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My Breakdown of what 8 Classes Could be if they'd quit playing around

I also think it's deceitful to portray how difficult it is by having them do this with one county. Obviously, only having one county to pull from would be more difficult than having a 3 county area to pull from. They gave them a box of noodles and water to make an italian dish to show how hard it is when they themselves have sauce, meat, spices, and bread at their disposal.

It's a slight of hand against a group of people who've never done it...or at least only dabbled a little.
How about the Surry / Yadkin / Wilkes / Stokes schools?
 
Spring meeting for NCHSAA happens in a few weeks. Realignment is the big ticket item...but here are some other items they'll discuss that I found interesting:

New eligibility rules from the State Board of Education

Changing the RPI formula used for the state playoffs

Delaying the start of the spring sports season

Eliminate the early start to the basketball season for schools that do not play football
 
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Spring meeting for NCHSAA happens in a few weeks. Realignment is the big ticket item...but here are some other items they'll discuss that I found interesting:

New eligibility rules from the State Board of Education

Changing the RPI formula used for the state playoffs

Delaying the start of the spring sports season

Eliminate the early start to the basketball season for schools that do not play football
I definitely don't like the ideal of referee body cameras
 
I don't even know the last time I've seen a ref get stuff thrown at them. 🤣. Words aren't gonna harm you lol
 
Heck, let's see what you've got with the Big 32 factored in ...
Not spilling the whole beans this time. Gonna be submitted to the realignment committee in an official capacity...obviously with room to tweak once ADMs come out...but it's a blueprint for the Big32 Scenario.
 
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They voted to go the big 32 route
In all seriousness. Why? What benefit does a classification of 32 bring?

Also I read that 24-28 teams will make the playoffs in 8A? So 4 teams aren't invited? Why not have all 32 make it then? The difference between 32 and 28 is probably negligible.

SMH.
 
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In all seriousness. Why? What benefit does a classification of 32 bring?

Also I read that 24-28 teams will make the playoffs in 8A? So 4 teams aren't invited? Why not have all 32 make it then? The difference between 32 and 28 is probably negligible.

SMH.
Valid questions. I thought the same thing.
 
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In all seriousness. Why? What benefit does a classification of 32 bring?

Also I read that 24-28 teams will make the playoffs in 8A? So 4 teams aren't invited? Why not have all 32 make it then? The difference between 32 and 28 is probably negligible.

SMH.
My 2 cents:

1. The big schools will get what they want at the end of the day. They play the greater amount of sports and bring in the most revenue. If they want a 32 team class...they'll get it or they'll leave the NCHSAA and create their own athletic association while possibly bringing in more schools than just 32.

2. Playoffs - Playoffs will most likely be 5 weeks, 32 is the perfect number for 5 weeks and what all other classifications will most likely get, but if all 32 make it that's extremely unfair to all other classifications...so the next best option is 28...but that's even unfair within 8A itself if the east/west split is 17/15 or anything other than an even split...that leaves the next best option (and my proposal) of 24 teams and seeds 1-4 getting a first round bye.

Nothing will be perfect. Not everyone will be happy. But the alternative is sometimes worse than what you're getting.
 
I've been involved with multiple big schools and do not know anyone that wants the big 32. IDK. To me its the state trying to do too much. Either they do nothing or too much.
 
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I've been involved with multiple big schools and do not know anyone that wants the big 32. IDK. To me its the state trying to do too much. Either they do nothing or too much.
I got a strong feeling from all the murmuring at the Winter coaching clinic that Big 32 was going to happen. Not just from the bigger schools, but also from the schools in the middle of the pack of ADMs...traditional smaller 3A schools will now play against traditional 2A schools in the new 4A, etc.
 
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I got a strong feeling from all the murmuring at the Winter coaching clinic that Big 32 was going to happen. Not just from the bigger schools, but also from the schools in the middle of the pack of ADMs...traditional smaller 3A schools will now play against traditional 2A schools in the new 4A, etc.
Have a clue where the adm lines will be?
 
8A will be 2200+, 7A looks like 1600-2199. 6A looks to be 1200-1599, 5A appears to be 950-1199, 4A seems to be 775-949, 3A looks to be 600-774, 2A appears to be 400-599, and 1A looks like anything less than 399.
 
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8A will be 2200+, 7A looks like 1600-2199. 6A looks to be 1200-1599, 5A appears to be 950-1199, 4A seems to be 775-949, 3A looks to be 600-774, 2A appears to be 400-599, and 1A looks like anything less than 399.
thanks
 
It didn't necessarily have to be the big 32 pushing for this scenario. Could have been just as well the 20 to 25 schools just below the big 32 pushing for it. Not wanting to play in the same classification with them it was going to be a huge number discrepancy between the smallest to biggest 8a. Without a split
 
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In my scenario I have 0-390 1A, 392-590 2A, 592-782 3A, 783-956 4A, 960-1206 5A, 1214-1608 6A, 1609-2139 7A, 2200-3671 8A
Don't think any of that matters. If you do the math and what they're going to say is big 32. Then if you add them up I believe it's 57 to 59 teams in each division. One day might be smaller but sounds like they're going to put them together with two a maybe if there's not a lot of football schools. Won't really matter what their ADMs other than what the number is in regards to where they fall in the 57 to 59 range.
 
Don't think any of that matters. If you do the math and what they're going to say is big 32. Then if you add them up I believe it's 57 to 59 teams in each division. One day might be smaller but sounds like they're going to put them together with two a maybe if there's not a lot of football schools. Won't really matter what their ADMs other than what the number is in regards to where they fall in the 57 to 59 range.
Pretty much...where the 58 to 59 fall though matters because you have schools with the same ADM being split into two different classes.

I have 60-60-59-58-58-58-58-32
 
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Does that include non football playing. Think they will combine 2 and 1 A?
It does. No way removing non football schools happens anytime soon, if ever.

1A/2A will be a combined football championship: in my scenario, there are 19 football playing schools in 1A (10 east, 9 west) and 47 football playing schools in 2A (22 east, 25 west) totalling 66 football playing schools (32 east, 34 west). I am assuming a 5 round, 32 team playoff, so 34 teams won't make it (16 east, 18 west).
 
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