High School playoffs are a joke

[CajunNation]

Erath played 1-8 Bogalusa tonight. It was 50-0 in the 2nd Q. They had like 2 people in the stands. Those poor kids have a 4 hour bus ride home tonight.


WHY ???

[BeauCajun]

Are we that good?

[cajun4life]

Are we that good?

Very good, but the split is a joke. If the LHSAA wants more competitive classifications then they need to do away with 5A and change the enrollment numbers.

[cjr3888]

Are we that good?

Good but have a real tough test in round two.

[ZoomZoom]

Erath played 1-8 Bogalusa tonight. It was 50-0 in the 2nd Q. They had like 2 people in the stands. Those poor kids have a 4 hour bus ride home tonight.


WHY ???

Why? Because decades ago, even prior to the public/private fight, only two teams from each district made the playoffs. And the bracket was set year after year. The complaints were of two positions. District X would be really bad, drew District Y, pretty much guaranteed the same leagues advanced and stayed home annually. The two points were the weak league complained, wanting to have a chance. And all the other districts wanted a shot at an easy playoff district. Also some great teams sat home even finishing 9-1.

So the LHSAA in their infinite wisdom add “wild cards”, based on an algorithm to make a 32 team bracket. Of course, still complaining in sued, that it wasn’t fair.

Then the public/private split started brewing and evolved to where we are today. 8 “championships”. A few years ago a 0-10 team made the playoffs. Really!?!?!

Why? Parents started this. My kid is a winner, need that coke and trophy. Now today you have brackets with byes at pretty much every level.

But most importantly, every game has a paid gate. There is some revenue going to LHSAA at every game. The second reason. Follow the money. That genie will be hard to stuff back in the bottle.

[MarlinMan3]

Very good, but the split is a joke. If the LHSAA wants more competitive classifications then they need to do away with 5A and change the enrollment numbers.

Is that thr stated goal? Lol
I heard the opposite, they are thinking about bringing back a division 5 select

[cjr3888]

Is that thr stated goal? Lol
I heard the opposite, they are thinking about bringing back a division 5 select

Next year 5A will no longer be split.

[Cajunrunner]

Blame people like the former principal of Iota High, who went around crying after their girls basketball team lost the state championship game to a private school.

Nevermind that Iota program was ranked Top 20 in the country just a couple years back and won, I think, back to back state championships. But he wasn’t principal then, and he needed a banner to hang for his tenure, as his ego dictated.

He started writing letters all over the state.

There were other principals across the state, but he’s the outspoken one I remember who really had one of the most BS arguments.

The mere fact that a 1-8 football team can still make the playoffs ought to tell anyone with half a brain how idiotic the current system is. If the LHSAA is going to keep the same split format, then they need to reduce the number of playoff slots.

[MarlinMan3]

Next year 5A will no longer be split.

Wow!! Will it still be called division 1 for playoffs?

[MarlinMan3]

Georgia just went down from 7A back to 6A, i think florida is decreasing next year or maybe this year.

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