Won't be any different than it was a few years ago when you had 1A, 1AA, 2A, 2AA and so forth for football. My guess is the classifications will fall in line with the way football used to do it.
This right here! The teams that use to be 1a will continue to be 1a, 1aa will now be 2a, 2a, will now be 3a, 2aa, will now be 4a and so on and so on.
Of course it's not going to be exactly the same but it's going to be very similar. The blueprint has already existed, it shouldn't be that foreign.
Hopefully they are smart enough to not have 8 classes in all sports. Some sports only need 3 classes.
Doesn't seem remotely similar to me
How does 4 classifications broken down into 8 state championships based on ADM numbers not "remotely similar" to 8 classifications based on ADM numbers? You're just playing mental gymnastics at this point. Again, plenty has changed and I am not saying it's going to be identical but the lines will be drawn in similar fashion and if you don't think they will, then I have some oceanfront property on Beech Mountain I'd like to sell you.
What is the difference in football schools and those without football compared to the overall number? What is the %? The overall effect is going to be minimal. Again, it is going to be similar, there is no way it cant.
I hate to write it but BK13 is correct.
I'm genuinely curious at how this is going to be completely different that what was done for football? Again, I know there will be subtle differences but the lines will be similar. I would be willing to be that the overwhelming majority of schools that were in 1AA for football will stay the same here and so forth. I get that those schools on the threshold might get caught up but this will be similar to what it was for 95% of schools in NC.
btango, in your opinion, how many football playing schools would need to be in the smallest classification to have a fair and competitive playoff?
Subtle differences?
I am thinking playoffs will be five rounds / 32 teams per classification. To keep the 2-8 and worse records out they probably need at least mid 40’s.
Where were those schools in 2020 when the state last crowned 8 champions? Do you really think there is going be a massive swing in just a few short years? Do you really believe non-football schools are going to cause a paradigm shift in how the classifications play out? I'm just not grasping why you think this is going scorched earth and that somehow the landscape is going to be that much different for 90 - 95% of the schools (compared to 2020 and prior).
3 classes???
I think you are missing the issue. There will be close to sixty non football playing schools next year. They will all be smaller schools that fit in the current 1A classification. If they are added in prior to the breakdown 1A is going to be loaded up with non football playing schools and most likely about twenty football schools. Schools with very small numbers will be moved up into 2A and they will be going against schools with more than double their ADM.
No I completely understand the issue, hence why I said similar and not identical but frankly for much of the state and the other 7 classifications, not much is going to change. We can't stay with 4 however when many of the variations between the largest school and smallest school in some of our current classifications is a larger gap than entire schools in the 1A/2A ranks. Prime example, Ledford has 850 kids, West Charlotte has 1760. There is no logical reason that both should be 3A with a 900 ADM difference, which is larger than the entire Ledford enrollment.
Btango I don't think 1a will be pushed up into 2a.
4 has to go I agree.
Agreed, that can't happen.
