| LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA RULES AND REGULATIONS | ||||
| Title: | NSAA District Wrestling Realignment - Class D | |||
| Author: | Kyle Schmidt | |||
| School: | Plainview | |||
| NSAA District: | 3 | |||
| Proposal for: | Activities Manual | |||
| Classes Affected: | Class D | |||
| Activities Affected: | Boys Wrestling | |||
| 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: | 2024-09-26 | |||
| Sections affected in Activities Manual: | Page 18-20 | Article | Section Sub-District/District Assignment Procedure | |
| Summary: | District alignment for class D.
Class C and D After 64 teams are assigned to class C, the remaining schools will be class D. The western-most schools, making up 25% of all class D will be in the D4 district with the addition of the geographic next closest 6 schools to the west. The remaining schools would be placed in districts by using a serpentine method with returning state points as the main means of assignment. If teams have the same number of returning state points, the school with the most returning state qualifiers will be placed next. If teams have returning qualifiers but no returning points, the team with the greater number of qualifiers would be placed next. If teams are still tied, a draw will be used to determine the team placed next. If team(s) have no returning points and no qualifiers, they will be drawn into the remaining spots to fill the teams in a district. Once the state championship is concluded, no further circumstances will be considered. The school with the most returning state points is placed in district D1, the next most in district D2, the next most in district D3, the next most back in district D3, The next most in district D2, etc., until all teams are assigned. Another benefit of balancing out the numbers in each district would make it more likely for districts to be hosted in one day. | |||
| Rationale: | In the last 5 years the number of wrestlers in class D has increased because more schools are being pushed down by the opening of more Class A schools. The schools that are being pushed down have all been in the eastern half of the state. That is the reason for the numbers in the eastern 3 districts to rise but not in the west.
The chart below shows the number of wrestlers in each district each year: ..............2024.....2023.....2022.....2021.....2020 D1 -- .....198.......196........173.......157......165 D2 --.....201.......206........152.......138......146 D3 --.....197.......180........134.......158......142 D4 --....133.......150........126.......144......130 Total -- 729.......732........585.......597......583 The numbers are again rising in all districts except for District 4 which causes a disparity in entries in that district. The medal count for 2024 districts would be as follows: D1 - 25; D2 - 24; D3 - 22; D4 - 13 With the proposal of 6 more teams being shifted west numbers would be as follows: Wrestlers:D1 - 181; D2 - 184; D3 - 182; D4 - 184 Medal Count: D1 - 24; D2 - 23; D3 - 20 ; D4 - 18 | |||
| Pros: | This will create a more level playing field in each of the Class D districts. This will help get the best 16 wrestlers in each weight class to the state Tournament. This would shorten travel time for some teams. Class D districts could be completed in one day. | |||
| Cons: | ||||