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Six-man pro
Just in case you don't read the riveting and extremely entertaining data I post each week under the "Mercy Rule Update," I did want to share this one stat with you ...
2013 Regular Season -- We recorded 1,272 games in Texas high school varsity six-man football (that means at least one of the teams was a varsity squad).
That's up 29 games (2.3%) over last year's 1243. I anticipate that the playoff total will bring that both those numbers up 110 games to 1381 (1353 last year).
Looking a little closer at the numbers:
Public school games 604, down from 611 last year (7 games, -1.2%)
Public school vs private school games 157, down from 170 last year (13 games, -8.3%)
Private school games 511, up from 462 last year (49 games, +10.4%)
Assuming the average team plays 9 games a year, that's 282 teams that would have competed this year (I use 9 instead of 10, since there are a number of games involving JV squads and not everybody plays a 10 game schedule.)
Folks ... think this through, if these numbers continue through the next two years, in 2015, there will be MORE private school six-man football varsity games played than public school games. But I think part of the issue this year were several public schools that cancelled more games than usual (an affliction that is somewhat more common on the private school side of the street). But there are a lot of private schools, including charter schools (which are not affiliating with UIL) and home school groups that are finding six-man football as an easier alternative to no football or crowded field. I'm already hearing of several private schools adding six-man football next year.
I guess it would be nice if we in the private schools could have one league for all of us, but that's not gonna happen in my lifetime. The Arabs and the Jews and the Iranians are gonna live in peace before that happens.
2013 Regular Season -- We recorded 1,272 games in Texas high school varsity six-man football (that means at least one of the teams was a varsity squad).
That's up 29 games (2.3%) over last year's 1243. I anticipate that the playoff total will bring that both those numbers up 110 games to 1381 (1353 last year).
Looking a little closer at the numbers:
Public school games 604, down from 611 last year (7 games, -1.2%)
Public school vs private school games 157, down from 170 last year (13 games, -8.3%)
Private school games 511, up from 462 last year (49 games, +10.4%)
Assuming the average team plays 9 games a year, that's 282 teams that would have competed this year (I use 9 instead of 10, since there are a number of games involving JV squads and not everybody plays a 10 game schedule.)
Folks ... think this through, if these numbers continue through the next two years, in 2015, there will be MORE private school six-man football varsity games played than public school games. But I think part of the issue this year were several public schools that cancelled more games than usual (an affliction that is somewhat more common on the private school side of the street). But there are a lot of private schools, including charter schools (which are not affiliating with UIL) and home school groups that are finding six-man football as an easier alternative to no football or crowded field. I'm already hearing of several private schools adding six-man football next year.
I guess it would be nice if we in the private schools could have one league for all of us, but that's not gonna happen in my lifetime. The Arabs and the Jews and the Iranians are gonna live in peace before that happens.
