MHSAA https://my.mhsaa.com info@mhsaa.com info@mhsaa.com David Myron Comment by David Myron on 'Football Seeding' https://my.mhsaa.com/News/Blog-From-the-Director/ID/212/Football-Seeding#Comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:50:40 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:355 Perhaps a better "seeding" option would be to allow all schools that sponsor Football to play a district game. Football is the ONLY sport where you have to win to get in. And it is destroying conferences and paralyzing leagues. No one will play anyone they don't strongly feel they can defeat.<br /><br />I wonder how the basketball/baseball/volleyball coaches would feel if they had to win 13 contests before they could qualify for the post-season? I do not know the math, but eliminating the 8th/9th regular season game and beginning the tournement might just energize some teams where football is slowly dying.<br /><br />MHSAA needs to find a way to remain relevant. At this point in time I don't see how there are any interscholastic sports in 10 years. Budget cuts will kill athletics, one small cut at a time. Those who have the means will opt out and play AAU/Jr. Pro etc. This months ESPN RISE magazine responds to a reader question about recruiting by telling him to play AAU, go to camps, and lastly check with his HS coach.<br /><br />I do not want k-12 athletics to be all pay to play (club) sports. But I am not encouraged by what I see. After 24 years of coaching and teaching in Michigan, I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel anymore. Does anyone think schools will add money to athletic budgets?<br /><br />Dave Myron<br />Perry HS<br />Perry, MI<br />517-202-4965<br /><br />Football is the only sport that still requires a school to support it. All other sports have gone rogue and it will only get worse. Kids with little or no money will be shut out (unless they are talented) or taken advantage of by unscrupulous people. https://my.mhsaa.com/News/Blog-From-the-Director/ID/212/Football-Seeding#Comments Rick Fink Comment by Rick Fink on 'Football Seeding' https://my.mhsaa.com/News/Blog-From-the-Director/ID/212/Football-Seeding#Comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:42:40 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:358 I understand the need for geographic seeding but I feel it cheapens the district trophys to see undeserving teams win them. I see districts with six powerhouse teams at the same time there are districts with three teams that can't beat a decent JV squad. https://my.mhsaa.com/News/Blog-From-the-Director/ID/212/Football-Seeding#Comments