Indian Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 I'd favor the cutoffs being a little flexible if it keeps a rivalry together, or if it keeps a school from having each of its region games 90 minutes to 2 hours away. As it is, there are always a few schools that are over the set cutoff break in each class but the largest, even if it's not meeting the 20 percent growth or drop guidelines for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haweanbula Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 18 hours ago, Indian said: I'd favor the cutoffs being a little flexible if it keeps a rivalry together, or if it keeps a school from having each of its region games 90 minutes to 2 hours away. As it is, there are always a few schools that are over the set cutoff break in each class but the largest, even if it's not meeting the 20 percent growth or drop guidelines for a change. I'd agree with that. I mean honestly there are schools who are 1 and 2 students away from being a class lower or class higher. That makes nominal difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79Bobcat Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 11/12/2019 at 10:43 AM, FBfan26 said: When y'all tried to bail when the district was made I thought t$$aa was going to accept it because it didn't make since to us for yall and us to travel that far. Now that republic joined yall should have more ammo to move. I agree FB. Schools should have more lattitude to do whats best for them especially when has to do with voluntarily playing up. Again one reason i think we need to drop at least one division is to place more schools in 5 divisions to give more options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverrat Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Any chance any of these schools or others decide to play football starting next reclassification cycle? Forgive me if I left a private school in by mistake. Chatt. School for the Arts & Sciences 444 Clarkrange High School 307 Crosstown High School 369 Culleoka High School 284 Gateway University 285 Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet 905 Independence Academy High School 278 Jackson Central Merry Early College High School 224 Knowledge Academies 349 Knoxville Catholic High School 630 L&N STEM Academy 545 LEAD Academy 439 LEAD Southeast High School 362 Madison Academic Magnet High School 450 Martin Luther King High School 965 Memphis Rise Academy 418 Memphis School of Excellence 242 Merrol Hyde Magnet School 233 Murfreesboro Central Magnet School 821 Nashville Middle College High School 175 Nashville School of Arts 550 Pleasant View School 150 Power Center Academy High School 421 Santa Fe High School 192 Sequoyah High School - Soddy-Daisy 309 Soulsville Charter School 256 Southwest Early College High School 309 STEM Prep Academy 445 STEM School of Chattanooga 279 Tennessee Online Public School 222 Tennessee School for the Deaf 216 The Cohn Learning Center 159 Valor Collegiate Academy 896 Van Buren Co. High School 232 Washburn High School 151 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePanther Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, riverrat said: Any chance any of these schools or others decide to play football starting next reclassification cycle? Forgive me if I left a private school in by mistake. Chatt. School for the Arts & Sciences 444 Clarkrange High School 307 Crosstown High School 369 Culleoka High School 284 Gateway University 285 Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet 905 Independence Academy High School 278 Jackson Central Merry Early College High School 224 Knowledge Academies 349 Knoxville Catholic High School 630 L&N STEM Academy 545 LEAD Academy 439 LEAD Southeast High School 362 Madison Academic Magnet High School 450 Martin Luther King High School 965 Memphis Rise Academy 418 Memphis School of Excellence 242 Merrol Hyde Magnet School 233 Murfreesboro Central Magnet School 821 Nashville Middle College High School 175 Nashville School of Arts 550 Pleasant View School 150 Power Center Academy High School 421 Santa Fe High School 192 Sequoyah High School - Soddy-Daisy 309 Soulsville Charter School 256 Southwest Early College High School 309 STEM Prep Academy 445 STEM School of Chattanooga 279 Tennessee Online Public School 222 Tennessee School for the Deaf 216 The Cohn Learning Center 159 Valor Collegiate Academy 896 Van Buren Co. High School 232 Washburn High School 151 Although they have the numbers, I seriously doubt MLK or Hume-Fogg try to field teams which is why they co-op with PC and Hillwood. I do find it interesting that H-F co-ops with Hillwood when there are several schools that are closer in proximity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indian Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Probably not. I'd say once you get to a certain point, maybe half the average enrollment of teams in the state fielding the sport, that you have your own team and can't co-op. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Pride Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 On 11/13/2019 at 2:12 PM, riverrat said: Any chance any of these schools or others decide to play football starting next reclassification cycle? Forgive me if I left a private school in by mistake. Chatt. School for the Arts & Sciences 444 Clarkrange High School 307 Crosstown High School 369 Culleoka High School 284 Gateway University 285 Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet 905 Independence Academy High School 278 Jackson Central Merry Early College High School 224 Knowledge Academies 349 Knoxville Catholic High School 630 L&N STEM Academy 545 LEAD Academy 439 LEAD Southeast High School 362 Madison Academic Magnet High School 450 Martin Luther King High School 965 Memphis Rise Academy 418 Memphis School of Excellence 242 Merrol Hyde Magnet School 233 Murfreesboro Central Magnet School 821 Nashville Middle College High School 175 Nashville School of Arts 550 Pleasant View School 150 Power Center Academy High School 421 Santa Fe High School 192 Sequoyah High School - Soddy-Daisy 309 Soulsville Charter School 256 Southwest Early College High School 309 STEM Prep Academy 445 STEM School of Chattanooga 279 Tennessee Online Public School 222 Tennessee School for the Deaf 216 The Cohn Learning Center 159 Valor Collegiate Academy 896 Van Buren Co. High School 232 Washburn High School 151 Knoxville Catholic has football. Won a state championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBfan26 Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 On 11/13/2019 at 12:27 PM, 79Bobcat said: I agree FB. Schools should have more lattitude to do whats best for them especially when has to do with voluntarily playing up. Again one reason i think we need to drop at least one division is to place more schools in 5 divisions to give more options. Greenville or Alcoa would come out the east. Middle Tn would have some NICE regions. West TN would be interesting also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachHound Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 Here are a few plans that should be looked at: Public/Private, Rural/Urban Split (6 total classes) 5 playoff rounds A: Private AA: Private A: Urban AA: Urban A: Rural AA: Rural 2 Private 4 playoff rounds 3 Public Classes 5 playoff rounds To keep T$$AA's thirst for money at bay, allow them to sanction bowl games for a cut of the gate, smaller than a playoff cut $1-2.00. Local Bowl Games have a lot of cool flavor and need to make a return, but when you have winless teams automatically in due to 4 team regions in 6 classes, it is impossible to have decent ones. I would bet they'd make more money this way, than the current system. Attendance has been dropping under this 6 class system. Allow ANY team that wants to move up, to do so. Allow teams with a 10 year record below 33% to petition to drop 1 classification for 1 cycle, remaining in that class in subsequent cycles, per board approval thereafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBfan26 Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 1 hour ago, BeachHound said: Here are a few plans that should be looked at: Public/Private, Rural/Urban Split (6 total classes) 5 playoff rounds A: Private AA: Private A: Urban AA: Urban A: Rural AA: Rural 2 Private 4 playoff rounds 3 Public Classes 5 playoff rounds To keep T$$AA's thirst for money at bay, allow them to sanction bowl games for a cut of the gate, smaller than a playoff cut $1-2.00. Local Bowl Games have a lot of cool flavor and need to make a return, but when you have winless teams automatically in due to 4 team regions in 6 classes, it is impossible to have decent ones. I would bet they'd make more money this way, than the current system. Attendance has been dropping under this 6 class system. Allow ANY team that wants to move up, to do so. Allow teams with a 10 year record below 33% to petition to drop 1 classification for 1 cycle, remaining in that class in subsequent cycles, per board approval thereafter. So What is Urban? MiddleTN, memphis,Chatt and Knoxville? Traveling would be ridiculous for rural schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachHound Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 It isn't already? When rural schools make a run, and even some urban schools, the travel is already pretty crazy. It is an idea... I am not sure what population would constitute urban/rural, but there is tremendous disparity between a William Blount, Heritage, Campbell County, Cherokee etc. and an Oak Ridge, Maryville, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokefb Posted December 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 5 classifications for football is what most are hearing. What are you hearing about the other sports? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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