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Are first round playoff games necessary? (This Weeks Playoff Format Rant)
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Hoot Gibson Wrote:How does allowing four teams per district into the playoffs make Kentucky football weaker. Indiana allows all teams into its playoff system and I don't think that many people would argue that the quality of Kentucky high school football is on the same level as Indiana's is.

The more experience that players get on the field, the better the players and teams will be after four years. Playoff experience, whether a team wins or loses, is often a springboard to greater success the following season.

It makes no sense to eliminate football games from the schedule. There are too many classes in Kentucky's system but not too many playoff games.

What kind of experience are you talking about? I don't think a winless or a one win team can get any kind of positive experience getting beat fifty points with a running clock. If anything it destroys whatever confidence/momentum you may have going into the next year. There are some instances where a four seed can be competitive against a one seed but it doesn't happen very often. I don't think it weakens Kentucky high school football but it does water it down. If you are an elite team (#1 seed) playing a horrible team (#4 seed) what positives can your team gain with such a lopsided victory. What if your star player gets hurt in the first quarter of a game that will be a running clock after halftime. Basically it isn't a positive experience for either team. Why not allow the #1 seed to have a bye week if you are concerned about rest. A perfect example is Knott Co. vs Belfry. What in the world is either team going to gain out of this game? Nothing!!!
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Are first round playoff games necessary? (This Weeks Playoff Format Rant) - by Cat Daddy - 10-30-2012, 02:15 PM

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