PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA REGULATIONS| Proposal Generated by Larry Munksgaard, Lincoln Southeast, School Access Code, District 1 | | This proposal was submitted on: Oct 20, 2009 | | This proposal is submitted by: | | Name: Larry Munksgaard | | School: Lincoln Southeast | | NSAA District: 1 | | The proposal deals with: | | Activities Manual: Football Page: 15 | The section/paragraph/sentence indicates what is to be added/deleted/changed to the current Bylaw/Approved Ruling:
ADDITIONS are in all capital letters. (Changes/Deletions are in parentheses.)
Class A Football Playoffs
1. The 28 schools in Class A are divided into five districts. The district assignments divided the Omaha Metropolitan area into three districts by enrollment going from left to right. The six Lincoln schools, TBD(Elkhorn), Fremont, Grand Island, Kearney, Norfolk, and North Platte were placed in two districts by enrollment going left to right. The teams within the district will play a round-robin schedule with the first(-second-third) place team(s) in each district qualifying for the football playoffs. Using the point system and point system tiebreaker, the (ELEVEN) team(S) with the highest regular season point average (that did not finish as a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place team in their district,) will qualify for the playoffs, making a total of sixteen teams.
2. Using a sixteen-team bracket, the point system and point system tiebreaker will be used to seed the 16 qualifying teams. [page 14(15)] | The section/paragraph/sentence that needs to be added/deleted/changed would read as follows:
1. The 28 schools in Class A are divided into five districts. The district assignments divided the Omaha Metropolitan area into three districts by enrollment going from left to right. The six Lincoln schools, (TBD), Fremont, Grand Island, Kearney, Norfolk, and North Platte were placed in two districts by enrollment going left to right. The teams within the district will play a round-robin schedule with the first team in each district qualifying for the football playoffs. Using the point system and point system tie breaker, the eleven teams with the highest regular season point average will qualify for the playoffs, making a total of sixteen teams.
2. Using a sixteen-team bracket, the point system and point system tiebreaker will be used to seed the 16 qualifying teams. (page 15) | Cost Analysis of Proposal:
No additional cost for NSAA | Rationale for the proposed change:
1) The best 16 teams based on points will advance
2) Adds importance to the non-district games.
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