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Whats this mean?

If school B is AA and it wants to compete in AAA in boys basketball it will be allowed. The other sports will remain AA. Previously, it was my understanding a school, to play up, it needed to compete up in AAA in all sports.

Not sure how this would be done in Wrestling???

I could definitely see some AA teams moving up if they are content with competing for 2nd place. The problem would be balancing the numbers in a given region, that could become a headache for sure

Yes, what does this mean? I am going to play naive now...what are the Pros and Cons for a Wrestling Team to move up in classification? Better match-ups?

dunbar76 wrote:If school B is AA and it wants to compete in AAA in boys basketball it will be allowed. The other sports will remain AA. Previously, it was my understanding a school, to play up, it needed to compete up in AAA in all sports.

I don't think basketball will be allowed to move up. It says individual sports, such as wrestling, tennis or golf. Maybe debate team...

It does say individual sports but if you read the article it says that a school could chose to move up in one sport but not make all sports move up. The headline is a bit confusing. I could see some teams choosing to move from AA to AAA (Point, Indy, Fairmont Senior, Fairmont East, Bridgeport). AA and A is very crowded. My understanding would be that if Indy wanted to move up the whole team would have to wrestle up.

Make wrestling a ONE class sport! Better competition and better wrestlers!

The article also says the regular season will not be effected. Just the post seasons. Soooo, sections/regions would need to possibly be realigned if this happens. But football would be effected regular season since a point system is in place to secure playoff spots.

It confuses me! (Doesn’t take much)

Though I’d like to see some of the individual match ups, I hope that Indy, Point and East stay AA. That is going to be an interesting race for the team title this year.

armyscot0873 wrote:It does say individual sports but if you read the article it says that a school could chose to move up in one sport but not make all sports move up. The headline is a bit confusing. I could see some teams choosing to move from AA to AAA (Point, Indy, Fairmont Senior, Fairmont East, Bridgeport). AA and A is very crowded. My understanding would be that if Indy wanted to move up the whole team would have to wrestle up.

Umm why would Independence move up from a class that they’ve won the past 5 years? Plus they are the jaugernaut in a very very weak region. They always have a great chance to qualify every wrestler which goes a long way at the state tournament

When I first read the article I thought the term “ individual sports” meant sports such as track, wrestling, swimming..etc.
However after reading Dunbar’s post I believe that the term “ individual” means that a school can move up in an individual ( singular), sport while remaining AA in all the others.

So would regions be fluid then. Each sport allowing for it's own regional alignment???

MaleMatMaid wrote:

armyscot0873 wrote:It does say individual sports but if you read the article it says that a school could chose to move up in one sport but not make all sports move up. The headline is a bit confusing. I could see some teams choosing to move from AA to AAA (Point, Indy, Fairmont Senior, Fairmont East, Bridgeport). AA and A is very crowded. My understanding would be that if Indy wanted to move up the whole team would have to wrestle up.

Umm why would Independence move up from a class that they’ve won the past 5 years? Plus they are the jaugernaut in a very very weak region. They always have a great chance to qualify every wrestler which goes a long way at the state tournament

I definitely don't think any schools should do this but the argument always comes up about if the AA champ could beat the AAA champ. Indy would still be in a weak region if they moved up to AAA.

armyscot0873 wrote:

MaleMatMaid wrote:

armyscot0873 wrote:It does say individual sports but if you read the article it says that a school could chose to move up in one sport but not make all sports move up. The headline is a bit confusing. I could see some teams choosing to move from AA to AAA (Point, Indy, Fairmont Senior, Fairmont East, Bridgeport). AA and A is very crowded. My understanding would be that if Indy wanted to move up the whole team would have to wrestle up.

Umm why would Independence move up from a class that they’ve won the past 5 years? Plus they are the jaugernaut in a very very weak region. They always have a great chance to qualify every wrestler which goes a long way at the state tournament

I definitely don't think any schools should do this but the argument always comes up about if the AA champ could beat the AAA champ. Indy would still be in a weak region if they moved up to AAA.

Lots of talk about Indy being in a weak region, but they would probably win any region, in any class, with the exception of the one that South is in, so I don't see the point in these comments.

WrestlingFan1 wrote:

armyscot0873 wrote:

MaleMatMaid wrote:
Umm why would Independence move up from a class that they’ve won the past 5 years? Plus they are the jaugernaut in a very very weak region. They always have a great chance to qualify every wrestler which goes a long way at the state tournament

I definitely don't think any schools should do this but the argument always comes up about if the AA champ could beat the AAA champ. Indy would still be in a weak region if they moved up to AAA.

Lots of talk about Indy being in a weak region, but they would probably win any region, in any class, with the exception of the one that South is in, so I don't see the point in these comments.

What would be nice is a tournament that pairs the A/AA state champ against the AAA champ.

WrestlingFan1 wrote:

WrestlingFan1 wrote:

armyscot0873 wrote:

I definitely don't think any schools should do this but the argument always comes up about if the AA champ could beat the AAA champ. Indy would still be in a weak region if they moved up to AAA.

Lots of talk about Indy being in a weak region, but they would probably win any region, in any class, with the exception of the one that South is in, so I don't see the point in these comments.

What would be nice is a tournament that pairs the A/AA state champ against the AAA champ.

How about top 8 place at the state tournament in both divisions. Then top 8 from both AAA and AA/A are put into a 16 man All-Class state tournament. Use the different divisions sort of like a “Super Regional.” Oh, and make the tournament seeded.

WrestlingFan1 wrote:

WrestlingFan1 wrote:

armyscot0873 wrote:

I definitely don't think any schools should do this but the argument always comes up about if the AA champ could beat the AAA champ. Indy would still be in a weak region if they moved up to AAA.

Lots of talk about Indy being in a weak region, but they would probably win any region, in any class, with the exception of the one that South is in, so I don't see the point in these comments.

What would be nice is a tournament that pairs the A/AA state champ against the AAA champ.

Yeah, we could call it the state tournament and just do away with the classes.

This rule change is too late. I do not see any AA team moving up to AAA for competition purposes. However, I see many AAA teams wanting to move DOWN to Single A for competition purposes.