The government will get involved and say you can't call it a championship unless everyone gets a chance to play for it.

 

Everyone does get a chance to play for a title in Kentucky. There are no power points, no computers, no selection committee. Every team is in a district and if they win enough games, they make the playoffs. Once there, if they can win five consecutive ballgames, then they will be crowned state champions.

 

The government involvement comment might work for a college thread, but I think Kentucky high school football is just about as fair as it could possibly be.

In my opinion, every one should just sit back and relax. Did 6 classes waterdown the championships? Perhaps. Then again, when we went from 3 to 4 classes back in 75, I'm sure the same thing would have been posted on here had BGP been around. Going to 4 turned out being a good thing for Ky football. that decision and the decision to bring back spring football have a lot to do with the increase in quality of Ky high school football in my opinion. I'm convinced that 6 classes will also be good for football in Ky. We can debate until the cows come home whether we should have went to 5 and not 6, but that decision has been made. Move on. With the increased number of teams making deep runs in the playoffs, enthusiasm (from the coaches, players, administration and fans in general) increases. Increased enthusiasm brings increased interest. Increased interest brings increased participation and increased financial support. All those things increase the quality of play. Increased quality of play throughout the state will negate the waterdown effect we are supposedly experiencing currently. Don't think in the current; think for the future.

In my opinion, every one should just sit back and relax. Did 6 classes waterdown the championships? Perhaps. Then again, when we went from 3 to 4 classes back in 75, I'm sure the same thing would have been posted on here had BGP been around. Going to 4 turned out being a good thing for Ky football. that decision and the decision to bring back spring football have a lot to do with the increase in quality of Ky high school football in my opinion. I'm convinced that 6 classes will also be good for football in Ky. We can debate until the cows come home whether we should have went to 5 and not 6, but that decision has been made. Move on. With the increased number of teams making deep runs in the playoffs, enthusiasm (from the coaches, players, administration and fans in general) increases. Increased enthusiasm brings increased interest. Increased interest brings increased participation and increased financial support. All those things increase the quality of play. Increased quality of play throughout the state will negate the waterdown effect we are supposedly experiencing currently. Don't think in the current; think for the future.

 

I agree with you 1,000,000%:thumb:

Everyone does get a chance to play for a title in Kentucky. There are no power points, no computers, no selection committee. Every team is in a district and if they win enough games, they make the playoffs. Once there, if they can win five consecutive ballgames, then they will be crowned state champions.

 

The government involvement comment might work for a college thread, but I think Kentucky high school football is just about as fair as it could possibly be.

 

Relax, it was a joke.

Relax, it was a joke.

 

My apologies. The inability to judge tone is the absolute worst thing about message boards/internet. I've been made the fool many a-time!:lol:

My apologies. The inability to judge tone is the absolute worst thing about message boards/internet. I've been made the fool many a-time!:lol:

 

 

Better to be made a fool anonymously on a message board than in "real" life like always happens to me. :lol:

In my opinion, every one should just sit back and relax. Did 6 classes waterdown the championships? Perhaps. Then again, when we went from 3 to 4 classes back in 75, I'm sure the same thing would have been posted on here had BGP been around. Going to 4 turned out being a good thing for Ky football. that decision and the decision to bring back spring football have a lot to do with the increase in quality of Ky high school football in my opinion. I'm convinced that 6 classes will also be good for football in Ky. We can debate until the cows come home whether we should have went to 5 and not 6, but that decision has been made. Move on. With the increased number of teams making deep runs in the playoffs, enthusiasm (from the coaches, players, administration and fans in general) increases. Increased enthusiasm brings increased interest. Increased interest brings increased participation and increased financial support. All those things increase the quality of play. Increased quality of play throughout the state will negate the waterdown effect we are supposedly experiencing currently. Don't think in the current; think for the future.

Great post as usual!

My apologies. The inability to judge tone is the absolute worst thing about message boards/internet. I've been made the fool many a-time!:lol:

 

It's all good. I think our government has better things to do than worry about sports.

In my opinion, every one should just sit back and relax. Did 6 classes waterdown the championships? Perhaps. Then again, when we went from 3 to 4 classes back in 75, I'm sure the same thing would have been posted on here had BGP been around. Going to 4 turned out being a good thing for Ky football. that decision and the decision to bring back spring football have a lot to do with the increase in quality of Ky high school football in my opinion. I'm convinced that 6 classes will also be good for football in Ky. We can debate until the cows come home whether we should have went to 5 and not 6, but that decision has been made. Move on. With the increased number of teams making deep runs in the playoffs, enthusiasm (from the coaches, players, administration and fans in general) increases. Increased enthusiasm brings increased interest. Increased interest brings increased participation and increased financial support. All those things increase the quality of play. Increased quality of play throughout the state will negate the waterdown effect we are supposedly experiencing currently. Don't think in the current; think for the future.

 

I was a nay sayer for a long time on the 6A class system. I based my opinion on what I was exposed to in Norther Kentucky... as I understand now from many sources across the state,football popularity is on the rise. In some cases, rivaling basketball in the high schools and middle schools. If this momentum continues, the level of play for many schools will continue to improve and perhaps comepetition will return throughout all seeds during tournament play. It may take awhile. We football advocates just need to be patient.

In my opinion, every one should just sit back and relax. Did 6 classes waterdown the championships? Perhaps. Then again, when we went from 3 to 4 classes back in 75, I'm sure the same thing would have been posted on here had BGP been around. Going to 4 turned out being a good thing for Ky football. that decision and the decision to bring back spring football have a lot to do with the increase in quality of Ky high school football in my opinion. I'm convinced that 6 classes will also be good for football in Ky. We can debate until the cows come home whether we should have went to 5 and not 6, but that decision has been made. Move on. With the increased number of teams making deep runs in the playoffs, enthusiasm (from the coaches, players, administration and fans in general) increases. Increased enthusiasm brings increased interest. Increased interest brings increased participation and increased financial support. All those things increase the quality of play. Increased quality of play throughout the state will negate the waterdown effect we are supposedly experiencing currently. Don't think in the current; think for the future.

 

Well said!!! :thumb::thumb::thumb:

$, and the more $

 

I don't think classifying X-C generates more revenue. If it does, it's very negligible.

It would be hard for most small schools to win a team championship in track or cross country. Certainly individuals could win the individual title, but it would be hard for a school like Burgin or Trimble County to have success as a team - something they do have in Class A.

 

Very true. Cross country and track are much different from baseball and basketball, although all are "team" sports. In baseball and basketball, a few players who are fair players work together on the field / court and make each other better directly through their play. A great team need not have individual studs. The "total is greater than the sum of its parts" is very true for the great teams, because each player directly impacts the next guy's game and the team's performance. In basketball, a well-coached team with five above-average (not great) players and three average backups can win the state championship.

 

In X-C and track, each player directly impacts the team's performance, but a strong run by "Johnny" doesn't directly impact "Billy." And to win in these sports, everyone has to excel individually. There are strategies that a team can utilize to improve its chances, but at the end of the race, little Billy simply has to run his race without any help from his teammates. In X-C, for example, your top 5 runners "count" towards your team total. The Law of Large Numbers works solidly against the little schools; having one - or even two - great runners is a possibility, but their odds of ever competing with the larger schools is almost statistically impossible.

In my opinion, every one should just sit back and relax. Did 6 classes waterdown the championships? Perhaps. Then again, when we went from 3 to 4 classes back in 75, I'm sure the same thing would have been posted on here had BGP been around. Going to 4 turned out being a good thing for Ky football. that decision and the decision to bring back spring football have a lot to do with the increase in quality of Ky high school football in my opinion. I'm convinced that 6 classes will also be good for football in Ky. We can debate until the cows come home whether we should have went to 5 and not 6, but that decision has been made. Move on. With the increased number of teams making deep runs in the playoffs, enthusiasm (from the coaches, players, administration and fans in general) increases. Increased enthusiasm brings increased interest. Increased interest brings increased participation and increased financial support. All those things increase the quality of play. Increased quality of play throughout the state will negate the waterdown effect we are supposedly experiencing currently. Don't think in the current; think for the future.

 

 

Wouldn't 10 classes allow for more teams to make deep playoffs runs as well? Wouldn't this offset the watered down 10 class playoff system?

Wouldn't 10 classes allow for more teams to make deep playoffs runs as well? Wouldn't this offset the watered down 10 class playoff system?

 

Quit being silly. It's not very becoming.

Quit being silly. It's not very becoming.

 

colonel-fan, allow me to rephrase my last post (it's too late for me to edit it) as it comes across harsher than I intended. Yes in theory 10 classes would allow even more teams to advance. But there comes a point when the number of classes gets silly. Perhaps that point is 6 classes for you. I'd have preferred 5 classes myself. But the KHSAA (and I believe the football coaches advisory committee) preferred 6 as I recall the discussion. Let's just wait some years before we pass final judgment on the decision.