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The most you can have is 115 Ped # . Seniors are not counted. Nebraska high school football Ped is at 82 for 8 player. How does GTRA be eligible for 8 player when they have 123 Ped ?Football211 you do realize how dropping to 8 man works right? It's not about how many kids you have out or anything close to that. It's all about the PED number for boys in the school. I'm not sure what the breaker line was this year but I think it was around 120 give or take.
I wish the state would look at this year by year, and include something about number of kids out and how many boys they have not just overall enrollment.
My other complaint with 8 man, is when an 8 man team has 35 kids out for football, they should be playing 11 man. That is enough for a varsity squad and a JV squad.
I could understand 7 on 7 but 6 on 6 is basically a step up from making it a true basketball on grass scenario. (Not that a lot of games aren't already there in 8 man.)Got to disagree that 8 man FB is inadequate FB. CWL, before it dissolved, did great work with their way low numbers playing 8 man as did NE Hamilton. Besides the fact that football is football, those games I saw were OUTSTANDING, kind of Kurt Warner Arenaball fast & wide open.
A school like North Butler, who through no fault of their own (injuries/illness) had to forfeit games, would be well served by going to 8 man. Nebraska even has 6 man FB.
Regina should share with City High....But that's 1A to 4A business.Any rumors of possible consolidations or team sharing in 8 man/class A?
Wayne(8) looks to be at 126 BEDS next year and over for the foreseeable future.
Montezuma(A) could come down and be under 115 for 6 years anyway.
North Mahaska(A) could be under for next 4 years.
Winfield-MU(a) looks like they are under for a long time.
Midland(8) looks to be 124 next year, another thread says the Union is going to make the it a hard number of 120 if so they would have to move up for 2 years.
Griswold(a) looks like they are under for a long time.
SE Warren(a) is under for 6 years.
Edgewood+-Colesburg(a) & New London(a), under for 2 years, then over, then back under.
Sidney (8) 138 beds this year, back under in 2.
Rockford(a) is under 115 and for all the future.
I disagree, the main reason is Gehlen uses LeMars Community Field. it wouldn't be easy to get the field ready for 8 player. Gehlen would have to convert there practice field into a 8 man playing field. Big expense! The other reason is pride. The alumni played 11 not 8. As far as next year I don't see it for what they have coming back.My son is a senior at Gehlen we’re we sit at 95. Last years senior class had 7 students 2 boys until Granville closed at some kids moved. Different for everyone but a reporter asked our Ad when districts came out why don’t you play 8 man. His reply was that it was never discussed. You take your lumps and dish out a few when you can.Two seasons without a win. Now we enjoy this one .may not be right for every school but I bet you see us back next year hopefully winning our share.
This would be the way to go about it, but the "problem" with that is football is an open sport. Girls can play on a varsity team, as well, though it is a very, very rare instance. I did see a team with a girl on it this year.Part of me wishes that the state went with a male only count for football. Some schools may have a BEDS of 140 but only 60 boys while another might be at 110 with 70 boys.
The Minnesota system sounds like a good one.Any opinions of schools that start sharing allowed a higher BEDS than non-sharing schools. MN uses total enrollment, they bump 9 player from 150 to 200 for sharing schools. (112 to 150 BEDS).
Might help small schools looking to share be able to share with the closest school. I have my doubts about how many kids would actually go 20-30 miles each way.