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This story ran in Friday's Knoxville News Sentinel... what are everyone's comments on this?

 

In August, the Tennessee Secondary

School Athletic Association decided to

form two classes in Division II sports, save

bowling, wrestling and track and field, for

the 2007-08 school year.

That movedWebb School into the highest

classification.

That could change.

A TSSAA Division II committee agreed

last Thursday to propose a Class AA division

split into West and East-Middle regions

for all sports for the start of the 2007-

08 school year.

The TSSAA Board of Control will review

it for approval at its Nov. 13 meeting.

The newly proposed football regions get

a little tricky.

Webb would be placed in the East-Middle

region, which would include a combined

nine Middle and East Tennessee

schools. Those nine would be split into

three groups: A, B and C.

Group A would include Webb, Baylor

and McCallie. Group B: Father Ryan, Brentwood

Academy and BGA. And Group C:

MBA, Ensworth and Pope John Paul II.

Under the proposal, Webb would play

Baylor and McCallie then two more out of

B and C for a total of six region games. But,

the committee is alsomulling over whether

a team should have eight region games,

which would meanWebb would play each

team from Group B and C.

That must be decided by Oct. 31, according

to TSSAA executive director Ronnie

Carter.

The five West region teams would only

face one another.

The top five East-Middle teams qualify

for the playoffs, and the top three in the

West advance.

“I was for (the new proposal),” Webb

football coach and athletics director David

Meske said. “Just because us moving up,

we were going to have to adjust to that level.

It gave us the ability to have more flexibility

in scheduling.

“I would’ve still preferred three divisions

in football just because of the size of

schools. Asking a school of 480 (kids) to

play a school of 1,800 is not the way to go,

but that’s what was decided and we are going

to have to adjust.”

While Meske wasn’t pleased with the

idea of facing a school with more than three

times the amount of boys in it thanWebb’s,

he still realized that this change could be

temporary.

“This is a two-year deal,” he said. “And

after then, we’ll re-evaluate it.”

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My first comment would be that you should buy a paper with news less than two months old! :thumb:

 

I didn't think this was old news. The Sentinel reported the fact that DII was combining football into only two divisions over a month ago. This story actually expands on something that was not voted on or discussed back in August and states that changes could happen. I think it is significant because it will help reduce the travel to Memphis and East TN for teams on opposite ends of the state.

 

I hope they approve this plan.

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I didn't think this was old news. The Sentinel reported the fact that DII was combining football into only two divisions over a month ago. This story actually expands on something that was not voted on or discussed back in August and states that changes could happen. I think it is significant because it will help reduce the travel to Memphis and East TN for teams on opposite ends of the state.

 

I hope they approve this plan.

I was just teasing a bit. I hope it is approved as well.

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This story ran in Friday's Knoxville News Sentinel... what are everyone's comments on this?

 

But,

the committee is alsomulling over whether

a team should have eight region games,

which would meanWebb would play each

team from Group B and C.

 

 

Well I disagree with the notion of one group with 5 teams and one group with 9 having to play 8 region games while the other plays 4. What kind of deal is that. Also the extra traveling on the groups from East Tenn would be crazy. Every other week they would be traveling over 2 hours to play a game. Stupid waste of gas & school resources I'd have to say.

 

So you might as well Pencil in

MBA, BA, McCallie and Baylor in the east

ECS, CB & MUS in the east

 

Leaving only one spot open in the east.

It would almost certianly mean the end of the Knox Webb - Knox Catholic game and the JPII- Goodpasture Game because each team will need every win just to have a shot a the fifth spot.

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