Why did NDHSAA rename the classes?

[5-time state chump]

I'm sure this has been discussed...but we went from
AAA
AA
A
9

to
AA
A
B
9

I don't understand. At all. I can't think of ANY rational, logical, helpful reason. AAA, AA, A made the most sense. They all contained variations of the same letter.

What's next?

A
B
C
9

[WalkingStick]

Well 11B & 9B are the B schools while 11AA & 11A are the A schools (couldn’t have two 11As so larger schools became AA); that’s my guess.

[ndlionsfan]

They changed the format of the divisions so that no Class A teams are in with Class B teams. So to separate it all and make it easier to understand, you get two division ending in A for class A teams and two divisions ending in B for class B teams.

[5-time state chump]

They changed the format of the divisions so that no Class A teams are in with Class B teams. So to separate it all and make it easier to understand, you get two division ending in A for class A teams and two divisions ending in B for class B teams.

Do you mean "so that no Class A teams are with Class B teams" across different sports? (To make football match up with other sports?)

Because....I mean.... "No A teams are with B teams" That is true now. But before, it was the same thing, except they just made sure "No AA teams were with A Teams" And no AAA Teams were with AA teams.

I guess I still don't get it. Unless its the first reason I gave. (To align things across different sports)

Once you "name" a division and put teams in that division, those teams are "with" the same teams as themselves. So now we have two B-Divisions. B and 9-B. They still are in different divisions. Like what good does it do to call them "B" instead of "A" ? What does it fix or change?

[ndlionsfan]

They changed the format of the divisions so that no Class A teams are in with Class B teams. So to separate it all and make it easier to understand, you get two division ending in A for class A teams and two divisions ending in B for class B teams.

Do you mean "so that no Class A teams are with Class B teams" across different sports? (To make football match up with other sports?)

Because....I mean.... "No A teams are with B teams" That is true now. But before, it was the same thing, except they just made sure "No AA teams were with A Teams" And no AAA Teams were with AA teams.

I guess I still don't get it. Unless its the first reason I gave. (To align things across different sports)

Once you "name" a division and put teams in that division, those teams are "with" the same teams as themselves. So now we have two B-Divisions. B and 9-B. They still are in different divisions. Like what good does it do to call them "B" instead of "A" ? What does it fix or change?

I have no idea. You will need to call the NDHSAA and ask those questions. All I know is before they had some class A and some class B teams in the AA division and they changed the format to separate that.

[NDPREP]

Basically as was stated, football was its own beast. To better align they named it 11AA, 11A (all schools here compete in A divisions in other sports basketball, baseball, soccer etc.) and 11B and 9B (all schools in corresponding B divisions) Could they have named its BEST A and NOT BEST A? Sure.

[Mandan]

If they left the names as is, that would mean AAA and AA are only class A schools, while A and 9-man are class B schools. Doesn't make sense to have a Class A that is really just class B schools. So they renamed them. Very logical change. Especially since A and B schools will never cross over into the same class in this new system, unlike the old one.

[Mandan]

And when I say A and B schools in my previous explanation, I mean the official class as determined by where they play in basketball/volleyball and most other sports.