Deadline for Moving Up in Classification - Official Declarations

[KennyPowers55]

We have all heard the rumors, today is the real deal. Who is going up officially?

[LG1977]

The fellas at breakfast said this morning they were 95% sure Carter and Fulton were going 5A and Catholic would stay 5A. When is the deadline today? What time?

Edited October 25, 2016 by LarryGee77

[silverpie]

Noon Central. 1p eastern.

[KennyPowers55]

The fellas at breakfast said this morning they were 95% sure Carter and Fulton were going 5A and Catholic would stay 5A. When is the deadline today? What time?

Wow

[GWAVE1]

Carter, Seymour and Gibbs officially declare 5A.

[osunut2]

Carter, Seymour and Gibbs officially declare 5A.

Wow. That changes some things.

Edited October 25, 2016 by osunut2

[DominateTheTrenches]

So, 6 "equal" classes is not really going to happen?  What is the breakdown for teams in each class from 1A to 6A now?

[TheAmbassador]

No 6 equal classes was never going to happen. I believe all classes will be within 5-6 teams of one another. We need to see an official release on who is moving up before we can see exactly how many teams will be in each class.

Edited October 25, 2016 by TheAmbassador

[osunut2]

Wow. Fulton is moving up to 5A as well.

 

http://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/high-school/2016/10/25/fulton-football-makes-move-class-5a/92735608/

[FootballFan51]

Carter, Seymour and Gibbs officially declare 5A.

out of curiosity, what is the benefit of declaring up? Travel costs? Natural rivalries?

Assuming these were all 4A schools (along with Fulton), why would you move up, especially if Catholic stays at 5a?

[osunut2]

out of curiosity, what is the benefit of declaring up? Travel costs? Natural rivalries?

Assuming these were all 4A schools (along with Fulton), why would you move up, especially if Catholic stays at 5a?

This is a cost issue, IMO. In Fulton's case, Jody Wright felt that they had to move, otherwise they'd end up in a small 4A region with a ton of travel; plus, they'd have to find a lot of non-region opponents, and that is easier said than done for a program like theirs. And if you look at how this is shaking out, Anderson County is in a really bad position, because they are the lone Knox-area team left in 4A, along with Union County, who may not even play football next year.

 

Wright said, "We felt like there was going to be so much movement from 4A to 5A, we had to make a decision. You worry about a small region. You worry about having to schedule a bunch of non-district games and a lot of travel; we felt like there was so much movement to 5A, we had no choice. We made this decision today, but we had been talking about it the past three or four days. I met with Coach (Rob) Black again today and felt like there weren’t a whole lot of options."

Edited October 25, 2016 by osunut2

[osunut2]

Anderson County is in a really bad position, because they will either end up in a region with Greeneville/Elizabethton/Sullivan teams, the Chattanooga-area teams (Howard, East Ridge, Hixson, Chatt Central, East Ham, Sequoyah), or the plateau teams (Stone Memorial, Cumberland Co, Livingston). The only school remaining in 4A that is less than an hour away is Union County.