bjnt922
Well-Known Member
We can't ignore the other sports.
Track and field, cross country, and golf meet at a single sight so they shouldn't be as effected. Tennis and bowling are similar so I don't expect any of them to change.
Baseball and softball also play similar schedules with the only difference being that softball allows cross divisional play and baseball doesn't. I wouldn't be surprised if softball is limited to divisional play only like baseball to save on travel costs.
Now basketball, soccer and volleyball is where I see big changes. I wouldn't be surprised if all three adopt divisional play like baseball, softball and football to ease travel costs.
Soccer plays a 10 game conference schedule so they'd play 5 games against division opponents and 5 against the opposing division. Making sure its setup to where all school in the west aren't making trips to Florida and Howard every year and vice-versa. Speaking of Howard, do they remain as a soccer only member or do they join another conference. Them staying would leave us with 13 teams for soccer.
Basketball and Volleyball both play 18 game conference schedules. I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't reduced to 16 games. Because under an 18 game conference schedule with 12 teams you'd play your division opponents twice so that's 10 games. With the other 8 being against the opposing division. One of which would have to be played against twice to fulfill the full 18 game slate. That's going to make it hard for teams in the west to avoid having to make trips to Florida and Alabama in the same year and vice-versa. Which would raise travel costs. A 16 game conference schedule would make it where the trips would only have to be made to one of the two states and vice-versa for the teams in them every other year.
For example, you play your 10 games against your division opponents. In odd numbered years the schools in the west would travel to play the Alabama schools and the Florida schools would travel to them and vice-versa. In even years the schools in the west would travel to play the Florida schools and the Alabama schools would travel to them and vice-versa. The remaining Mississippi schools would alternate with one in odd numbered years being the school that the west travels to and the other one being the schools that travels west and vice-versa with the two switching in even numbered years. This format can be applied to both basketball and volleyball while keeping in mind the men's and women's basketball teams travel together and play their games in the same day.
Track and field, cross country, and golf meet at a single sight so they shouldn't be as effected. Tennis and bowling are similar so I don't expect any of them to change.
Baseball and softball also play similar schedules with the only difference being that softball allows cross divisional play and baseball doesn't. I wouldn't be surprised if softball is limited to divisional play only like baseball to save on travel costs.
Now basketball, soccer and volleyball is where I see big changes. I wouldn't be surprised if all three adopt divisional play like baseball, softball and football to ease travel costs.
Soccer plays a 10 game conference schedule so they'd play 5 games against division opponents and 5 against the opposing division. Making sure its setup to where all school in the west aren't making trips to Florida and Howard every year and vice-versa. Speaking of Howard, do they remain as a soccer only member or do they join another conference. Them staying would leave us with 13 teams for soccer.
Basketball and Volleyball both play 18 game conference schedules. I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't reduced to 16 games. Because under an 18 game conference schedule with 12 teams you'd play your division opponents twice so that's 10 games. With the other 8 being against the opposing division. One of which would have to be played against twice to fulfill the full 18 game slate. That's going to make it hard for teams in the west to avoid having to make trips to Florida and Alabama in the same year and vice-versa. Which would raise travel costs. A 16 game conference schedule would make it where the trips would only have to be made to one of the two states and vice-versa for the teams in them every other year.
For example, you play your 10 games against your division opponents. In odd numbered years the schools in the west would travel to play the Alabama schools and the Florida schools would travel to them and vice-versa. In even years the schools in the west would travel to play the Florida schools and the Alabama schools would travel to them and vice-versa. The remaining Mississippi schools would alternate with one in odd numbered years being the school that the west travels to and the other one being the schools that travels west and vice-versa with the two switching in even numbered years. This format can be applied to both basketball and volleyball while keeping in mind the men's and women's basketball teams travel together and play their games in the same day.
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