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Heyworth at FC will be the exact same disaster that it was at Grundy. Take that to the bank.

Fair enough. Can't beat them if you don't play them.

They should be playing McMinn County tonight

I like the Georgia model better than the Tennessee dead period. GA rolls the dead period out the first week of June (the first week after school ends for most) and the 1st week of July.

Coaches knew all season when the region tournaments began so it’s completely up to them when to hold their district tournaments being that the TSSAA has nothing to do with those. Gripe at your coach or district coaches, not the TSSAA. This is a much better format than the previous format. I’m a little partial to the old Final Four format where you had to win Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to make the Spring Fling. Seeing teams “celebrate” being the Region Runner up is a microcosm of the participation trophy generation that is here to stay IMO.

If Central can beat Bradley, they’ll beat GC. That’s the best AA win in the state this season. Winning the first one was the biggest hurdle for the Baby Blue. They’ve got a Championship pedigree and a seasoned coach to lead em all the way to the gold ball. Go Blue!

It is not difficult to implement. Georgia adopted it this season and it was a non-issue.

Anyone who supports free market capitalism should fully embrace Name Image and Likeness. NIL is free market capitalism at its finest. Paying for apartments, paying bills, providing vehicles, and providing employment for parents has been going on for years and years across the state across many sports. The TSSAA just took this issue off of their plate. These issues have been and will continue to be nearly impossible to police.

McMinn has the arm depth with four D-1 signees/commits on the bump. I’d really like their chances in this format if they weren't in the same bracket with Farragut. My money is on the Admirals

It’s 100% on the coaches to convey to their teams what the consequences are for fighting/leaving the benches. The precedent has been set by the TSSAA, and we all know it includes a post season ban. If making the post season is important, this must be instilled into the players. No excuses

They’ve beaten two schools so far whose combined enrollment is slightly more than half of Warren’s. Get fat on the cupcakes while you can.

I Wish the Cats all the best

1918... end of the deadliest war in human history (at the time) , and much deadlier pandemic... football was played. A lot of things change in 100 years, for better or worse

Baylor is loaded

Yeah PG came out of the woodwork and thought he was a TSSAA legal/bylaw expert before Fayetteville withdrew their appeal for cheating

“Hey honey, I’m going to be called head coach and it’s going to cost us at least 12k a year” sounds like something that will fly like a lead balloon. That’s just foolish IMO

Huge pay cut coming from RuCo to FC. Not sure why a young man, especially one starting a family would want to do that. Hope FC ends up with a great coach!

Great class!! Good enough to be the 7th best... in the conference

Being “tired” in a 32 minute high school basketball game is ridiculous. I remember a lot about playing high school basketball but being tired in a game was not one of them. Go Blue!

I think FC is in a tough spot being that the system doesn't pay very well. Any quality candidate can cross the border to Alabama or go up the road to Rutherford Co. and make a considerable amount more than teaching and coaching in FC. They've done some things in recent years to try and help that situation, but it's not enough to entice a quality coach from elsewhere.

Population has nothing to do with the OOZ multiplier though. Alabama has smaller population than TN and has 7 classes across the board in the main sports (which is absurd IMO). TN would be best served to go 5 public school classes across the board in the main sports. Apply the OOZ multiplier like GA does. I also wish TSSAA would classify each sport individually. For example, more schools play basketball than baseball or softball. With all the small charters and such schools popping up this number is sure to continue growing. Take the number of schools that actually play the sport, then divide up your classifications accordingly.

Tennessee should do what Georgia does regarding OOZ students. In GA every student that attends a school from out of zone is counted twice and that school is classed accordingly to the number after the multiplier. For example School A has 1,000 students. 200 of those students do not live in that school's zone. Thus School A's enrollment is 1,200 after the mulitplier... similar to the 1.8 TSSAA used a while back.

He was an out going senior. However the O-D is no different than participating in the underclassmen portion of Army All American game in Texas was my understanding or other combine like events. Since it's not exclusive, as they'd lead you to believe, it's not considered an all star game but more like a camp with a game at the end. If i had an underclassmen that wanted to participate, I'd definitely get it okayed with the state office.... but we see how that can work out too.

I had a player do O-D Bowl series a few years ago. He paid to to go down. Trust me, its a pay to play. It's a showcase camp setting with a game at the end. Similar to 7 on 7 tournaments except it is full contact. My guy went down to New Orleans for a regional "bowl" and I assure you he paid to play. It's a scam. The top performers from the game, then are selected to go on to other bowl. No different from the Under Armor Baseball Factory and other events. I'd be willing to be that OD sends out thousands of emails and the ones that cut the checks are "selected". There's a reason it has no validity.

I'm not sure the 0-D All Star Game constitutes an all star game being that it is open to anyone willing to write a check. If it were deemed to be a legit all star game, the underclass FB player would not be eligible. You can't cut a check and play in the McDonald's All American game, or the Army All American game. Good examples and explanations here: https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/08/11/perfect-game-classic-tssaa-rule-keeps-robert-hassell-ryan-hagenow-out-all-star-game/1981266001/ https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/07/11/high-school-baseball-farragut-tssaa-tennessee-2019/1707665001/