| LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA RULES AND REGULATIONS | ||||
| Title: | Class A Football Scheduling | |||
| Author: | Rob Locken | |||
| School: | Omaha Central | |||
| NSAA District: | 2 | |||
| Proposal for: | Activities Manual | |||
| Classes Affected: | Class A | |||
| Activities Affected: | Football | |||
| This proposal: | WILL NOT increase costs to the school WILL NOT increase costs to the NSAA WILL NOT increase travel for participating schools WILL NOT decrease a student's or coach's instruction time | |||
| Implementation date: | 2025-12-01 | |||
| Sections affected in Activities Manual: | Page 30 31 45 | Article | Section | |
| Summary: | Using the two-year power point averages, class A schools will be placed into four districts using the serpentine method. The district champion of each of the four districts would automatically qualify for the play offs and receive a district champion plaque. The top 12 power point teams at the end of the regular season will advance to the playoffs. Each of the 12 qualifying schools will receive a plaque for qualifying for the playoffs. No change is being sought for Class A classification for football. Schools with male enrollment over 425 will be impacted by this proposal, unless they decide to opt-down. Teams would receive 7 assigned contests through the proposed 4 district serpentine method. The final two games would be assigned using a two-game priority list submitted by each Class A school. The priority list would give schools an opportunity to ensure rivalry games, in-district games, out of state games and like competition.
Below is what the four districts look like with the power point ranking. District 1 - 1,8,9,16,17,24,25,32 District 2 - 2,7,10,15,18,23,26,31 District 3 - 3,6,11,14,19,22,27,30 District 4 - 4,5,12,13,20,21,28,29 Using the two-year power point average, each district should see the following breakdown in district. There would be 2 division 1 teams, 2 division 2 teams, 3 division 3 teams and 2 division 4 teams on the schedule. Through the priority games of two, a team could end up with 3 like opponents on paper biased of the previous two-year power point average at each of the four levels. | |||
| Rationale: | Create a scheduling protocol that is balanced and equitable for all Class A schools. | |||
| Pros: | Create a system that is equitable and balanced for all schools in Class A regardless of what tier the school currently lands in. | |||
| Cons: | -Limits the flexibility of priority games from up to 5 to 2.
-As Class continues to grow the number of priority games would be impacted. | |||