papabutch74 wrote:Wahpetons gunna next year in AA
DeuceTrey wrote:papabutch74 wrote:Wahpetons gunna next year in AA
gunna what? be in AA, yea we already knew that.
larrybird33 wrote:We can have a 16 team AAA league in ND without having four pushovers.
I didn't demand that AAA consists of the top 16 enrollments, I just said that the division should contain 16 teams. I agree that we shouldn't force a 16-team division if we don't have that many teams that can compete at the highest level. But... we do. If Wahpeton, Shanley, and St. Mary's want to man up and opt up to AAA, good for them! They've all faired well at AAA. Throw in Fargo Davies and you've got a great division.
o sorry i forgot nobody really cares about AA when they've played AAA all their life. im sorry if i don't know how u guys do you're playoff scenario all i know is that most people could care less about the early game on the championship night they want to watch the bismarck south games.
How about having AA schools not play every team in the region every year.larrybird33 wrote:We've really opened up a whole bunch of new topics here, and maybe they should be dealt with separately. Maybe we can deal with basketball on the basketball board. I am open to some changes being made in class B basketball.
Steve, I think that your "expand 2A" proposal has been addressed. That would definitely be a healthy 2A class, but I don't like what it would do to 3A. Four reasons:
1) I don't like the idea of only 12 teams competing for one trophy. Your plan splits the 32 largest schools into divisions of 12 and 20 teams. I'd prefer 16 and 16. Agree to disagree on that one.
2) A 12 team AAA creates more nonconference games in AAA and forces teams to travel farther to fill those games. We've both provided examples - Williston to Jamestown/Grand Forks, Fargo South to Edina, ect.
3) AA would have zero nonconference games. I think teams need a nonconference game or two, (but not four) to work out the kinks.
4) AA would include teams that have been competitive (St. Mary's and Shanley) and very successful (Wahpeton) at the AAA level.
I think there will come a time when Wahpeton, St. Mary's, and Shanley will be clear-cut 2A schools. I think that time is 10+ years down the road, when we have Fargo Davies and additional high schools in West Fargo and Bismarck in place. I'm saying that the NDHSAA's move was premature. The restructuring could have waited, in my opinion.
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