[plantmanky]

For Immediate Release:

Coaches & AD's

As the weather has warmed up I am sure many of you are gearing up for the upcoming 2017 football season. I want to thank everyone that attended the Coaches Clinic and KYMSFA Annual meeting in March. Attached are the 2017 KYMSFA updated rules and Playoff Presentation documents. Below you will see the highlighted changes and notes for the upcoming season as well as the season time-lines for 2017.

Regional Host Sites needed - If interested in hosting, please let me know ASAP - Saturday October 21, 2017.


•Changes for 2017
–Game requirement for 8th grade changed to 7 games (from 8 games)
–Game Score Report – Completion of Game score reports will result in 1 bonus point added to team point total
–D3 Bonus Points – D3 teams that play D1 teams will get 5 bonus points for a loss (30 points only for a win)
-Regional alignments - regional alignments will be adjusted for 2017 on a per division basis once divisional enrollments are finalized for 2017. More details on this will come later.

•New Practice rules per KHSAA http://khsaa.org/010517-middle-school-re...adoptions/



Tryouts for All Star & Team Kentucky
Tryouts for All stars and Team Kentucky will all be at Campbellsville Durham Campus Practice Field (times TBD) – Everyone must tryout (no more nomination forms)
6th Grade Team KY – Sunday October 22nd
7th Grade Team KY & All stars – Saturday November 4th
8th Grade Team KY & All stars – Saturday November 4th

Changes to All Star Classic Event
Event Held Thanksgiving Weekend November 24 – 26.
New format for 2017.
Friday November 24, 10am Players will register then immediately head over to combine. Then Check into Hotel and family time.
All Star Classic Awards & Special event will take place at 630pm Friday Evening

2017 All star Awards and Special Event
All Star Draft –
- players will be drafted onto the all star teams
(no East vs West format like the past)
- players will find out what team they are on at the awards event
- players from the same school can be on opposing all star teams
Saturday November 25th – teams will practice
Sunday November 26th – All Star Classic games Played.


Divisional Breakdowns for 2017
Division 3 - 0-160 males
Division 2 - 161-255 males
Division 1 - 256+ males
7th grade - one division only



KENTUCKY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 2017 MEMBERSHIP/RENEWAL
To register/renew your middle school football program membership for the 2017 Football Season, please complete the on-line form listed below and review the attached material to make sure your team will comply with the 2017 Rules adopted by the membership during the Annual Meeting. All forms for the 2017 Football Season will be posted on-line at the Association's website at http://www.kymsfa.com before the start of the season.

Online Membership Registration & Payment ($250.00) Due August 31, 2017

http://KYMSFA.formstack.com/forms/member...ation_2017



Verified Rosters Due August 31, 2017
Please remember that your Verified Roster Eligibility Form is due to be submitted to the Association by August 31, together with team picture and logo (if we do not already have it on file). Should you have any questions, please let us know.

KYMSFA Verified Roster Form



Team Schedule Submission Due August 31, 2017
For 2017 will be the requirement that each team submit a team schedule by August 31, 2017. See the attached link below to submit schedule.

KYMSFA Team Schedule Form


September 21, 2017
Win Loss Form Submission due for State Playoffs (link for this form will be sent out later in the season)


September 23, 2017
2017 State Championship Selection & Bracketing Meeting


2017 State Championship Dates
October 3, 2017 - Play in Round Games
October 7, 2017 - First Round Games
October 14, 2017 - Second Round Games
October 21, 2017 - Regional Finals - If interested in Hosting please let me know ASAP
October 28, 2017 - Semi Finals (Region 1 vs Region 4, Region 2 vs Region 3)
October 29, 2017 - Finals


2017 All Star Classic Weekend
November 24 - 26, 2017

[footballfever]

IMO playing games 1st week of August and finishing regular season in sept is crazy. I think they should bump everything 3-4 weeks forward!!

[Coach_Lockwood]

Then we would run into difficulties securing fields to play on as high schools would be finishing up/starting playoffs at same time and they want their fields.

[plantmanky]

Bump

[RunItUpTheGut]

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully those that didn't attend won't be doing their annual complaining nicker:

I am curious about one thing. And that is why the khsaa was ever given any say over anything to do with middle school sports.
I remember this being talked about, but IMO, they screw up enough with high school teams.
Exactly what powers do they have with middle school?

[plantmanky]

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully those that didn't attend won't be doing their annual complaining nicker:

I am curious about one thing. And that is why the khsaa was ever given any say over anything to do with middle school sports.
I remember this being talked about, but IMO, they screw up enough with high school teams.
Exactly what powers do they have with middle school?

The short version is that far too many schools were not doing things properly and self policing themselves to do things properly. KYMSFA realized early one that yes some schools (its members) wanted to do things properly, but there was still far too many that didnt. (thats just for football, in being on the taskforce in 2012 we found at how much worse other sports really were.)

In short they only way to get some basic guidelines, safety standards across the state was to get the the umbrella that all the schools fall under to oversee that, Kentucky Board of Education, (which defers its athletic management to the KHSAA, hence their involvement.)

[plantmanky]

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully those that didn't attend won't be doing their annual complaining nicker:

I am curious about one thing. And that is why the khsaa was ever given any say over anything to do with middle school sports.
I remember this being talked about, but IMO, they screw up enough with high school teams.
Exactly what powers do they have with middle school?

I forgot to answer this part, Full authority, if they choose to use it.

[plantmanky]

BTW, Semi Big announcement is in the works. Might be a few weeks before its released so stay tuned.

[RunItUpTheGut]

The short version is that far too many schools were not doing things properly and self policing themselves to do things properly. KYMSFA realized early one that yes some schools (its members) wanted to do things properly, but there was still far too many that didnt. (thats just for football, in being on the taskforce in 2012 we found at how much worse other sports really were.)

In short they only way to get some basic guidelines, safety standards across the state was to get the the umbrella that all the schools fall under to oversee that, Kentucky Board of Education, (which defers its athletic management to the KHSAA, hence their involvement.)

Thanks for the reply. I'm sure that had been mentioned in here before but I just didn't see it.
I can see this as good in a lot of ways, but wish there was a separate entity from the khsaa that dealt specifically with middle school sports.

[plantmanky]

Thanks for the reply. I'm sure that had been mentioned in here before but I just didn't see it.
I can see this as good in a lot of ways, but wish there was a separate entity from the khsaa that dealt specifically with middle school sports.

Wont happen unless the legislature funds it, KBE wont let that happen so this is what we get.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Any word in the big news coming down

[plantmanky]

Any word in the big news coming down

lol I said a few weeks, its been 3 days, hahaha.

[NutterButter]

Any news?

[plantmanky]

Any news?

Practice starts on Monday.

[RunItUpTheGut]

I dreaded this time of year nicker:

[plantmanky]

Already got my first complaint email of the year.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Already got my first complaint email of the year.

No doubt its probably somebody that didn't attend the clinic nicker:

[plantmanky]

No doubt its probably somebody that didn't attend the clinic nicker:

It was. Up to three complaints now.

[Coach_Lockwood]

Guess more people should have came to clinic and then they'd know more. Now they have to wait.

[plantmanky]

Guess more people should have came to clinic and then they'd know more. Now they have to wait.

I wish it was over stuff we went over at the clinic. Its always random things.

1. Why do we have tryouts so late for FBU when other teams are having their tryouts now.

2. Can 5th graders play on a MS team, and if so can a school pick and choose which ones can and can not.

[Single Wing 77]

Heard that there is going to be a top ten poll with a corporate sponsor this season. Is that the semi-big news you alluded to a few days ago?

[plantmanky]

Heard that there is going to be a top ten poll with a corporate sponsor this season. Is that the semi-big news you alluded to a few days ago?

Nope, that has nothing to do with the KYMSFA. just some person with a blog doing it from what I hear.

[Coach_Lockwood]

State title prediction across all levels...someone from the mountains wins at least one of the divisions!!

Preseason polls are great bulletin board material!!

[kywvfan]

Couldn't agree more. Season is over before I'm even in football mode.

IMO playing games 1st week of August and finishing regular season in sept is crazy. I think they should bump everything 3-4 weeks forward!!

[plantmanky]

BTW, Semi Big announcement is in the works. Might be a few weeks before its released so stay tuned.

Looks like late this Friday might be the day. Stay tuned.

[RunItUpTheGut]

IMO playing games 1st week of August and finishing regular season in sept is crazy. I think they should bump everything 3-4 weeks forward!!

I agree. I think it would help with numbers too.
If middle schools didn't start practice until Aug 1st then there'd be a lot more kids out

[Coach_Lockwood]

But then we'd run into difficulty getting sites for games and would run into high school playoffs.

[plantmanky]

I agree. I think it would help with numbers too.
If middle schools didn't start practice until Aug 1st then there'd be a lot more kids out

Fayette County Schools start practice the last week of July. Their championship games are the week before Thanksgiving.

[plantmanky]

I agree. I think it would help with numbers too.
If middle schools didn't start practice until Aug 1st then there'd be a lot more kids out

Disagree numbers wouldn't change much.

[Cardfan1]

Disagree numbers wouldn't change much.

I can count on my hand how many kids that start in August and stick with it.