This conversation started because of my disagreement with the TSSAA standard that all teams must be represented in the playoffs and because I briefly mentioned TCA it morphed into something else. I have great respect for TCA as an academic institution and for their athletic programs. Have always been treated very kindly by their staff/administration/fans when I have broadcast TCA on the radio. I wish them well but the fact is, according to TSSAA playoff maps, if there had been NO representation from District 16, Adamsville would have been the #3 seed in Quad 4. Scotts Hill would have been the only team heading to Quad 3.
At any rate, I will state my disagreement one more time and then be done. I do not think teams who finished 3rd & 4th in their district, and did not qualify as wild cards in the matrix, should've been placed in the playoffs simply because the teams above them did something to get banned. Ask Watertown how they feel going 5-5 and getting shut out of the playoffs because of the rule.