Enrollments

[crazzyness]

I fail to see how taking the smallest 1/5 of the schools (once you take out the "super 32") in TN and putting them in a classifacation together is anything but fair.

[crazzyness]

This is true. I am old school and remember the days when a school had over 350 they were 2-a no questions ask. Then it was about the enrollment number not equal number of teams in each class.

But you must remember, back in the day, there were FAR more tiny schools than there are now. A school with an enrollment of say 450ish was considered a "big" school. Not so much anymore.

[TheOgre78]

I think I remember reading schools had to have their enrollment in by now but is there a deadline for TSSAA about deciding who goes where? I do not think there is a perfect scenario but hopefully they make the best possible decisions on this. Either way imo your going to have someone that's happy and other schools that aren't, lol.

[pac12]

If LC had 351 then LC would be 2-A .It's that simple. Do I like it no but at least it's clear cut.

[pac12]

You talk about Gleason and Greenfield here's a curveball for you what if they consolidate these schools. My understanding is if these two schools were to go to Dresden or to Westview it would only make Dresden a 2a team under the current TSSAA rules and I believe Westview would stay where they are now. I know I'm talking dirty but that's just a curveball for you.

[fredjones]

the split will take care of this. 

[irishman1]

You talk about Gleason and Greenfield here's a curveball for you what if they consolidate these schools. My understanding is if these two schools were to go to Dresden or to Westview it would only make Dresden a 2a team under the current TSSAA rules and I believe Westview would stay where they are now. I know I'm talking dirty but that's just a curveball for you.

Dresden and UC are the two biggest single A teams in current classification, they were close to being the two smallest double A schools in this classification also. Huntingdon, UC, McKenzie, and Dresden seem to always float back and forth (1A to 2A) on this enrollment bubble. 

I agree..... with the addition of the Taterheads it would barely put a dent in any schools enrollment numbers LOL!

 

maybe 140ish on numbers

[tradertwo]

the split will take care of this. 

The split won't affect this problem much at all. There are 17 privates playing DI football, eleven of them are 1A (1A - 2AA sub class), most of those with the 1.8 multiplier added are larger than the "small" 1A (sub 300 student) public schools. All that to say this...the privates removed from public division will be "replaced" with publics having larger student populations than those same small schools. The only difference would be that 17 schools overall wouldn't figure into dividing the classes into equal thirds, roughly six less per class. It could affect most the three or four smallest 2A schools, as they would drop to 1A in order to fill the void of the privates.

Edited September 18, 2014 by tradertwo

[lakecounty1968]

_{Fans from Lake County never used to worry about the size of their school...}

The biggest concern here is not size of school(242) its the number of kids playing football.

[gtripledip]

The biggest concern here is not size of school(242) its the number of kids playing football.

Only the kids that attend the schools can determine its number that actually play football. That can't be regulated by TSSAA or anyone else.