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Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:32 am to jangalang
This seems dumb as hell. Someone explain to me the point of them doing this.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:44 am to HailToTheChiz
I think they got tired of the private schools shite.
Madison Academy has a shite fanbase that's too snooty to travel so they dont deserve success against passionate country bumpkin schools
Madison Academy has a shite fanbase that's too snooty to travel so they dont deserve success against passionate country bumpkin schools
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:53 am to AUVet21
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My Alma mater got absolutely screwed in this. Gonna have to travel 250 miles to play multiple teams in mobile that are 3 times its size now.
Dude that sucks.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 11:27 am to jangalang
Now that we have been traveling crazy miles for some road games the last two years with Spain Park, they will likely be back in a local division with Hoover, Thompson, Vestavia, etc. and won't have to travel as much. And sure enough, perfect timing as I am done with them now.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 11:46 am to jangalang
Tennessee has been split for years… Brentwood Academy sued the TSSAA a few decades ago and the case made it all the way to the SCOTUS.
But the issue about size of fanbases is legit… nobody wants to play a loaded private school bc the gates usually suck… they don’t bring fans.
But the issue about size of fanbases is legit… nobody wants to play a loaded private school bc the gates usually suck… they don’t bring fans.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 12:45 am to AUVet21
Go back to AISA if you don't like it. It's not fair for several public schools.
Just to site one example: Washington County, J.F. Shields, and Central of Hayneville should not be in a football region like they were with Bayshore Christian and St Luke's. No way those rural schools in Southwest AL have the resources to compete with private communities in the Bay Area.
It may have been ok in the higher divisions, but rural 1A-3A schools should not have to compete with private academies from the metro regions of the state,
Just to site one example: Washington County, J.F. Shields, and Central of Hayneville should not be in a football region like they were with Bayshore Christian and St Luke's. No way those rural schools in Southwest AL have the resources to compete with private communities in the Bay Area.
It may have been ok in the higher divisions, but rural 1A-3A schools should not have to compete with private academies from the metro regions of the state,
This post was edited on 1/25/26 at 12:48 am
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:00 pm to all4AU
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Just to site one example: Washington County, J.F. Shields, and Central of Hayneville should not be in a football region like they were with Bayshore Christian and St Luke's.
Not the best example. Bayshore Christian went 1-5 in 2025 in their division and St Luke’s 2-4 (one of the wins against Bayshore).
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:17 pm to mckibaj
Theres a few big schools in 3a now . Hmm i wonder how that happened
Posted on 1/25/26 at 10:32 pm to jangalang
This decision is baffling. Creates way more problems than solutions.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 2:05 am to CorchJay
His first head coaching job was at my high school in Oneonta.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:08 am to tilco
My youngest is a Sr and it doesn't matter to me really, but I do feel sorry for some of the smaller 5A schools who will now have to play in area/regions with schools twice their size.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 10:29 am to goatsammich
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but I do feel sorry for some of the smaller 5A schools who will now have to play in area/regions with schools twice their size.
This and the additional travel (and the cost of the travel) many schools are now looking at, public and private. I haven't looked at all classes, but there are some rough 5A regions where (as your mention), schools are having to compete against much larger schools. At the extreme, the difference can be double the size. These smaller schools are going to take scheduled beatings against teams they really should not be playing.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 10:44 am to HailToTheChiz
You have some private schools doing nonsense to smaller public schools. It is needed.
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