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1. Increase loss to a Category 1 team from 30 points to 35 points (the same as a win over a winless team) for the 2018 season. This is designed for teams to play tougher opponents and reward those that do.
2. Awarding bonus points for playing schools in larger classes, based on a 1-point per higher class scale. The 1A rural schools are placed in 2A or 3A for bonus points only, based on enrollment size. Out-of-state teams are placed by Florida’s school enrollment classification system for bonus points. Amended to a tiered bonus points system, capped at three points, which needs a proposed model.
4. Adding two more playoff teams per region in the lower classes (1A-4A) from the current model of four teams. The top two seeds receive byes. This starts with the 2018 season.
10. Clear up language on postponed and interrupted games, so teams can’t manipulate the system. Every game must have a winner and loser declared. Postponed games are ones postponed before they begin. All postponed games must be played the next day unless both schools mutually agree on a later rescheduled date. Failure for a team to participate in the rescheduled date results in a forfeit, and all games on a team’s schedule must be played the Tuesday before Week 11 on the football calendar. Interrupted games are those happening after the game starts, but isn’t finished. Teams either mutually agree to end the game with the score as it exists, mutually agree to resume the game at the interrupted point the next day or a mutually agreed upon later date. All interrupted games completed by Tuesday of Week 11 on the football calendar. There’s also a two-hour cumulative delay deadline for each regular season football game, which starts when officials and/or administrators interrupt the game. Teams go to the interrupted contest procedures above after the two-hour cumulative delay period ends. Was approved in concept only. Sent back to staff for language revisions that were recommended.
11. Changing the playoff roster size from 60 to a team’s average number of dressed for their 10 game regular season rosters. This is designed to avoid teams from cutting players from an arbitrary roster size that isn’t based on school size or regular season roster size. Was approved under the alternative proposal of 75 players.
1. Increase loss to a Category 1 team from 30 points to 35 points (the same as a win over a winless team) for the 2018 season. This is designed for teams to play tougher opponents and reward those that do.
2. Awarding bonus points for playing schools in larger classes, based on a 1-point per higher class scale. The 1A rural schools are placed in 2A or 3A for bonus points only, based on enrollment size. Out-of-state teams are placed by Florida’s school enrollment classification system for bonus points. Amended to a tiered bonus points system, capped at three points, which needs a proposed model.
4. Adding two more playoff teams per region in the lower classes (1A-4A) from the current model of four teams. The top two seeds receive byes. This starts with the 2018 season.
10. Clear up language on postponed and interrupted games, so teams can’t manipulate the system. Every game must have a winner and loser declared. Postponed games are ones postponed before they begin. All postponed games must be played the next day unless both schools mutually agree on a later rescheduled date. Failure for a team to participate in the rescheduled date results in a forfeit, and all games on a team’s schedule must be played the Tuesday before Week 11 on the football calendar. Interrupted games are those happening after the game starts, but isn’t finished. Teams either mutually agree to end the game with the score as it exists, mutually agree to resume the game at the interrupted point the next day or a mutually agreed upon later date. All interrupted games completed by Tuesday of Week 11 on the football calendar. There’s also a two-hour cumulative delay deadline for each regular season football game, which starts when officials and/or administrators interrupt the game. Teams go to the interrupted contest procedures above after the two-hour cumulative delay period ends. Was approved in concept only. Sent back to staff for language revisions that were recommended.
11. Changing the playoff roster size from 60 to a team’s average number of dressed for their 10 game regular season rosters. This is designed to avoid teams from cutting players from an arbitrary roster size that isn’t based on school size or regular season roster size. Was approved under the alternative proposal of 75 players.
