Reduce the number of classifications?

[THS2011]

Does anything think we should reduce the number of classifications in KY? I think we should revert back to 4. I think 6 is way too many for KY.

[All Tell]

:deadhorse:

 

I agree...

 

Wait for it...

[bulldog77]

Yes. Good luck.

[StrongSide]

Yes.

[Tigerpride94]

I agree. We use the everyone gets a trophy mentality for current system.

[LCDAWGS19]

Agree.

 

4 would put a much better postseason product on the field.

[Watusi]

I agree. We use the everyone gets a trophy mentality for current system.

Overexaggerate much? 6 teams out of roughly 210 is everybody?

[Watusi]

I agree that 6 classes is too many. It ain't chaning any time soon, though.

[mcpapa]

Three would be even better. Look at the class winners since KY went to 6. Almost all those years, the 1A-2A; 3A-4A, and 5A-6A champions would have made excellent matchups.

 

But it ain't gonna happen.

[All Tell]

After the thread a while back where someone was critical of a small school for celebrating a win over a 6A school, plus with schools like Dunbar and Henderson County showing that size doesn't matter I'm beginning to believe we ought to follow basketball's lead and not classify, 1 champion.

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That should generate some discussion.

[rjs4470]

I agree. We use the everyone gets a trophy mentality for current system.

 

Is 4 trophies that much better than 6?? Reducing classes isn't going to change the fact that a handful of schools in each class will be head and shoulders above the rest. It won't eliminate playoff blowouts in the early rounds unless you only let district winners in. With all that being true, what problem would going back to 4 classes solve except to make the "there's too many trophy" folks happy?

[THS2011]

Overexaggerate much? 6 teams out of roughly 210 is everybody?

 

There's also runner-up, district trophies, regional trophies, runner-ups to those too.

[mcpapa]

Is 4 trophies that much better than 6?? Reducing classes isn't going to change the fact that a handful of schools in each class will be head and shoulders above the rest. It won't eliminate playoff blowouts in the early rounds unless you only let district winners in. With all that being true, what problem would going back to 4 classes solve except to make the "there's too many trophy" folks happy?

 

I'm just not crazy about a system that crowns a state champion for every 32 schools or thereabouts.

[StrongSide]

I like the idea of 1 state champion similar to basketball. I know that is not preferable by smaller schools but you are pretty much guaranteed great playoff games. Currently there are blowouts throughout the playoffs even in most state games.

[thsrocks]

Return to four classes. That is plenty for 217 football playing schools.

 

 

I count 33 6A, 38 5A, 40 4A, 41 3A, 35 2Aa, 30 1A currently playing football. Let's go 54 A, 54 3A, 5 2A and 55 A. State finals done in two days. You could treat each class as a 72 team tournament with 18 byes in the first round. Everybody gets in.