Post by kboyd on Sept 5, 2008 13:17:10 GMT -6
This season we split our league into 2 divisions, a 9-man division and a 12-man division (Canada). We have 3 HS teams in our city and the rest of our league is rural and the 3 city teams are getting some big numbers so we wanted to switch to 12-man ball to get more kids on the field. One of the rural teams scraped together enough kids to get a team together to join us.
This rural team just started up last season and has to draw from 5 different communities to get enough kids together for a team and the rest of us in the league are fine with that. The HS Athletic Association for the province does not now nor never has sanctioned us as a league but says that we have to follow their guidelines saying that you can only draw from 3 communities to field a team.
This MHSAA has said now that if any team plays this rural team that their HS teams that are sanctioned (basketball, hockey, etc.) by them will no longer be sanctioned by them, thus knocking them out of any provincial playoffs, etc.
I'm about to scream because not only are they taking football away from kids, it drops us to 3 teams in our 12-man league. I've contacted all my connections in the media for some pressure but I don't know what we can do.
Has anybody dealt with this or have any suggestions for me?
This rural team just started up last season and has to draw from 5 different communities to get enough kids together for a team and the rest of us in the league are fine with that. The HS Athletic Association for the province does not now nor never has sanctioned us as a league but says that we have to follow their guidelines saying that you can only draw from 3 communities to field a team.
This MHSAA has said now that if any team plays this rural team that their HS teams that are sanctioned (basketball, hockey, etc.) by them will no longer be sanctioned by them, thus knocking them out of any provincial playoffs, etc.
I'm about to scream because not only are they taking football away from kids, it drops us to 3 teams in our 12-man league. I've contacted all my connections in the media for some pressure but I don't know what we can do.
Has anybody dealt with this or have any suggestions for me?
