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"everyone does NOT deserve a trophy"...Great TV commercial about this, "giving Johnny a trophy for jus playing"...fewer classifications makes it tougher to get to state. BUt then SOME people will be mad that everyone doesn't get a trophy
Hwy, I completely agree with you that would be an awesome scenario. I think GA does their's something similar.
The only way I ever see us going to less classifications would be to do a public private split. 4 Public divisions and 2 Private (big small). That would probably cause a ton of Private schools to go independant and Trinity/Sta/American Heritage (both) would own the titles for here on out in that division... Maybe they can add IMG at that point lol
From my research, a lot of states do it that way. At least with seeding teams. Actually 5 public and 3 private classes in Florida wouldn't be hard now because we almost have that now. Class 3A is nearly all private, so is class 2A, and class 1A is nearly all public. There are only a couple of exceptions and I believe those were done because schools elected to play a different class due to travel. Then most of the independents who play in conferences are mostly all small private schools. Move the few privates in 4a down with 3a, take the larger private schools, 5a and up along with IMG, and district them in class 8a with the large public schools.
That would only work if all those private schools commit to coming back into the FHSAA otherwise that small private division will not have enough teams.
Also Florida is one of the only states where the highest classification isn't necessarily where you will find the best teams. One can argue that the top teams in 3A on up will compete with anyone at any level.
fewer classifications makes it tougher to get to state. BUt then SOME people will be mad that everyone doesn't get a trophy
Here's a look at my 2015 power rankings by classification and a breakdown of public and private schools in each class:
Class>Average Power>Median Power>#Public>#Private
8A>114.76>114.19>87>2
7A>113.09>114.93>85>1
6A>115.55>115.92>79>0
5A>108.37>107.99>78>4
4A>107.13>107.15>33>7
3A>109.63>109.31>5>23
2A>>92.95>>93.20>4>29
1A>100.40>>95.76>40>0
Ind>>80.75>>81.39>12>69
I had no idea there were such few schools in the lower classes. I knew half the districts, just have never actually seen the numbers. Thanks for sharing.
Also, if you don't mind (and I'm sure you have it handy if you have all these stats already), what are all the private schools from 4A-8A? Thanks in advance.
That way could definitely work. Too bad the FHSAA is not into providing a good product. I would still limit it to 6 total classes tho.Playing and competing with anyone in a single game is one thing, playing in a larger class week in and week out is another.
I believe the small privates who play independent formed conferences and have a mini-playoff of their own. They number about 70 schools. If the integrity of that class could be maintained, I would call this class P1a. Currently class 2a is nearly all private, so it would be class P2a. There are only a few privates in what's now 4a (Bolles, Bishop Verot, off the top of my head). Putting them in what's now 3a I don't feel like would be a real radical move. This would be class P3a.
So whats now 1a remains the same. Class 4a would be all public and renumbered 2a. 5a would be all public and renumbered 3a, and so would 6a, renumbered 4a. That would make 8a (changed to 5a, the only mixed public/private class). Tampa Jesuit, Bishop Moore, STA, IMG, Belen, Pensacola Catholic and a few more would be in this class.
Your thoughts?
Those are small schools with limited budgets. Many are the only school in the county. FHSAA did the right thing by keeping the classes small and limiting their requirement to travel.