Great Idea

[MaryvilleRebels]

I think it would be really cool if TSSAA would do something like college does and at the end of the year award the school with the most points in every sport a trophy. It would be like the Sears Trophy of high school sports, so you could brag that your school was the best in the state. I don't think it would be too hard to do, i mean they can come out with a chart for how many points each team gets per sport and what not. It'd be a fun way to brag about your school! Comments?

[MaryvilleRebels]

Now c'mon someone has to think its either a good idea or a bad idea or something!? Personally I'd like to see it, you can add together all the points from team sports and see how well each school does! They do it in college, why not in high school, it would be fun, if you will.

[AintSkeerd59]

I like your idea, although I think they'd have to divide it into, well divisions, and such. There would have to be some distinction between large schools and smaller schools but probably not public vs. private.

[REBELRON]

Maryville would have finished high.

 

Football. State 4A champs.

 

Boys Basketball. 1 Game away from making it to state tournament. 32-5 record.

 

Baseball was 1 game away from making state tournament.

 

Girls Softball made the state tourney.

 

They were decent in their other sports too.

[yellowdog]

I think it would be really cool if TSSAA would do something like college does and at the end of the year award the school with the most points in every sport a trophy.

A good idea. Why does TSSAA have to do this? Maybe a large state newspaper could create the award, or a sponsor like a sports shoe company? Logistics of puttling the award together would be tough -- Baylor would win every year in DII. In DI are you going to have multiple champions for each class? If so do you do it for A,AA,AAA (basketball, baseball, softball), or in football (1A,2A,3A,4A,5A), or the sports that are in A-AA,AA or like wrestling and bowling where there is just one class? Some tough decisions.

[coachcornbread]

<_< I'll tell you why this will never happen. It would mean that the TSSAA would have to spend more money! (And we all know they don't want to do that). You may be able to convince Ronnie "Kenneth Laye" Carter but I doubt it. That is a great idea though.

[rollredroll]

I seem to recall this (awarding of an "all-sports" trophy or designation) was done prior to the split. The name of who sponsored it escapes me though (why does Pepsi ring a bell?).

[olineathlete]

i think that would be a good idea, but like some1 said, you would have to split it up based on classifications. u would also have to have a public and private one, cuz where would the private's go? what classification would they be put in to compete against?

[MaryvilleRebels]

Well I don't really think TSSAA will have to spend any money, they just need to be the official bookkeepers and then get a sponsor to pay for the trophy and have it called the name of the sponsor. I think the best way would be putting the schools in the basketball classifications, but I dunno, maybe you could do it with the entire state, it may not be as accurate, but it would still be a fun thing. Really all you need is the top 10 or 20.