The MHSAA voted today to move to a 6A classification system. Classes 5 and 6 will have 32 teams. The other classifications will be
divided equally.
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 MasterDawg
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New classification system for MHSAA. |
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Posts: 788 05/13/08 01:55 PM |
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Hector |
Where did you here this? | #1 | ||
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Posts: 209 05/13/08 02:46 PM Member |
I knew there was talk for a while, and they even got coaches input. I don't see any positives to this, but several negatives:
Travel- teams will have to travel more and gas ain't goin' down Loss of Rival games Loss of gate money- see all the above I'm I missing something or does this not seem to be stupid idea. We don't have the populated areas like neighboring states to support this move. How does this help the school systems?
"I got an idea, an idea so smart my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about." Peter Griffin
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Todd4State |
I agree | #2 | ||
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Posts: 1025 05/13/08 03:55 PM |
Hector wrote: We just don't have enough schools in the state to do that. The only way that would be a good idea is if the MPSA folded and then those schools were forced to join the MHSAA. |
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jackiesux |
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Posts: 90 05/13/08 04:01 PM |
Proctor said just last year that this would not happen.
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patdog |
3 hours later and still no confirmation on Clarion Ledger website. | #4 | ||
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Posts: 7493 05/13/08 04:50 PM |
Like other posters, I really don't see any feasible way for Mississippi to have 6 classes for sports. I could see them limiting the size of Class 4A to about 40 though. |
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Indndawg |
So Tupelo would have a shot a winning a SC | #5 | ||
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Posts: 6940 05/13/08 04:53 PM |
sux being in the same div as S Panola
Congrats Sly
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patdog |
The only change for either Tupelo or South Panola | #6 | ||
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Posts: 7495 05/13/08 05:10 PM |
would be that the current 5A classification would now be called 6A, with the largest 32 4A schools moving up to 5A. But take heart. Someday, South
Panola's got to lose a game. At least I think they do.
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Indndawg |
I would think Tupleo would move up | #7 | ||
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Posts: 6941 05/13/08 05:39 PM |
and SP stay the same. Tupelo's supposed to be fairly loaded this year and would welcome the change
Congrats Sly
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 Faustdog |
I don't think that would matter... | #8 | ||
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Posts: 3043 05/13/08 05:46 PM |
Todd4State wrote: Ninety percent of the schools in the MPSA would be classified as 1A in public school. The biggest two, Prep and JA, would probably be 3A. |
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Ole Miss Grad |
Both would move up. Here is the 32: | #9 | ||
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Posts: 50 05/13/08 05:56 PM |
(Number beside name of school is the number of HS students)
Harrison Central 2481 Tupelo 1955 Madison Central 1918 Horn Lake 1864 Greenville-Weston 1736 Ocean Springs 1723 Gulfport 1625 Southaven 1565 Meridian 1548 Olive Branch 1459 Clinton 1430 Biloxi 1420 Northwest Rankin 1370 Columbus 1365 Murrah 1340 Grenada 1327 Oak Grove 1320 Jim Hill 1292 Brandon 1288 Warren Central 1244 DeSoto Central 1242 South Panola 1223 Hattiesburg 1198 Starkville 1187 Natchez 1169 Provine 1136 Pascagoula 1134 Wingfield 1134 Terry 1130 Petal 1117 George County 1111 Hancock 1104 |
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patdog |
There are currently only 32 teams in 5A. | #10 | ||
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Posts: 7496 05/13/08 05:59 PM |
The original poster said the supposed new 6A classification would also have 32 teams. So there would be no difference in the current 5A and the new 6A. Of
course, he's probably full of shit.
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wpnetdawg |
Now, 1As and 2As will mean that much less. | #11 | ||
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Posts: 2712 05/13/08 06:01 PM |
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patdog |
No. They'd mean exactly the same as they do now. | #12 | ||
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Posts: 7497 05/13/08 06:03 PM |
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wpnetdawg |
That's sad because they don't mean anything now. | #13 | ||
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Posts: 2713 05/13/08 06:07 PM |
I really don't understand why those schools even sponsor teams.
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Ole Miss Grad |
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Posts: 51 05/13/08 06:11 PM |
So you would prefer MSU never signed Don Smith, Pig Prather, Donald Lee, Kirby Jackson, Conner Stephens, Dicenzo Miller, etc. etc. etc?
Last Edited By: Ole Miss Grad 05/13/08 06:15 PM.
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patdog |
I wouldn't go anywhere near that far. | #15 | ||
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Posts: 7499 05/13/08 06:12 PM |
Sports at the smaller schools is just as important as it is at the larger ones, and a state (or district) championship at any level is something the players,
coaches and school can justifiably be very proud of. With rare exceptions, they couldn't compete in the higher classifications. But it wouldn't be
any more fair to ask them to that it would be to ask Jackson State to compete in the SEC.
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Maroon Eagle |
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Posts: 2149 05/13/08 06:23 PM Manager of Deathtöngue |
Faustdog wrote:
I'd guesstimate that instead 90 percent of the MPSA schools being 1A in MHSAA that it would be 80 percent in 1A, most of the rest in 2A. JA & Prep would both be 4A. And that doesn't even bring into consideration what associations in other states do with regard to multiplying the enrollments of private schools for the purposes of classification. The Alabama high school association, for example, has a 1.35 multipler for private schools. |
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HD6 |
So..... | #17 | ||
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Posts: 665 05/13/08 07:01 PM The General |
just because you live in Crawford or Durant, you shouldn't be allowed to play high school sports? Or if you decide to send your kid to Catholic school, no
sports for them?
Well, that's just stupid.
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wpnetdawg |
It was sarcasm. I expected more from you. | #18 | ||
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Posts: 2714 05/13/08 07:10 PM |
It was in reference to the "Jones County" domination thread.
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HD6 |
Not buying.... | #19 | ||
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Posts: 667 05/13/08 07:11 PM The General |
one reply about it, maybe. Two replies, you buy into what you're saying.
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wpnetdawg |
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Posts: 2715 05/13/08 08:02 PM |
Go back to the second page and see that I was on the opposite side of the "Jones County" dominance argument.
Jones County Dominance Thread
Last Edited By: wpnetdawg 05/13/08 08:17 PM.
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MSUCostanza |
We got it the 30th time. | #21 | ||
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Posts: 6078 05/13/08 08:42 PM Post Count + 10000 |
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wpnetdawg |
I am sorry I offended your overposting sensibilities. | #22 | ||
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Posts: 2716 05/13/08 08:48 PM |
I know you've never posted in a thread in which you had nothing to add.
By the way, that was sarcasm. |
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Afro Dawg |
Nice. | #23 | ||
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Posts: 587 05/13/08 08:57 PM Huxtablologist |
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