This week the MHSAA handed down new rules which will affect football, basketball, and soccer effective next season. Here are some winners and losers that will be affected by this decision.
Football.
If you’re a big school or a school that plays a brutal schedule
you’re loving this format because it forced teams to play you particularly
teams that are in your league.
If you’re a small school, your hating this because it is
forcing you to play bigger schools just for playoff points and the elimination of
the six wins really hurts you because strength of schedule becomes a big time
component.
Basketball.
If you’re a team that plays a brutal non conference and
league schedule you’re loving this because you’ll likely be seeded as one of
the top two seeds come playoff time. If you’re a team that plays an easy non
conference and have a weak league schedule it will hurt you come playoff time
because you might not have one of those top seeds despite winning 17 or 18
games in districts. With the MHSAA going to a Michigan Computer Index it will
force teams to play a tougher schedule next season.
Soccer.
In soccer it’s the same thing as basketball. If you play a
tough schedule then you will be rewarded but if you don’t then it will hurt no
matter if you win or lose.
Notice the trend here???
The new rules come next season for Basketball and Soccer
looks very hard at your strength of schedule and quality of wins when it comes
to district seeding.
In football the MHSAA Representative Council rewarded those
who play a brutal schedule and penalized those who play a soft schedule by eliminating
the six win playoff mandate but that will be for the 2020 season.
We shall see what happens heading into the new season.
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