If the PIAA strategic planning committee recommendations hold up, Pennsylvania high school football will look a lot like it did the past two years.
The committee met in Mechanicsburg and decided to recommend to the PIAA Board of Control to keep only four classifications for football and maintain a 16-week season for teams which qualify for the PIAA championships. The 17-member committee is made up of representatives from the state's 12 districts. It voted 11-5 against the six-classification proposal (one member absent) and then 12-4 to keep four classifications and the 16-week season.
PIAA Executive Director Brad Cashman wanted to add two classifications for football only, starting in 2010. Many districts outside of the WPIAL were believed to be in favor of the move.
This could change during Friday's PIAA Board of Control meeting, but that seems unlikely at this point.
If the recommendation holds up, it goes down as a victory for the WPIAL, which will be able to maintain its current playoff format and play its championship games at Heinz Field.
8 comments:
Good news. Other than eliminating a week does anyone understand what was driving the "need" for six classes? Seems to me that 4 has worked rather well.
The need for six was derived out of Philadelphia and some other places out east...
This is off subject but all you Wash High whiners can start now. The MSA All Star Football Team dosen't include any of your boys.
and with 6 state championship games they would be due to make that much more money
The reason is simple. Just look to Ted Dibiase to find out why. It's "money money money money moneeeey."
Mike lets do a little 2009 WPIAL High School football preview. Everyone is getting anxious, people obviously want to talk about it. Give some insight and predictions in a new thread and lets discuss.
Keeping the classes as they are now is probably a good thing for the W.P.I.A.L., and the schools in the Washington/Greene area.Not having a true WPIAL Class A champ would not be a good thing for this area. With declining enrollments in McGuffey, Washington, Charleroi and possibly Waynesburg, only four schools in this area could end up not being Class A. Peters, Canon-MAc, Trinity and Ringgold could end up being the only large schools, and some think that Trinity and Ringgold will be AA schools within the next 10 years.
Only Peters and Canon-Mac can expect enrollment to increase in the immediate future.
The more classifications you have in a sport the more it waters down the talent, it spreads it out to much. it should never be above 4 classes. i'm all for lessening the classes and going to 3 for football, 1 for wrestling.
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