Combine the old play system with this year

[FloTech]

Let the district Runner ups get in while other teams in the same districts get in the playoffs too or would it be too many teams making the playoffs.....

 

[STILL KRUNK]

I believe is you took top 16 teams, extended playoff 1 week backwards (9 game season, not 10), then you do pick up District Champ, Runner ups, AND and strong 3rd in a district. that is where the argument lies and what the system was originally meant to correct.  Is a 3rd in a strong district stronger than the 2nd in a weaker district.  That is what you see being the controversy this year.

Instead of points or committees deciding that pick them both up and let them play.  If they are good enough, they win 1st round.

 

[gwdrum75]

Here's mine:

Go to 3 districts per region.

3 district champs get in, 3 district runner-ups get in. Remaining 2 playoff spots are wild-cards decided by points.

3 District champs get first round home game along with the highest point total team of the runner-ups/wild card teams.

Seeding is based on points.

Must have a .500 or better record to qualify for the playoffs. If a district champ or runner-up has a sub .500 record, additional wild-cards are added to take their place. Although going to 3 districts would mean more teams per district and less chance of having a sub .500 team in the champ or runner-up spot.

[DisabledAccount]

22 minutes ago, gwdrum75 said:

Here's mine:

Go to 3 districts per region.

3 district champs get in, 3 district runner-ups get in. Remaining 2 playoff spots are wild-cards decided by points.

3 District champs get first round home game along with the highest point total team of the runner-ups/wild card teams.

Seeding is based on points.

Must have a .500 or better record to qualify for the playoffs. If a district champ or runner-up has a sub .500 record, additional wild-cards are added to take their place. Although going to 3 districts would mean more teams per district and less chance of having a sub .500 team in the champ or runner-up spot.

Hey im working on something 

 

It's not perfect but it does use what you stated

 

3 districts per region 

 

If you want I'll send it to you later and you can check it out 

[gwdrum75]

Just now, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

Hey im working on something 

 

It's not perfect but it does use what you stated

 

3 districts per region 

 

If you want I'll send it to you later and you can check it out 

Cool!

[gatorman-uf]

Easier task.. 
Require every district to be 8 teams.
No fewer than 64 teams per classification. 1A and 2A combine, but keep the rural/urban divide so that the "rural" champion plays the "urban" champion for the state championship. So Oak Hall and St. Francis would play in urban division, despite being close to many of the rural schools. 
That is 7 district games and 3 "flex" games for your schedule.
Top 4 teams per district get in.
FHSAA supplements every district game over 50 miles away at half cost (so if you take 2 school buses than they pay half the cost of each or the whole cost of one bus and you pay for the other). The travel will be killer on many of the schools on the interior of the state and North of Gainesville, so need to subsidize it.
Might we still get a team with a losing record in? Sure, but the chances are decreased vs the 3 and 4 team districts.
If we are willing to go to 9 teams a district (8 district matches, we can shrink down to 7 classes) There would be a need for a couple of 10 team districts spread throughout the classifications if we did that. 

 

[Hwy17]

8 hours ago, gwdrum75 said:

Here's mine:

Go to 3 districts per region.

3 district champs get in, 3 district runner-ups get in. Remaining 2 playoff spots are wild-cards decided by points.

3 District champs get first round home game along with the highest point total team of the runner-ups/wild card teams.

Seeding is based on points.

Must have a .500 or better record to qualify for the playoffs. If a district champ or runner-up has a sub .500 record, additional wild-cards are added to take their place. Although going to 3 districts would mean more teams per district and less chance of having a sub .500 team in the champ or runner-up spot.

Basically that was the system used in 1999-2000. Fewer districts ment larger districts so district champs and runner ups typically had winning records. The point system used for wildcards was much simpler too. A few wildcard teams made it as far as round 3. 

[s1nglewing]

On 11/8/2017 at 3:47 PM, gatorman-uf said:

Easier task.. 
Require every district to be 8 teams.
No fewer than 64 teams per classification. 1A and 2A combine, but keep the rural/urban divide so that the "rural" champion plays the "urban" champion for the state championship. So Oak Hall and St. Francis would play in urban division, despite being close to many of the rural schools. 
That is 7 district games and 3 "flex" games for your schedule.
Top 4 teams per district get in.
FHSAA supplements every district game over 50 miles away at half cost (so if you take 2 school buses than they pay half the cost of each or the whole cost of one bus and you pay for the other). The travel will be killer on many of the schools on the interior of the state and North of Gainesville, so need to subsidize it.
Might we still get a team with a losing record in? Sure, but the chances are decreased vs the 3 and 4 team districts.
If we are willing to go to 9 teams a district (8 district matches, we can shrink down to 7 classes) There would be a need for a couple of 10 team districts spread throughout the classifications if we did that. 

 

The rural schools will have nothing to do with playing an urban recruit factory for a championship. That's why the rural 1A designation came about in the first place - much of what is now 1A were going to create their own association and drop FHSAA because they felt they couldn't compete (usually rightly so) with equivalently sized urban/private schools that could attract good players across  high density population areas.