[lchsalumnus]

The All A is not a mandatory tournament for small schools. The All A Classic committee is not part of the KHSAA. The 125 smallest schools get invited, if one says no, they go to the next one until the enrollment reaches a certain level. It's a way for small schools to make some much needed money, get some good competitive mid-season tournament experience, and give schools that struggle making it out of their own district a chance at winning something statewide.

For example, Louisville Collegiate is back in the All A State tournament. They are in the same district as St. Xavier, Male and Manual. If they're lucky enough to make regionals, they have to beat Trinity, Eastern, Ballard, Jeffersontown, or Moore to win the region. I believe in miracles, but not those types.

The only way to fix future scheduling conflicts is by getting rid of regular season tournaments, which is an absurd idea

But, the Sweet 16 is great because of "miracles"? This is my point. The All-A may not be sanctioned, or sponsored, by the KHSAA, but it was created for the purpose of "making the little guys feel better". Either you have a No-Class system, or you have a class system. This is a legit 2-class structure, having the All-A.

It's time for Kentucky to wake up to modernization. The only reason Delaware has a no-class system is because they have less than 40 schools altogether, from what I researched. If KY went to a 3 class system, it won't water down anything. That is paranoia talking, many of you all are sucked in to this paranoia. The big schools want you to have this paranoia because they want to keep the power, and they do have the power with a No-Class system.

Besides, why does baseball/softball have to keep this same setup? The chances for a small school to get 5 guys on the court who can compete with the "big boys" is better than finding 8 INF/OF's and 3-4 solid pitchers for a small school.