burnstweeter

He would’ve been better served going for it

I think they might have the numbers to move back up to 3A next time

It’s one thing for East Gaston to play with the 3A schools but 1A schools Bessemer City and Cherryville honestly have no business in a conference with 3A schools in football, just my opinion. It would make it harder for them to get to the playoffs playing bigger schools. I prefer for schools to play within their classification in football in regular season. I would have no problem with this in other sports where travel is a factor, however. They really do need to reconsider separate alignments for other sports.

https://www.journalnow.com/sports/high-school/the-nchsaa-potentially-could-add-a-fifth-classification-here-s/article_11b6176a-36bf-52bb-a3bf-b5d8b6d5815a.html

https://www.journalnow.com/sports/high-school/the-nchsaa-potentially-could-add-a-fifth-classification-here-s/article_11b6176a-36bf-52bb-a3bf-b5d8b6d5815a.html

https://www.journalnow.com/sports/high-school/the-nchsaa-potentially-could-add-a-fifth-classification-here-s/article_11b6176a-36bf-52bb-a3bf-b5d8b6d5815a.html

https://www.journalnow.com/sports/high-school/the-nchsaa-potentially-could-add-a-fifth-classification-here-s/article_11b6176a-36bf-52bb-a3bf-b5d8b6d5815a.html

They have to change bylaws to allow 5A...as of right now NC can only have four classifications so 5A currently has to be called 4AA. Will be voted on in December whether to change the bylaws. Then will let the schools vote next May on whether to add 5A.

You are probably right btango. I expect to see 12.5/25/25/25/12.5 in 2021.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/preps-blog/article229978669.html Commissioner says there would be no subdividing if 5A is added. It’s the very last sentence. I hope classifications are divided equally. Only bad thing is more split conferences but would be worth less state champions. But it is not true about all sports currently being subdivided. Just football.

If 5A is not approved it would be probably be 25/25/25/12.5.12.5. Because 20/30/30/10/10 would be downright ridiculous.

If 5A is approved next year it will eliminate subdividing across the board. Article has been updated now.

https://www.highschoolot.com/nchsaa...s3ORjHIliSoRZ8Cobs4WZuPE2K-GOg9uQYs3RAVe87_NA The next realignment process has been delayed a year. The new conferences will still go into effect in the 2021-2022 school year, this just eliminates the “lame duck year.” I like this because enrollment fluctuates and a school may be 3A size when the realignment figures come out, however when the new conferences actually start 2 years later, enrollment may have dropped to 2A size and they are stuck in 3A for at least 2 years...usually 4. Case in point...Burns...thankfully we were able to move down this year but I digress. Now this might just be a one off...because they are looking to add 5A. They basically already have...but are just calling it “4AA” for now. They have to change the bylaws. But sounds like it’s gonna happen. Just not sure how the classifications are gonna be divided up, or how the playoffs are going to work yet. Should be interesting. The football coaches and AD’s are just going to have to hit the ground running on the scheduling for 2021 and 2022 because of the process being postponed. That’s the only downside to this.

https://www.highschoolot.com/nchsaa...s3ORjHIliSoRZ8Cobs4WZuPE2K-GOg9uQYs3RAVe87_NA The next realignment process has been delayed a year. The new conferences will still go into effect in the 2021-2022 school year, this just eliminates the “lame duck year.” I like this because enrollment fluctuates and a school may be 3A size when the realignment figures come out, however when the new conferences actually start 2 years later, enrollment may have dropped to 2A size and they are stuck in 3A for at least 2 years...usually 4. Case in point...Burns...thankfully we were able to move down this year but I digress. Now this might just be a one off...because they are looking to add 5A. They basically already have...but are just calling it “4AA” for now. They have to change the bylaws. But sounds like it’s gonna happen. Just not sure how the classifications are gonna be divided up, or how the playoffs are going to work yet. Should be interesting. The football coaches and AD’s are just going to have to hit the ground running on the scheduling for 2021 and 2022 because of the process being postponed. That’s the only downside to this.

https://www.highschoolot.com/nchsaa...s3ORjHIliSoRZ8Cobs4WZuPE2K-GOg9uQYs3RAVe87_NA The next realignment process has been delayed a year. The new conferences will still go into effect in the 2021-2022 school year, this just eliminates the “lame duck year.” I like this because enrollment fluctuates and a school may be 3A size when the realignment figures come out, however when the new conferences actually start 2 years later, enrollment may have dropped to 2A size and they are stuck in 3A for at least 2 years...usually 4. Case in point...Burns...thankfully we were able to move down this year but I digress. Now this might just be a one off...because they are looking to add 5A. They basically already have...but are just calling it “4AA” for now. They have to change the bylaws. But sounds like it’s gonna happen. Just not sure how the classifications are gonna be divided up, or how the playoffs are going to work yet. Should be interesting. The football coaches and AD’s are just going to have to hit the ground running on the scheduling for 2021 and 2022 because of the process being postponed. That’s the only downside to this.