KarlHungus Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I mean overall popularity. SOme places are really into the basketball. OThers aren't. My brother coaches is an assistant for one of the more successful programs in the state, and they never really got to many people in the stands. I've always been surprised by the lack of popularity of baseball and softball. Some regional wrestling meets will have low turnouts as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMAWRESTLER Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 So how are sectional champs determined? I guess I misunderstood. I would assume the team that wins advances to the regionals kinda the same way its done now, but in a better and quicker time frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtv2112 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 It seems that in a proposal such as the one posted by Joe, you have a team sectional and an individual sectional. They have nothing to do with each other. Different times and different teams. The individual sectional would be just as it is today. No changes. The team sectional would be held either during the week or on a first Saturday of the team series (which would run from Saturday to Saturday, for example). Of course, the teams in a sectional would be of similar size based upon some class formula. A four team sectional could take care of business in a weeknight while a six team sectional might be stretched a bit to do that. The team regional would be pretty much as it is today, held during the week. Team state would be a nice sized event. Twice as big as what we have today. Twice the teams should give twice the interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlHungus Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 The girls have drawn between 11 and 13 K over the past few years. Last year they only drew about 7 grand but it was held in fort wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuneFan Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I personally like it the way it is now, but of course I'm from a bigger school. However, if they ever went to the class system it shouldn't be more then 2 classes. Indiana isn't that big. Put the 1,2 and 3 class schools in one tourney and the 4 and 5 class schools in another. I would bet that Center Grove is packed to capacity this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyg Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 LOL funny how we can go from ANY topic to class wrestling. It will always be an argument regardless of whether it does or does not happen. If it happens so be it however I would suggest if it ever does happen then they should do what all the other sports fail to due and that is have a tournament of champions. Crown each class champion then have them compete against each other the following week. Obviously this would make it more competitive as you would have the best of the best competing together. This way would also allow the small schools a shot at the big boys. Plus it would create more revenue as well. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galagore Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 LOL funny how we can go from ANY topic to class wrestling. It will always be an argument regardless of whether it does or does not happen. If it happens so be it however I would suggest if it ever does happen then they should do what all the other sports fail to due and that is have a tournament of champions. Crown each class champion then have them compete against each other the following week. Obviously this would make it more competitive as you would have the best of the best competing together. This way would also allow the small schools a shot at the big boys. Plus it would create more revenue as well. Just a thought. They tried that with basketball and it wasn't quite the crowd-pleaser they thought it'd be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 If 30% of the state's wrestlers qualified then it would be a comparable example. I doubt that anyone wants a 96 man bracket though. So if we took the top 32 teams and held a 2-day event like the Al Smith, that would be an okay way to crown a team champion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlHungus Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 So if we took the top 32 teams and held a 2-day event like the Al Smith, that would be an okay way to crown a team champion? Im not following you. You mentioned that the NCAA crowns their team champion based on an individual tournament and no one complains. Approximate 33% of all D1 wrestlers (starters) qualify for the tournament. To have a comparable system in high school, 33% of high school wrestlers would have to qualify. That would be a minimum of 96 per bracket. If you are talking about dual team tournament like the national duals, you would have to bring 50 plus schools to be comparable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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