High School Split Playoffs..No More

[anhil8tor]

West Monroe out recruits ULM.

How come Monroe doesn't pull more of their players? It would seem like a no brainier unless they can't make the grades.

[Cajun90]

..... or follow the Alabama model like Stevie P was touting. The private enrollment is multiplied x 1.5

That still doesn't solve the problem.

Promotion/Relegation maintains a level field for all concerned based on performance instead of enrollment numbers. It also provides incentives other than just the playoffs. A team performing towards the bottom of their division is still motivated to play towards the end of the season so they aren't relegated down a division.

[ManAboutTown]

That still doesn't solve the problem.

Promotion/Relegation maintains a level field for all concerned based on performance instead of enrollment numbers. It also provides incentives other than just the playoffs. A team performing towards the bottom of their division is still motivated to play towards the end of the season so they aren't relegated down a division.

This is, without question, the most fair and feasible option. There is no reason why it couldn't work here.. Other than small minded people that are making the decisions.

Money and incompetence ruin everything. Sports are not immune and we are now seeing it on every level, pop Warner to Pros.

[CajunNation]

Need more info on the promotion/regulation proposal. How would that work with high school districts?

Also, professional teams can keep most of their players every year. High schools are forced to lose 25% of their players every year, and they are usually their best ones.

[CharlieK]

Full split seems inevitable at this point.

[Duggie35]

I started getting a little disinterested in High School sports after the football split 3 years ago. This split will just about drive me away totally!

For sure I will not spend a dime at any sporting event sponsored by a school that voted for the split if we could ever get that list published!

[Cajun90]

Need more info on the promotion/regulation proposal. How would that work with high school districts?

Also, professional teams can keep most of their players every year. High schools are forced to lose 25% of their players every year, and they are usually their best ones.

It's fairly simple. You can keep the classes or at least something similar and districts can still be based around geography. The big difference is your school would be assigned to a class based on performance instead of enrollment. This means that teams like Evangel would be moved to the highest classification while a team from a larger school that typically underperforms would get moved down in classification. The point is to have similar talent levels on the field against each other.

At the end of each season the different classifications are reviewed. As an example you could review the 4A class and decide the state champion destroyed everyone and has a lot of returning players next year. They would get promoted up to 5A for next year. At the same time there were two teams at the bottom of 4A that managed to win only a couple of games and there is no reason to expect a big change the following year. Those teams could get relegated to 3A.

You don't have a set number of teams that get promoted/relegated. You have to look at it year by year. Every school can have input but ultimately the decisions would need to be made by a representative committee of the LHSAA.

[mxt3999]

[CajunJack55]

Full split seems inevitable at this point.

Not going to happen.

[CharlieK]

Not going to happen.

Why? I have heard serious discussions are ongoing.

[CharlieK]

It's fairly simple. You can keep the classes or at least something similar and districts can still be based around geography. The big difference is your school would be assigned to a class based on performance instead of enrollment. This means that teams like Evangel would be moved to the highest classification while a team from a larger school that typically underperforms would get moved down in classification. The point is to have similar talent levels on the field against each other.

At the end of each season the different classifications are reviewed. As an example you could review the 4A class and decide the state champion destroyed everyone and has a lot of returning players next year. They would get promoted up to 5A for next year. At the same time there were two teams at the bottom of 4A that managed to win only a couple of games and there is no reason to expect a big change the following year. Those teams could get relegated to 3A.

You don't have a set number of teams that get promoted/relegated. You have to look at it year by year. Every school can have input but ultimately the decisions would need to be made by a representative committee of the LHSAA.

Wouldn't it be simpler to just force promote teams that win a certain number of titles in a limited timeframe? Like 2 state championships in 5 years or something like that? You win your second title in 5 years, you are in the next higher class the next 2 seasons.

In the end though, the publics have staked their position, and since they have a huge majority I can't see anything changing without blowing the whole thing up.

[barisaxman]

Here is a link to the voting results:

ALL five public high schools in Lafayette Parish voted FOR....

http://cdn.lhsaa.org/uploads/images/...ndividual.xlsx