heimer wrote:Your 16-team tournament is no more than everyone getting a trophy.
From the defenders of the status quo, I hear that's bad.
I'm not for everyone getting a trophy. I'm for making it as fair to compete for trophies as we can.
A 16-team tournament this year would have involved two more parochials, Oak Grove and Ryan. Beulah I think was in a semi-final. They are a mid-classer. Didn't Watford City play for a regional title?
Not much changes in a 16-team tournament. And shoving all parochials into A isn't the right way to classify either. They benefit from being in big cities, but not as much as big-city teams.
There's room for a middle division here.
As for tonight: you watch. Everyone will rant and rave about the crowd being so awesome that nothing is wrong with the B. Easy to draw fans when you have three big-city teams.
heimer wrote:Your 16-team tournament is no more than everyone getting a trophy.
From the defenders of the status quo, I hear that's bad.
I'm not for everyone getting a trophy. I'm for making it as fair to compete for trophies as we can.
A 16-team tournament this year would have involved two more parochials, Oak Grove and Ryan. Beulah I think was in a semi-final. They are a mid-classer. Didn't Watford City play for a regional title?
Not much changes in a 16-team tournament. And shoving all parochials into A isn't the right way to classify either. They benefit from being in big cities, but not as much as big-city teams.
There's room for a middle division here.
As for tonight: you watch. Everyone will rant and rave about the crowd being so awesome that nothing is wrong with the B. Easy to draw fans when you have three big-city teams.
heimer wrote:Your 16-team tournament is no more than everyone getting a trophy.
From the defenders of the status quo, I hear that's bad.
I'm not for everyone getting a trophy. I'm for making it as fair to compete for trophies as we can.
A 16-team tournament this year would have involved two more parochials, Oak Grove and Ryan. Beulah I think was in a semi-final. They are a mid-classer. Didn't Watford City play for a regional title?
Not much changes in a 16-team tournament. And shoving all parochials into A isn't the right way to classify either. They benefit from being in big cities, but not as much as big-city teams.
There's room for a middle division here.
As for tonight: you watch. Everyone will rant and rave about the crowd being so awesome that nothing is wrong with the B. Easy to draw fans when you have three big-city teams.
Flip wrote:How old is the Our Redeemers school?
heimer wrote:I'm not saying this to brag or anything like that, but every time I talk to someone about this subject, I get almost unanimous support for 16-16-the rest.
Top 16 enrollments AA
Next 16, including all privates A
The rest B
If Shanley and St Marys want to play up, two more schools replace them.
A and B girls seasons start at the same time B girls start now.
AA season starts same time A starts now
A and B boys seasons start same time B starts now.
A and B girls tournaments same location. Seed through 5. Put 3 seed and draw and 4 vs. 5 on same floor for both classes first day, those games televised. Other games free internet stream through NDHSAA
Next day, semi-semi-semi-semi. Third day 3rd 3rd final final
Do that again for boys. If the TV networks can make it work with two channels (digital TV has changed the world), then do all the first day games on TV.
This will work just fine.
Now, this is just quick, based on the numbers that ndlionsfan supplied earlier in this thread:
AA East: North, South, Davies, WF, Sheyenne, RR, Central Jamestown
West: Bis, Century, Legacy, Mandan, Minot Belcourt, Williston, Dickinson
A East: Shanley, Oak Grove, Devils Lake, Wahpeton, Valley City, Central Cass, Grafton, Shiloh Christian
West: Our Redeemers, Ryan, Trinity, St. Marys, Trinity Christian, Watford, Beulah, New Town,
Yeah, I know, Shiloh in the east is a problem, but they can play a two-point schedule and keep their normal opponents around them.
If Shanley and St. Marys opt up, Stanley and Hillsboro-CV are next men in.
This will work.
heimer wrote:I'm not saying this to brag or anything like that, but every time I talk to someone about this subject, I get almost unanimous support for 16-16-the rest.
Bigbrew22 wrote:Ndlions......nedrose and south prairie are public schools. Nobody's is complaining about that. Some people may reference being in a class A town being the problem but I think everyone is on the same page about being a private school in a class A town is the problem because they can be selective and restrict enrollment. Public schools in these towns that are class B aren't selective and when their enrollment get to high they will have to up class just like everyone else. I agree with much of ur post tho like a 150 cut off probably won't work and the 5 yr enrollment eval
Bigbrew22 wrote:I do believe that. Who has to worry about transfer rules if u change schools before the freshman year.
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