DKerley

The only reason I mentioned an 11th game or play in game is so that TSSAA could make more money. I am pretty sure that is why we have 6 classifications for Public and 2 more classifications for Private schools. Yes, it is watered down. Most counties are Open Enrollment- example Blount County- best football players could go play for Alcoa or Maryville leaving other schools within the county with less talent so yes I believe it is an unfair advantage, same advantage private schools have when they recruit several districts.

We could go to 4 Classifications like we currently have in basketball and baseball. I think there is 16 Districts and 8 Regions per classification. Anyhow, District 1 Champion could play District 2 Champion for the Region 1 Championship. Both teams would automatically get a bid to the TSSAA playoffs. District 1 #2 team would play District 2 #3 team and District 1 #3 team could play District 2 #2 team and the two winning teams would make the TSSAA playoffs for that Region 1. Other games would also be played for example, District 1 #4 team would play District 2 #4 team, #5 vs #5, etc. This would make every team across the state play an 11th game and TSSAA could get 1/2 of the gate and the 2 teams split the rest. We could do away with the bye week and the season would still be the same in length. In the end all playoff teams would deserve to be in the playoffs. TSSAA would end up making more money than they would under the current 6 classification system. I also think that TSSAA should have a multiplier effect for Private schools if we combine Public and Private schools. I also think that TSSAA should have a multiplier effect for county's who have open enrollment and allow students to attend any school of their choice within they system.