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2. FHSAA Football 476 – State Series (8 Classes) 73 – Independent (67 in Conferences)

3. Current Structure Districts 8 Classifications 8 Districts Class 1A – 4A 16 Districts Class 5A – 8A Champion and Runner up Automatic bid to the Playoffs District = Required Contests Independents Create Own Schedule No State Series

4. Class 4A Region 1 Region 01 - District 01OverallDistrict1 1Walton High School9-1-03-0-0 2Rutherford High School2-8-02-1-0 3Marianna High School3-7-01-2-0 4 East Gadsden High School1-9-00-3-0 Region 01 - District 02OverallDistrict 1.Raines High School10-04-0 2.The Bolles School8-23-1 3.West Nassau 7-32-2 4.Fernandina Beach 2-81-3 5.Jackson High School0-100-4

5. Current Positives 1.Guaranteed Regular Season District Games 2. Its What We Know

6. Current Negatives 1.Safety Issues 2.16 Teams Made 2015 Playoffs With a LOSING Record 3.35 Teams Missed 2015 Playoffs with WINNING record 4.LITTLE excitement in Week 11 5.Districts NOT Equal due to Travel 6.More & More Independents 7.Over 50% of the 2015 Playoff games had over a 21 point differential

7. Goals of a New System 1. Allow schools to create a schedule that best fits their athletes and school goals. 2. Create a more exciting and competitive playoff format for players, fans, coaches and schools by using a seeding system. 3. Create a system that rewards the best teams with a playoff bid by taking into account their entire season “body of work.”

8. We Surveyed Members… 3 Options: 1. Eliminate Districts: Teams control their own schedule, playoffs would be seeded based on a point system 2. Keep Districts: Take District Champions as Automatic Playoff Qualifiers and take the next best in that region as wildcards. Seed the playoffs 3. Keep the current structure

9. Survey Says… 70% Want a new playoff format and move away from our current system Class 1A – 4A = 76% Class 5A - 8A = 70%

10. Survey Says… Class 1A – 4A: Want no district required contests due to safety issues and desire to choose a schedule that best fits their athletes. Class 5A – 8 A: Want to Maintain District Structure but overwhelmingly want a wildcard and seeding system for the playoffs

11. Class 1A-4A No Region Schedule Required Schools would control Their OWN Schedule Four Regions in Each Class Four Per Region Make Playoffs 8 game Minimum to earn a playoff spot Concerned About Schedule? MOVE UP TO CLASS 5A-8A Create Conferences within your region Create your own districts

12. After Surveying Our Independents… 30+ Have said they would rejoin State Series with this change

13. Class 3A What it looked like last year What it would look like RecordsSeedTeam 5-5W1Taylor County 3-7R2Providence 10-0W2Trinity Christian 2-8R1Pensacola Catholic 3-7W3 Trinity Catholic 9-1R4Lakeland Christian 8-2W4 Tampa Catholic 8-2R3Trinity Prep 10-0W5Clearwater Central Catholic 7-3R6Holy Trinity 7-3W6John Carroll 2-8R5Cardinal Mooney 8-2W7Oxbridge Academy 7-2R8Chaminade-Madonna 8-1W8Westminster Christian 7-2R7American Heritage RecordsSeedTeam 10-01Trinity Christian 5-54Episcopal 5-52Taylor County 6-43Florida High 8-21 Tampa Catholic 6-44Berkeley Prep 9-12Lakeland Christian 8-23Trinity Prep 10-01Clearwater Central Catholic 5-54Melbourne Central Catholic 7-32John Carroll 7-33Holy Trinity 7-21American Heritage 8-14Westminster Christian 7-22Chaminade-Madonna 8-23Oxbridge Academy

14. 5A-8A Four Regions Per Class Four Districts Per Region 8 game Minimum to earn a playoff spot District Champions AUTOMATIC Playoff Berth Seeded 1-4 Four Wildcards Per Region ALL based on total season points Seeded 5-8

15. Class 7A Region 1 What it looked like last year What it would look like Record Team 5-5W1 Lincoln 6-4R2 Lee 9-1W2 Columbia 5-5R1 Chiles 9-1W3 Buchholz 7-3R4 Edgewater 8-2 W4 Hagerty 7-3R3 Bartram Trail Record SeedTeam 9-11Columbia 6-48Lee 5-54Lincoln 7-35Bartram Trail 8-23Hagerty 7-36Edgewater 9-12Buchholz 8-27Oakleaf

16. Understanding the System Must play eight games Your team earns points based on wins and losses and your opponents wins and losses Points Games Played = NO Penalization For Missed Games Solution for teams trying to work the system by canceling a game at the last minute Solution for games canceled due to weather, etc… Solution to those who choose not to schedule 10 games

17. Edit the text with your own short phrase. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Category 1 Your opponent has won more than 80% of their games If your opponents record is: 10-0 8-0 9-1 8-1 8-2 9-0 If you Win you get 50 points If you lose you get 35 points Category 2 Your opponent has won at least 60% of their games but no more than 79% If your opponents record is: 7-3 6-4 7-2 6-3 If you Win you get 45 points If you lose you get 30 points Category 3 Your opponent has won at least 40% of their games but no more than 59% If your opponents record is: 5-5 4-6 If you Win you get 40 points If you lose you get 25 points Category 4 Your opponent has won less than 39% of their games If your opponents record is: 3-7 3-6 2-8 1-9 0-10 1-7 If you Win you get 35 points If you lose you get 20 points If your opponent only plays nine games it will not penalize your team. Base it on the percentages. Example: 7-2 won 77% of their games- you would get Category two points How You Earn Points

18. How to Earn Bonus Points  1 Point = Play School 1 Class Larger  2 Points = Play School 2 Classes Larger  3 Points = Play School 3 Classes Larger  4 Points = Play School 4 Classes Larger  Cap = 4 Points Out of State Opponents: Out of State opponents will be placed in our classification structure based on enrollment and bonus points will be earned based on that.

19. Other States that use a Point and Seeding System California Colorado Indiana Kansas Michigan Mississippi Nebraska North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

20. Implementation Schedule December 2016-Release Updated Regions/Districts January 2017-Appeals Due Appeal to become Independent Appeal to move up in Classification to be placed in a district (Class 1A – 4A) Appeal to move District (Class 5A – 8A) January 2017-Release Final Regions/Districts February 2017 -Regional/District Meetings May 1, 2017-Schedules due in C2C

21. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”