[zaga_fan]

Way more often than not, Leslie and Buckhorn would be the 3rd and 4th seeded teams in the district so no, it would not be smart for either team to vote for seeding. 

In the grand scheme of things, the luck of the draw is best for both teams and this year Leslie got bad luck.  Hazard is the team to beat in region anyway so let’s go ahead and get the game out of the way and see what happens.

Guaranteeing a game vs Hazard, Perry and Buckhorn at home is a big benefit financially.

I kinda see their reasoning, but leaving money on the table in favor of having a chance at a 54th District runner-up trophy every so often is also kinda lame.

The runner-up trophy is 100% lame, I agree with that, but it’s the chance to go to region where anything can happen that makes it worth it.  But then again I’m not sure how many times the 54th district runner-up has won region.  I would like to see the stats on that and any district runner-up for that matter.

Definitely see your financial point.

I can see that.
Every time the district runner-up has won region (since Perry Central was formed) it's been an all 54th District finals in the 14th Region championship game.

I think Buckhorn benefited from the draw in 2016, but they could've played with either Hazard or Perry (obviously) in a district tourney game.
In 2005 Leslie most likely made it to region because of the draw and then lost to Perry in the finals at Memorial Gym.

Those are the only years where I would argue the draw significantly benefited Leslie or Buckhorn in the grand scheme of things. I was talking to a local athletic director about district games the other day and he said they are your shortest drives and biggest gates.

But when it comes down to it every team does what they think is right for them. I went to the meeting this year and thought it was kinda funny that the argument made for the girls seeding by Cantrell was so they didn't have to tie up six games on the schedule and the argument to seed by head-to-head for boys was because you want those six games.