Oh man, not that again.
Have you not been keeping up?
Please see Badbo's comments earlier in season with regard to this or just look at Chief's rankings. 8 of the top 10 teams in the state are 5A and 6A. Earlier it was 9 but Hayes slipped out. 2 of the top 10 are 4A, 3A has 0. Plus if you look at the ranked kids you would see similar statistics. So obviously right now the quality is in 5A and 6A while 4A and 3A have the quantity as always, with 4A having both as usual. How would combining 5A and 6A help? It would just make it tougher than it already is. A combined 5A/6A would be much tougher than 4A currently is. If I were very interested in winning state, I would much rather go thru quantity than superior quality so the whole 2 day regional thing with bigger brackets is junk.
Hard for me to see where the dissatisfaction with current classifications comes from. I think some of you are looking at the numbers all wrong.
Perspective -
6A has over 50,000 students to pick thier state champ from.
5A has over 30,000 students to pick thier state champ from.
4A has LESS than 30,000 students to pick thier state champ...
Who has a easier road?
Grand State would be good. Expense is a non issue. I am not alone in saying that "I would personally pay for the building as long as I get a cut of the gate".
Great post and perspective.
I totally agree with the unwarranted dissatisfaction comment.
When my son was a freshman and he was in 6A, he had to beat a ranked kid just to make varisty. The next year when my son went up in weight, that kid who was JV the year before won state.
Just one example I know that spins it for 6A.
