****Results Are In!! 4 Teams in Playoffs For Class 4A****

[jmspears3]

The UIL has released the results of the referendum today voted on 4A by the superintendents which will show a victory in favor of four teams in the playoffs next athletic season in Class 4A for all sports.

[KFDM COOP]

The UIL Has released the approval of four teams in the Class 4A playoffs starting next year for all sports. The referendum vote was passed by a large percentage of the Class 4A superintendents. This will make an enormous difference for the smaller schools that have had to face large schools on the small school side of the bracket. Now the two biggest schools qualifying for the playoffs in a district will go to the big school bracket.

[KFDM COOP]

4 Teams it is!!

[adminbaberuth]

Allright WOS87, earn your $$, break it down for us.

[Gabe]

I dont like it.

[JS]

garbage

[Guest wos mustangs]

Each year more and more Schools are being buildt along with increasing population. That's just the way of the World.

[BMTSoulja1]

Now I cant talk about the 5a playoffs being watered down.  Now 4a just got softer.  :'( :'(

[KFDM COOP]

As wosmustangs said, the more new Schools are buildt and the population grows this will continue.

[PNG Proud]

it Sux

[PURPLE 4EVER]

The Bulldogs missed out by one year....

They would have been the 4th place team and made the playoffs last year to keep their streak going, but....

it wasn't to be....

4 teams going to the playoffs is a bit much.

The fourth place team in many many districts will be toasted by the 1st place team in the first round of the playoffs.

Some of those first round games could be very ugly.

Just wondering...

Who got 4th place in 21-4A???

[Guest Wildcat 08]

I like 4 teams getting in!

[jmspears3]

It is all about the $$$$$

[pngfan1]

This is a joke. 3 is too many already.

[PNG1992]

This is a joke. 3 is too many already.

stupid. VERY stupid.

[WOS87]

Allright WOS87, earn your $$, break it down for us.

I would think that this could be good news for smaller 3A schools, as the cutoff between 3A and 4A will now most likely drop to a lower number than it would have been to allow for larger districts in 4A. This has almost always been the case in the past whenever the UIL has expanded the number of teams allowed in the playoffs.

In 1990 when 5A expanded from 2 to 3 playoff teams the cutoff between 4A/5A decreased for the only time in the past 50 years from 1470 to 1460

In 1996 when 4A expanded from 2 to 3 playoff teams the cutoff between 4A/3A decreased from 715 to 700

If the same holds true this year, this could mean larger schools like Brownwood have a chance of staying up in 4A (where they belong!   )

[akifan94]

I say who cares, if you do not belong, you will find out quickly in the first round. There are way more high schools now than 10 years ago. Expanding is not a problem for me. Either that or may a 6A division.

[WOS87]

There aren't THAT many more high schools....  in 1960 there were 914 individual high schools that competed in UIL varsity competition.  In 2007 there were 1017.

What it does mean though is that for the first time ever, more than 50% of the schools in the state will qualify for the playoffs as there will be:

5A - 128 qualifiers

4A - 128 qualifiers

3A - 96 qualifiers

2A - 96 qualifiers

1A - 72 qualifiers

520 total playoff qualifiers out of what should be less than 1040 schools (I heard there would be about 20 new schools starting football in the next realignment)

[AggiesAreWe]

Good Grief!!!! Let's just keep watering it down, and watering it down, watering it down........result, $$$$$$$$$.

Oh, by the way, this is not about population growing. The UIL trying to immulate the NFL.

[bmtdc1996]

I love watching 4th place teams go to the playoffs...we see more lopsided scores in the first round!  I have an idea.....EVERYONE makes the playoffs!!!  There there will be no more bickering about who should and who shouldn't and the kids will all feel good about themselves because NO ONE  gets left behind.  It will make it a better world where no one ever fails!

[WOS87]

Total number of UIL 11-man Playoff qualifiers per year

2008 around 520 (5A: 128, 4A: 128, 3A: 96, 2A: 96, 1A: 72) - the number would change if there are any BYE districts added in like 2-3A currently

2007 485 (5A: 128, 4A: 96, 3A: 93, 2A: 96, 1A: 72)

2006 485

2005 432

2004 432

2003 430

2002 430

2001 428

2000 428

1999 426

1998 426

1997 352

1996 352

1995 326

1994 326

1993 320

1992 320

1991 318

1990 318

1989 280

1988 280

1987 256

1986 256

1985 256

1984 256

1983 256

1982 256

1981 128

1980 128

1979 128

1978 128

1977 128

1976 128

1975 128

1974 128

1973 128

1972 128

1971 137

1970 137

1969 137

1968 137

1967 123

1966 124

1965 128

1964 128

1963 128

1962 128

1961 134

1960 135

1959 136

1958 135

1957 132

1956 132

1955 115

1954 115

1953 115

1952 115

1951 116

1950 100

1949 96

1948 94

1947 100

1946 96

1945 90

1944 82

1943 78

1942 66

1941 92

1940 94

1939 92

1938 64

1937 63

1936 60

1935 56

1934 52

1933 48

1932 48

1931 44

1930 36

1929 36

1928 36

1927 23

1926 24

1925 22

1924 24

1923 16

1922 23

1921 16

[CardinalFan]

Why don't they just extend the football season 2 more weeks

[KFDM COOP]

Wish they would.

[Guest wos mustangs]

2 4th place Schools played for titles last Month, one here in the Austin area.

[SuperflySnuka]

Can anybody say, "NBA Playoffs?"