and you think the VHSL is complicated.. check out Illinois

[THEGOATFROMJMU]

http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/EnrollmentsClassifications/NumericEnrollments.aspx

http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/EnrollmentsClassifications/SchoolClassifications.aspx


You can be in a different "classification" depending on the sport... wow.....

and you may be "This program is subject to the success adjustment for the 2015-16 school term and has been moved up to a different class." so if you win too much you gotta go up....

 

[Keith_Stone33]

http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/EnrollmentsClassifications/NumericEnrollments.aspx

http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/EnrollmentsClassifications/SchoolClassifications.aspx


You can be in a different "classification" depending on the sport... wow.....

and you may be "This program is subject to the success adjustment for the 2015-16 school term and has been moved up to a different class." so if you win too much you gotta go up....

Very interesting, I wonder what the reasoning behind this is?

 

[dringtuoti]

Interesting, looks like the schools forced to move up b/c success adjustment are private schools.

 

[Keith_Stone33]

Interesting, looks like the schools forced to move up b/c success adjustment are private schools.

I figured recruiting had to do with that but was sure

 

[dringtuoti]

I read a few articles after the original post about high school sports and Illinois and a significant majority of the teams that win state championships across sports and classifications are private schools. I also read a few quotes from private schools who complain that their classification is unfair.

 

[otnorot]

The "success adjustment" is basically an addition to the enrollment multiplier they already use for non-boundaried schools (private schools plus certain public magnet schools), to push the biggest powerhouses into higher classes. On the other hand, non-boundaried schools that don't have powerful programs can get a waiver and be exempt from the multiplier altogether.

 

[TIDEPRIDE01]

I like the change and going back to old system of 4 regions...think each region should have 6 team playoff w/#1 and #2 seeds getting bye...then cross bracket the region champs like 1A and 2A did...if the two best teams in the division come from same area then so be it...hate seeing the real state championship played the week before in state semifinals....give automatic berth back to district champs too...gives yah something to fight for again and makes district play relevant again...I wish VA would take page out of IL football playoff pairings...don't give final enrollment until playoffs and fill all brackets with district champions and teams with at least a 6-4 winning record...then take "bubble teams" w/5-5 records...until you fill up required # of teams to fill 6 divisions w/24 teams per...then take top 24 teams enrollment wise and that is 6A then separate into 4 regions ...then you continue w5A-1A....very rarely do you get a "losing" team in playoffs unless they barely make it because they played a very tough schedule....they also base off of "football enrollment" aka the # of boys in each school...IL lets private play w/public schools but add a multiplier to private boys enrollment to determine classification...not a big fan of public vs private but w/recent addition of LCA I feel it's only in due time before it happens in VA....in IL they have a "Playoff Show" where IHSA posts the brackets according to class...teams,players,parents,coaches host playoff selection parties until they find out who and what classification they play in...most of time based on enrollment you probably know what class you will play at but every now and then you might fluctuate based on changes in enrollment

 

[AdvocateOfMany434]

Another reason Private should not be allowed to play public. Its idiotic. This crap going on with LCA (Liberty Christian Academy) being in 4A is ridiculous. They are just going to recruit harder or beg to move down. Why do you think they should have right to play public schools anyway? They are the ones that decided to send their kids to a private school. Stay private then! That goes for sports as well, stay private.