Your state's high school football playoff system

I can't get over the fact that the kid apparently did something similar in soccer last spring.

Depending on the details/seriousness of that incident, part of me wonders why his school didn't pull the plug on the kid's high school athletic career then and there. (I know, Texas and football)

Or at least assign an assistant to bearhug him and get him the fuck off the field when things started to go sideways here.

I hope those questions are asked of the school and administrators in this aftermath - they can't pretend this incident is something they couldn't have seen coming.

 

The figures I saw were 102 tackles and 8 sacks through four games.

 

"I'd like to say I'm sorry for what happened to my coaches and to my family and to the UIL," the 18-year-old Duron told the University Interscholastic League's state executive committee at a hearing Monday.

Of course, the referee who he actually attacked and injured wasn't mentioned, apparently. I guess he can still go pound sand.

Actually, I guess his lawyer probably told him not to say anything about the ref since he's still facing charges, but still a bad look.

South Texas high school football player who attacked referee apologizes

 

He's sorry for what happened, like they were the victims of a natural disaster or something. He should have said, and I'm sure his lawyer told him not to, "I'm sorry for what I did."

 

Outdoor football in Michigan in mid-January.

Michigan high school football playoffs restart Jan. 2; finals Jan. 16

 

Volleyball state finals in the winter months?

Just like old times in Michigan ...

 

Bands are allowed? The state DOES realize that aside from percussion that the rest of the band cannot play their instruments without masks.

IMO, bands should not be there for any reason. But the logic that says no fans, yet bands and cheerleaders are is off-the-charts ignorant.

 

Michigan's situation appears to be devolving into a total clusterfuck.

After the state shut down high school sports for five weeks, the remaining teams still in the tournament (11-man football divisions were stopped before the quarterfinals) were allowed to resume practice on Monday. Now, at this hour, the MHSAA is ordering them to suspend practice for a week and further delaying the playoffs because the antigen testing the state is requiring to finish the tournament is not ready.

 

I looked into North Carolina's classification system and thought it was a bit involved for a typical southern high school association.

First of all, they only do 4 classes, which for a more populous state is pretty bold. Then they realign in 4-year cycles, which for a high-growth state should draw complaints. Finally, they not only factor in enrollment, but also State Cup points and ISP points (I think related to socioeconomic status). Bottom line is, considering how thin Texas slices its divisions, NC might be one of the tougher state championships to win.