Matthew328

4 seed A&M Consolidated stuns Randle on the road 28-24

I think the amount of money the UIL makes off a bi-district football game is vastly overrated especially with attendance at games VASTLY dropping...a lot of schools lose money on playoff games now because there's not enough gate to even cover stadium rental....4 teams in the playoffs was about evening the size of the brackets out so eventually the UIL could move to the single site state championship model... Coaches also dont want the bye week in the playoffs for the most part...

I'd prefer all districts be at at least six teams and I think the UIL can do it....but 4 teams making it balances the brackets out.....2 is probably perfect but 4 is much better than 3 and we will never go back to 2...so I think are are "stuck" with 4..I'd rather 15-20 deserving 4 seeds make it past Rd 1 and deal with one week of blowouts than those very good 4 seeds be playing basketball..but thats just me lol

I know the UIL tries to avoid 4 and 5 team districts when possible but in some areas its just hard to avoid

We have this same convo every year...Thur Rd 1 is always a bunch of blowouts because all the huge mismatches are played Thur to get it over with...we over-react because its the first day of the playoffs...then Fri happens we get some great games, a few more blowouts and we all forget about it

Man I caught up on work during the game lol

I'll be shocked if he plays

If I knew Athens QB was out I'd have taken H-F by 21

Always a lot of reasons why games get pulled...we are only allowed to stream a certain # of games...everything else has to go to other partners

Yates IMO is legit...they showed that last yr in the playoffs in D1 Only loss by 7 to a 5A D2 runner-up by 7 on the road....

And in that case they will be compensated I am sure that $ can go back into the program

Linear broadcast rules are regular season only..which the schools themselves own the rights to...playoff rules arent changing

I would be willing to bet $ the fees the UIL pays to UT (568K) is more than what taxpayer benefits the UIL gets being a part of the UT system.... There are benefits to the UIL being part of UT but its not reflected on the most recent financials publicly available [Hidden Content]

Even then, a lot of times arrangements arent made until after lunch Sat or later...I guess I should be glad people care but people were legit mad in my email lol

I know PNG has an amazing student led broadcast...they are able to still stream most rounds unless its one of the 4 exclusive games....I think they do have some ads in the regular season but they just don't run them in the playoffs