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Making the post-season may be easier than some people think?


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Making the post-season may be easier than some people think?

 

Just out of curiosity I went to http://www.tssaa.org/schdir/regionalstandings.cfm and looked at 2A to see how that might shake it and a current 3-4 team could get in as the 24th team.

 

Then I did some simple math...

 

24 > 41/2

 

24 > 41/2

 

32 > 53/2

 

32 > 53/2

 

32 > 59/2

 

32 > 55/2

 

What do those represent?

 

The fact that more than half of each team in Division 1 makes the post season. So that means teams with losing records will make the post season.

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They could put in a pretty cool twist. Say a team with a losing record makes the playoffs but there is another team with a winning record that is being left out. Put the 'left out' team with the best winning record in that spot, regardless of 'pod' or location. I believe that the #4 team out of the Rutherford county district could be very competitive in some of the region playoffs. Something along those lines...just a thought.

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They could put in a pretty cool twist. Say a team with a losing record makes the playoffs but there is another team with a winning record that is being left out. Put the 'left out' team with the best winning record in that spot, regardless of 'pod' or location. I believe that the #4 team out of the Rutherford county district could be very competitive in some of the region playoffs. Something along those lines...just a thought.

 

How about make a minimum win total, like NCAA and bowl games? If 29 teams finish with 6 wins or more, then some folks are getting a bye in the first round..... :lol:

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Its nothing but a money racket. TSSAA doesnt care about putting a good product on the field early in the playoffs. All they are interested in is their cut$$$ Same goes for basketball. Why are we putting 4 teams in the regional? There is no reason for more than half the teams in a classification making the playoffs other than it's a money maker plain and simple. Other sports that are not so called "revenue" sports only have two teams represent their district in the playoffs.

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Everyone doesn't realize that any team that goes 7-3 or 8-2 and doesn't finish in the top 2 of the district will more than likely make the playoffs. There is a misconception that they will be sitting at home, there is a small chance, but it won't happen. Where the the gray area comes in is for teams that are 5-5 and teams that are 1-9 are making it. If you have a winning record more than likely you get in.

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