In its 3rd year of Existence - 6 classes of Football

[bugatti]

What are your thoughts now that we have experienced a couple of seasons, and now on to our 3rd season of 6 classes of football?

 

Have your views changed at all? Has it improved football in the Commonwealth? Has it "watered down" football and achievements across the Commonwealth?

[katbird]

Definately watered down..There is no way there should be so many classes with the amount of people we have in this state..Joke!!!

[2 Humped Camel]

Definately watered down..There is no way there should be so many classes with the amount of people we have in this state..Joke!!!

 

:thumb:

[Rock85]

Definately watered down..There is no way there should be so many classes with the amount of people we have in this state..Joke!!!

 

:thumb::thumb:

[Pitcher5843]

The thing that I like the least about our class system is that so many districts only have 4 teams. I feel that the playoffs are for the 4 best teams in the district. For the districts that only have 4 teams why even play... Just pull straws for seeds...

[RowdyRedRam]

Still my biggest issue with it is that it contradicts itself by the way it treats most 6A schools.

Here are the gaps (these are from the original realignment nubmers, so a particular schools pop will change) between the classes

1A 0 to 235

2A 244 to 331

3A 332 to 409

4A 411 to 501

5A 502 to 650

6A 660 to 1420

 

If a gap of 200 boys is to much for a 2A school to deal with in playing a 3A school how is acceptable for a 6A school to have to compete with a school with 700 more boys. My point is't about how much size matter (I'm actually for no classes) but that classes 1 through 5 are treated in one way and 6A in a complete other.

[knights52]

Still think the teams that won championships with 4 classes are still winning the championships with 6.... And the gap for 6A is pretty large, 660-1420? Thats a rather large space.

[OldCamelNewBird]

Definately watered down..There is no way there should be so many classes with the amount of people we have in this state..Joke!!!

 

It makes the smaller teams look better nationally, if they beat a larger team. :thumb: That is the only positive I can see to the watered down six state championships.

[HIGHLANDS GUY]

Hate it, hate it, hate it.

 

However, without a doubt the biggest winner in the expanded playoffs is Louisville Central.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Haha, like I just said in another thread,

 

"Oh, gee, we're state champs! ...and so are...five other teams." :ohbrother:

[5 ROUTE]

I'm growing to like it. With the way some of the smaller schools get to experience playoffs and championship games. I think its keeps things interesting, we can always say what if no matter how many classes there are. Besides it's supposed to be about the kids playing experince instead of the fans.

[MSU-70]

I would like to see it go down to 5 classes. I would think it would help with the district sizes. Or if it remains the same then only have the top 2 schools in each district make the playoffs....only problem with that is it will shrink the playoffs down to 4 games but it might be better that way.

[Birdsfan]

Definately watered down..There is no way there should be so many classes with the amount of people we have in this state..Joke!!!

Definitely! :thumb:

[Watusi]

Still my biggest issue with it is that it contradicts itself by the way it treats most 6A schools.

Here are the gaps (these are from the original realignment nubmers, so a particular schools pop will change) between the classes

1A 0 to 235

2A 244 to 331

3A 332 to 409

4A 411 to 501

5A 502 to 650

6A 660 to 1420

 

If a gap of 200 boys is to much for a 2A school to deal with in playing a 3A school how is acceptable for a 6A school to have to compete with a school with 700 more boys. My point is't about how much size matter (I'm actually for no classes) but that classes 1 through 5 are treated in one way and 6A in a complete other.

How would you divide the classes RRR?

[FC]

IMO the schools in 6A, 5A, & 1A benefited the least and the current 2A, 3A, & 4A gained the most with the additional two classes. The primary exceptions might be some of the 1A programs who moved up to 2A (Danville, NCC, Bardstown, etc...).

 

However, I ask the same question every year that this subject comes up. Who is being hurt by 6 classes instead of 4? I can think of a couple of schools who might have done better under the old system, but certainly not enough to say the system is broke.

 

As far as claiming that the championships under the six class systems are less meaningful to the teams under the new system then they were under the four class system, I say ask any of the players who have won a championship in the last couple of years and I would bet that it has absolutely no affect on how they feel.