It was interesting to watch the last FHSAA Board of Directors’ meeting and hear the Executive Director say that he would like to adopt some type of competitive equity model, if only the coaches would agree.  He specifically referenced the California model (which I think has some merit), where playoff brackets are based solely on end-of-regular season rankings.  For example, the highest ranked 16 teams in the rankings are placed in the Open Division.  The next 64 highest ranked teams (#17-80) are placed in Class 1, then the next 64 (#81-144) are placed in Class 2, and so on.  School enrollment doesn’t matter, records in previous years don’t matter, the number of transfers doesn’t matter; the only thing that matters is how teams performed in that particular year so that teams are grouped with comparable teams for the playoffs. Again, many possible ways to get there, and no system is perfect.  But my question is why wouldn’t the majority of coaches be in favor of a competitive equity model of some kind?  My suspicion is either the coaches don’t see the big picture, or the FHSAA Football Advisory Committee is not representing the interests of the coaches, or the FHSAA Board of Directors has no interest in changing the status quo, regardless of input.    

In other words reward teams who can raid local schools for talent while punishing teams in good parts of the state. What could possibly go wrong 

#1.  Classic Kansas City shoot-out to break the 3 way tie.  #2. Team with best record gets a bye. In the event of a tie, head-to-head, or computer ranking. #3.  Yep! This is how it was when I was in school.  It sucks, but life isn't fair. Ask Desoto about their 1988 team.  No more wildcards, 8 team playoffs or small districts.  Get rid of a class or two and you start having 8 and 9 team districts like when I was in school.  District runner-ups get a bowl game.

Agreed. SSAA does not look at population for the Atlantic League. 4 of the 5 largest schools didn't make it out of the 1st round. #9 vs #14 in enrollment out of 20 play for the State Championship this weekend. #10 and #15 made the semifinals 

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