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How many of the “OTHER DIVISIONAL GAMES WERE BLOWOUTS”. You check the enrollments of the losing school? I didn’t but bet there is a descrepency! You want to ruin Div 1A then do away with splits. The small schools “with very few exceptions“ (unless as you say buy or hire) will continue to play. You are ruining the traditional values of schools building traditions (a life lesson for many) penalize those tradition schools so you don’t see 45 games? 30 kids on a sideline is the culmination of years of hard work for a school. Those schools who realignment sent them to Div 2 A check and see how competitive they were.I’ve seen some years where 1-9 2-8 big division schools made playoffs. Reward or luck? The UIL MADE THE DIVISIONS #1 for competitive reasons #2 to insure all schools who chose to play could play #3 to embody a fair and level as possible playing field #4 the money generated by Div 1A is minuscule in comparison to other divisions. So discussions about the”SPLIT” are borderline ignorance of the game of athletics. I’m sure everyone has their favorite team and always want them winners. But lots more lessons are learned from athletics than just winning.

<blockquote data-quote="Superjrj" data-source="post: 285968" data-attributes="member: 24943"><p>How many of the “OTHER DIVISIONAL GAMES WERE BLOWOUTS”. You check the enrollments of the losing school? I didn’t but bet there is a descrepency! You want to ruin Div 1A then do away with splits.&nbsp;&nbsp; The small schools “with very few exceptions“ (unless as you say buy or hire) will continue to play. You are ruining the traditional values of schools building traditions (a life lesson for many) penalize those tradition schools so you don’t see 45 games? 30 kids on a sideline is the culmination of years of hard work for a school.&nbsp; Those schools who realignment sent them to Div 2 A check and see how competitive they were.I’ve seen some years where 1-9 2-8 big division schools made playoffs. Reward or luck?&nbsp; The UIL MADE THE DIVISIONS #1 for competitive reasons #2 to insure all schools who chose to play could play #3 to embody a fair and level&nbsp; as possible playing field #4 the money generated by Div 1A is minuscule in comparison to other divisions. So discussions about the”SPLIT” are borderline ignorance of the game of athletics. I’m sure everyone has their favorite team and always want them winners.&nbsp; But lots more lessons are learned from athletics than just winning.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Superjrj, post: 285968, member: 24943"] How many of the “OTHER DIVISIONAL GAMES WERE BLOWOUTS”. You check the enrollments of the losing school? I didn’t but bet there is a descrepency! You want to ruin Div 1A then do away with splits. The small schools “with very few exceptions“ (unless as you say buy or hire) will continue to play. You are ruining the traditional values of schools building traditions (a life lesson for many) penalize those tradition schools so you don’t see 45 games? 30 kids on a sideline is the culmination of years of hard work for a school. Those schools who realignment sent them to Div 2 A check and see how competitive they were.I’ve seen some years where 1-9 2-8 big division schools made playoffs. Reward or luck? The UIL MADE THE DIVISIONS #1 for competitive reasons #2 to insure all schools who chose to play could play #3 to embody a fair and level as possible playing field #4 the money generated by Div 1A is minuscule in comparison to other divisions. So discussions about the”SPLIT” are borderline ignorance of the game of athletics. I’m sure everyone has their favorite team and always want them winners. But lots more lessons are learned from athletics than just winning. [/QUOTE]

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