[PHSForever]

What matters the most to me RAMDAD50, and what you said is true. But the way it is now you are going to eliminate 2 of the top teams in 1A in the second round at least in our districts. Meaning Raceland,Paintsville,Hazard or Pikeville. True you have to beat you opponents no matter who they are but you could end up with a lesser opponent in the third round. Just my feeling

Effectively, the RPI ratings are going to reward “punching down” i.e. a better 1A team scheduling a higher class weaker team they know they have a better chance of beating, it order to increase their RPI rating, and therefore increase their likelihood of home field advantage in the playoffs due to said RPI ratings influencing their seeding. This is the way I’m understanding Patriot’s argument. Am I correct, Patriot? If so, I absolutely agree with you. If the RPI is not going to influence who gets into the playoffs, it’s one thing. But when it influences the location of games being played, then there is the whole matter of expenses to the schools involved, unfairly rewarding schools who have artificially inflated their rating to get the gate, and increasing travel costs, inconveniences such as logistics, and so forth, then it becomes a really bad thing.