It's over....We won

[EdgyTim]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Title: IHSA Board Approves Regular-Season Football Contact Restrictions, Postseason Changes

In Brief: Several important changes adopted, including football contact, postseason grouping/seeding, military veteran officials to be recognized

Web Release: Click here


2. The Board approved a recommendation to adopt changes presented by an ad hoc committee on IHSA Policy 18 – Grouping and Seeding.

Beginning in 2015-16, team-bracketed sport teams (Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball) in Class 1A and Class 2A, as well as those outside of Chicagoland in Class 3A and 4A, will now be assigned to two Sub-Sectionals (as opposed to four Regionals) that feed into a Sectional site. Each Sub-Sectional will be seeded and the top two seeds sent to different regional sites. The competing regional site of the remaining teams in each Sub-Sectional will be determined by geography.

In Class 3A and Class 4A team-bracketed sports, teams will continue to be placed in the current Sectional Complex format as long as substantial travel does not require them to be placed in the aforementioned Sub-Sectional format.

In the IHSA Football Playoffs, Class 1A-6A will be seeded in two geographic brackets 1-16, eliminating the previous mileage component within the Policy that would change the bracket to quadrants if certain travel mileage distances were exceeded. Class 7A & 8A will now be seeded 1-32.

Click here to read Policy 18 changes

 

[cornerrat]

All.... (As it applies to football) Tim, shouldn't travel expense be part of the post-season experience. 1-32 should be for all eight classes in my opinion. If a school says they can't afford it they shouldn't field a team in the first place that is much more costly than a few possible long road trips..... Ratsy

 

[Wassup13]

All.... (As it applies to football) Tim, shouldn't travel expense be part of the post-season experience. 1-32 should be for all eight classes in my opinion. If a school says they can't afford it they shouldn't field a team in the first place that is much more costly than a few possible long road trips..... Ratsy

I agree!

 

[Cross Bones]

 

[JCHILLTOPPERS]

bones you are three td favorites week 1 though

 

[DeanOfSelection]

Our long national nightmare is over

 

[Cross Bones]

bones you are three td favorites week 1 though

You already know I have some posts for this... not yet. Closer to August.

 

[anon_4vszfu35bv677]

Gee what the hell are we going to talk about come playoff time...

 

[DeanOfSelection]

now we have a beach head. Must push forward with FE now.

 

[ramblinman]

Beginning in 2015-16, team-bracketed sport teams (Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball) in Class 1A and Class 2A, as well as those outside of Chicagoland in Class 3A and 4A, will now be assigned to two Sub-Sectionals (as opposed to four Regionals) that feed into a Sectional site. Each Sub-Sectional will be seeded and the top two seeds sent to different regional sites. The competing regional site of the remaining teams in each Sub-Sectional will be determined by geography.

In Class 3A and Class 4A team-bracketed sports, teams will continue to be placed in the current Sectional Complex format as long as substantial travel does not require them to be placed in the aforementioned Sub-Sectional format.

In the IHSA Football Playoffs, Class 1A-6A will be seeded in two geographic brackets 1-16, eliminating the previous mileage component within the Policy that would change the bracket to quadrants if certain travel mileage distances were exceeded. Class 7A & 8A will now be seeded 1-32.

The best things I can say are:

1. It's about time.
2. It didn't go far enough in 1A-6A.

Question: Does this finally mean that the IHSA will have to refrain from their traditional claptrap about geographic representation in the semifinals and finals being preferred over the best four or two teams?