This team made the playoffs this year.
MHSAA has officially jumped the shark.
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The shark was jumped when they decided to let 32 teams in the playoffs when there are only 35 schools that play football in 1A.
Alabama had a 0-10 team make the playoffs in 5A. They forfeited their first round game at Briarwood Christian.
But it reminds me of a story when I was in high school. There was a small 1A school in a border county with a bunch of 3A/4A schools in the same school district. The school district required all teams to play each other even if they were not in the same classification. This little 1A school got pummeled and ended up 2-8, and qualified for the playoffs.
Made a run to the 1A championship game and got beat. Ended up 5-9 on the season.
But it reminds me of a story when I was in high school. There was a small 1A school in a border county with a bunch of 3A/4A schools in the same school district. The school district required all teams to play each other even if they were not in the same classification. This little 1A school got pummeled and ended up 2-8, and qualified for the playoffs.
Made a run to the 1A championship game and got beat. Ended up 5-9 on the season.
I saw Sunday where 2-7 Jefferson County HS (Fayette) is playing in the playoffs starting Friday night. That's ridiculous........
College football is headed this way too. We will teams that finish 7th in the SEC make the 24 team playoff
Sorry. I forgot about the switch to private brackets and assumed BCS was still a 5A/6A school
MHSAA gets a gate cut out of all playoff games. Follow the money and the coochie and you will figure out the motivation. Those MHSAA jobs gotta be funded somehow. High salary and cushy as 17
Are you saying you don’t want us to have a chance?
I want us to have a chance. I'd just rather conferences be about 12 teams and then we could use the regular season to find out who is the best team.
Making the 24 team playoff will be seen as a bigger accomplishment than it actually is
I was ready to call BS but that is higher than I was expecting. That's off $5.17M in revenue.
| Key Employees and Officers | Compensation | Related | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Neaves (Exec. Director) | $167,778 | $0 | $0 |
| Lonnie Tillman (Assoc. Director) | $124,886 | $0 | $0 |
| Lesley Mclendon (Chief Financial Ofcr.) | $92,700 | $0 | $0 |
We’ve chased big accomplishments through 100+ years of futility.
I wouldn’t mind some small ones…
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Compared to revenue, that's pretty high, although I have no idea what expenses they incur. To a point I made in another thread, it takes ~$80k to reach the buying power of my 1995 starting salary, so the bottom two aren't exactly killing it. The top guy has a solid salary. I'd be very interested in what their responsibilities entail day to day.
Poplarville plays 1-9 Northeast Lauderdale who went 0-3 in district. It's going to be a massacre. Ty Keys shouldn't have to play at all.
Isn't Ty Keys within striking distance of the all-time Mississippi touchdown record? Tough call for a coach.
He already broke it. The next one is the all purpose touchdown record.
If Ty Keys touches the ball 5 times, he'll score 5 times. He currently has 106 total touchdowns (101 rushing state record). That would put him to 111 touchdowns if they let him play. I get the sentiment though because I think he wants the record.
I don't have my readers on, but I swear I thought that said Lonnie Tinkle at first glance.
Most of these if not all are getting their retirement from pers as well. MHSAA is not a state government job.
Floyd speaks the truth. And as someone else pointed out, most are drawing on PERS as well. The old double dip.
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