Large qualifier, and so on. If there is a tie for the 32nd most incoming transfers, the team with the higher Maxpreps ranking moves in to the Open Division.

Not to hijack the thread but here's my thought on playoffs. Go back to 6-8 classifications based on enrollment/geography (before Metro/Suburban). Play district/non-district schedule, then take the 32 teams who have the most transfers (tracked by GA-4 forms) and put them in an Open Division bracket. Everyone else fills out the 1A-8A brackets with district champions in automatically and Maxpreps/RPI/whatever ranking system determining at-large bids.