Based on what I'm seeing and hearing, this transfer haul for Lakeland may be of historic proportions. The team figures to be dramatically more powerful than the team that beat Jesuit. The transfer haul will probably have many people pissed off. Either way, it appears it will be a shocking haul. There could easily be a half-dozen starters, including the starting QB and RB, who are not from Polk county. Times are a-cchhhanginnn.
In my opinion, 8 teams should be the max. Wonder how the FHSAA will deal with the 8 team open division playoff format. Open division will have 3 post season rounds compared to the other classes that will have 5 rounds. These situations is usually when the fhsaa SHINES....LOL
Some divisions will be watered down significantly. Some may lose, at the most, one team. As long as this new development is transfer neutral, I don't think, overall, that the division state title games will be any more watered down than what we recently saw in the Suburban/Metro classification. In fact, the state title games may well be at least as competitive as the last two years were.