It was repealed once districts were announced. The original proposal for districts passed. There won't be the option to repeal this time before districts would go into effect in 2024. If teams want this they will need to vote on it blind and go along with whatever districts are formed after the vote.
I listened to the podcast and both hosts were against it but they said multiple times that the coaches they sent out surveys to, about 40, I think, were split, with more small schools being in favor of it.
Where did he say he spoke with anyone from Mahomet-Seymour? That's who submitted the proposal. He said several times that HE didn't have the answers because of all the unknowns, but never mentioned anyone form Mahomet.
Creating even teams throughout all classes would be an issue.
He was referencing that if districts passes then no one would have a week 1 or 2 game. I see no reason why existing contracts for weeks 1 and 2 couldn't still be honored in that case.
Yes. As I’ve read the half dozen threads on districts but commented rarely if at all, this makes sense. Districts seems to be a fever dream for Lake County and DuPage County admins. Their populaces have diverse enrollment numbers spread out among many schools per whatever land size unit one would use.
You left out the part where that was a hypothetical based on there being 16-17 districts in a given class.
So Mr. Soup the CCL just did a conference realignment. Are they going to play in a Districts or are they going their own way? Has there been internal vote? Has anyone contacted the CCL from the IHSA or the the sponsor of this proposal? I'm also hearing (from Simeon) the CPS has NOT made a commitment to this. They may only allow their top teams 10-14 to going into Districts. The rest are going to stay in internal leagues after looking at the dismal record on the opening round in this year's playoffs.
You can call me Rock😂.
He did say that there are not enough teams to do this and unless they gerrymander stuff with crossovers.
Who says it's still 133 votes to flip? That was 133 four years ago. Quite a bit has changed for many schools since then. 8 man has been created in Illinois, teams like Alleman, that were discussed on the podcast, that didn't even field a team this past year. More schools have more to think about and may have changed their minds in the past 4 years. Also have to consider that schools may have different administrators since the last vote who have different views or don't get along with their ADs.
It's probably a bit better in the 7-8A and maybe even 6A, but 5A is really brutal on in some of those proposed Soucie districts. 4A as well. And it's basically all those CPS schools. To Naz specifically, even if week 1+2 are scheduled right I see maybe 15 solid quarters (depending on GBS) of regular season tape they can put out in regular seasons. Some will counter petitioning up, which perhaps they'd have to consider, but along with JCA, St Francis, IC and others, I don't think there is a windows to do it by 2024. So they're stuck for at least a year.
All.... The "new" CS8 which is going to have two divisions next year has been set up for W1 and W2 non con games or additional crossovers. Just about all of the 12 schools have already filled those dates most with two year commitments. If this thing passes it will be interesting to see how many in the conference keep those games or go looking for greener pastures. Some scheduled heavy hitters. Ratsy
Refer to my previous post. There's multiple factors as to which schools would vote a certain way versus 4 years ago. There's not one big change, it's dependent on each school and what has changed for them since the last vote.
I would bet that 25% or even more have a new principal, who will make a new decision. 25% is about 125 schools. That's too many to predict what could happen. Get the vote out!!!
Without reason to believe otherwise I'd assume the 25% is evenly represented from yays and nays and is equally as likely to flip or stay the same. Would be surprising if school admin changes became the driver to change the vote.
I think the vote is out, or soon will be and will be made public on the 19th. Those more in the know and with more connections seem to think this will be close and will either pass or fail by +/- 25 votes.
