California high school football playoffs on hold

[Batman]

One team in Northern California has a foster kid who filed some bad paperwork and is ruled ineligible. Team forfeits a few games and is knocked out of the playoffs, until some lawyer parents file an appeal.
Next thing you know, the CIF rule about foster kids and address changes is discriminatory and must be changed IMMEDIATELY. In the meantime, we'll just put the whole stinkin' state playoffs on hold. God, I love California logic.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/24/MN4714APE7.DTL

 

[expendable]

California logic.

Say no more.

 

[TrooperBari]

There's college scholarships on the line, dammit!

 

[poindexter]

The thread title implies (at least to me) that the California high school playoffs are on hold.

I this story and hold it applies to that particular section. Not all of California.

 

[MileHigh]

Yup. No state playoffs. Section playoffs (in the case of the Southern Section, THIRTEEN divisions), then three North-South games in December.

 

[slappy4428]

Wow...

 

[Football_Bat]

Here's an explanation of the California high school system Buckweaver posted on the Backward States thread ....

CIF-State = association overseeing the 10 regional sections.
(Every state's got one.)
^
NorCal Sections = Central Coast, North Coast, Northern, Oakland, San Fran, San Joaquin
SoCal Sections = Central, L.A. (City), San Diego, Southern
(These are the equivalent of other states' Class 1A-5A, etc.)
^
Each section is divided into leagues (for instance, the City Section has the Coliseum League, the Eastern League, the Marine League, the West Valley League, etc.) The Southern Section, because it's so big, is divided into divisions, too -- Pac-5, Inland, Eastern, Central, etc.
(These are the equivalent of other states' regions/areas.)

Each section has its own playoff bracket to crown a section champion (again, CIF-SS divides into multiple divisions because it's so big, so there are multiple Southern Section champions. But there's only one City Section champion.) Until last year, the biggest accomplishment a California prep football team could have was to win its section championship (and, frankly, with the talent level in the state, a Southern Section or City Section champion is usually far better than most state champions in other places. Just sayin'.)

The state bowl games, which began last year, pit the top NorCal section champs against the top SoCal section champs. The day after the section finals end, CIF-State commissioners will select the NorCal/SoCal representatives in the state bowl games. There's five divisions -- Open (best of the best, regardless of school size), D1 (enrollment: 1,700+/2,400+), D2 (~1,000-1,700), D3 (~400-1,000), and small-schools (~400-below). The five state bowl games will be played at Home Depot Center on Dec. 19-20.

 

[Mark2010]

Here's a better idea:

Just divide the whole bleepin' state into about 4 different states. It's got more population than the entire nation of Canada, for crying outloud. And maybe this would help resolve the Prop 8 controversy at the same time.

In sports, no team should have a longer playoff season than a regular season. Split 'em up and four different states. That way they can each have their own senators and the Gubernator won't have so much power.

 

[buckweaver]

Here's a better idea:

Just divide the whole bleepin' state into about 4 different states. It's got more population than the entire nation of Canada, for crying outloud. And maybe this would help resolve the Prop 8 controversy at the same time.

In sports, no team should have a longer playoff season than a regular season. Split 'em up and four different states. That way they can each have their own senators and the Gubernator won't have so much power.

Mark,

Thank you for reading our newspaper and for taking the time to send us your proposal. We'll take it under advisement.

Signed,
The Californians

 

[Football_Bat]

The Oklahoma 5A playoffs were tied up in courts for a month 3 years ago because of an eligibility issue. The kid (QB, coach's son) not only got his eligibility back, he tore his ACL the next year (his senior year) and was awarded a fifth year of eligibility in 2007.