# High School playoffs are a joke **URL:** \ **Category:** The Marsh\ **Created:** [November 15, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270 "2025-11-15T04:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ChairmanMarlin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/chairmanmarlin/32/35_2.png) [@ChairmanMarlin](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/ChairmanMarlin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/21 "2025-11-15T17:47:54Z")
North vermilion would be class B ---
**Author:** ![cjr3888](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/cjr3888/32/227_2.png) [@cjr3888](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/cjr3888)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/22 "2025-11-15T18:08:14Z")
> [@CajunNation](#): > > Since we’re suggesting alternatives….. > > 1. No more select/non-select. > 2. Go from 5 classifications to 4. > 3. Here’s the kicker: institute promotion/relegation. Win your district and move up a classification. Finish last in your district and move down a classification. > 4. Over time, schools will be grouped based upon level of competition. > 5. This should be decided on the field by the players, not the principals, the boosters, the lawyers nor the politicians. 1. Select/Non-Select will stay. Too many non-select have advantages such as using the Catholic Diocese scholarships on athletes. Or having a fun parents pay into to get athletes on scholarship. 2. Should have gone to 4 classes at the start. However, that was before charter schools began popping up on every corner. Now it’s back to around 62 schools per class which is close to what it was before. 3. That wouldn’t work for high school athletics. Not allowed to play up per sport. Reason LCA is still 2A is because they don’t think their softball & baseball programs can compete in higher class like football & basketball. 4. Bad 3A, 4A, 5A schools would end up playing bad 2A, 1A schools and unfortunately that’s where major injuries start. Many small schools were forfeiting games late in the season because they didn’t have enough healthy players. One fix for that would starting 8 man football for those schools. ---
**Author:** ![CajunNation](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/cajunnation/32/678_2.png) [@CajunNation](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/CajunNation)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/23 "2025-11-15T19:18:59Z")
Pro/Rel doesn’t have to be for every sport. If schools have advantages others dont, those schools will congregate together over time through promotion. By natural selection, schools will end up competing against schools with similar levels of resources. ---
**Author:** ![cjr3888](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/cjr3888/32/227_2.png) [@cjr3888](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/cjr3888)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/24 "2025-11-15T20:51:41Z")
Orange Lutheran (2-8) beats the #4 team in the nation to advance to CIF semifinals [https://x.com/cfbhome/status/1989723581832364460?s=46](https://x.com/cfbhome/status/1989723581832364460?s=46) ---
**Author:** ![STLCajun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@STLCajun](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/STLCajun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/25 "2025-11-15T22:13:51Z")
This is how it was in Missouri when I went to high school. Private schools had a multiplier number which usually moved up the school to the higher division ---
**Author:** ![ARRCEE](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/arrcee/32/105_2.png) [@ARRCEE](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/ARRCEE)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/26 "2025-11-16T01:40:14Z")
wtf is an orange Lutheran? Our president? ---
**Author:** ![Clutch0364](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/clutch0364/32/56_2.png) [@Clutch0364](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/Clutch0364)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/27 "2025-11-16T13:25:38Z")
> [@ARRCEE](#): > > wtf is an orange Lutheran? Our president? Nah that’s Donica Lewinsky. ---
**Author:** ![Cajun4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cajun4life](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/Cajun4life)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/28 "2025-11-17T12:38:52Z")
No chance of relegation. ---
**Author:** ![CajunNation](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/cajunnation/32/678_2.png) [@CajunNation](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/CajunNation)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/29 "2025-11-17T14:26:05Z")
Schools all over the state get promoted and relegated every time we reclassify. It happens all of the time. I’m merely suggesting that this reclassification be done based on competitiveness rather than student population. ---
**Author:** ![ChairmanMarlin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/chairmanmarlin/32/35_2.png) [@ChairmanMarlin](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/ChairmanMarlin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/30 "2025-11-17T14:28:10Z")
Each sport individually or football decides for the entire school? ---
**Author:** ![NattyDaddy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/nattydaddy/32/13_2.png) [@NattyDaddy](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/NattyDaddy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/31 "2025-11-17T14:44:15Z")
> [@CajunNation](#): > > WHY ??? ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/cajunthreds/original/2X/3/336a896041100cd24a5bfc6d89147552899ae62a.gif) ---
**Author:** ![NattyDaddy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/nattydaddy/32/13_2.png) [@NattyDaddy](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/NattyDaddy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/32 "2025-11-17T14:47:15Z")
> [@RCajunRunner](#): > > Reduce the number of playoff slots Should be 16 teams, not 24. No BYES. ---
**Author:** ![NattyDaddy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/nattydaddy/32/13_2.png) [@NattyDaddy](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/NattyDaddy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/33 "2025-11-17T14:55:24Z")
Hear me out. Go back to 1A-5A with normal districts. But… Have only ONE open select league. Any school, public or private, can opt in or out of the league on a 3 year rotation. Schools like Acadiana, Edna Karr, Catholic BR, West Monroe, Evangel, ASH, JC, LCA etc all in the same bracket. The best in the state playing the best in the state. Let the smaller schools do their own thing, but have all the powerhouses back under ONE umbrella, like it should be. ---
**Author:** ![RaisingCajun](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/raisingcajun/32/27_2.png) [@RaisingCajun](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/RaisingCajun)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/34 "2025-11-17T15:40:17Z")
How many do you think would actually opt in? Lets say Karr opts in 1st. In that scenario unless they are forced to, I see no one else opting in. There are rumors out there that Karr is currently try to figure out a way to start playing a national schedule. They are just on a different level than any other school in the state. Karr currently has a 48-7 record over the past 5 years. 4 of the 7 losses came in 2022. ---
**Author:** ![NattyDaddy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/nattydaddy/32/13_2.png) [@NattyDaddy](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/NattyDaddy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/35 "2025-11-17T16:00:06Z")
It’s just wishful thinking. I say 4A and 5A should combine and play a full 32 team playoff, no public/private split. I’m a fan of NO SPLIT over the split. 9 state champions in a state this small is ridiculous. If it’s going to remain this way though, there should only be 16 teams per bracket, and no BYEs. ---
**Author:** ![RaisingCajun](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/raisingcajun/32/27_2.png) [@RaisingCajun](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/RaisingCajun)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/36 "2025-11-17T16:08:38Z")
I do like where you are going with it. Nothing will ever be “fair”. Top schools in the state, mainly 4A & 5A, will need to be forced into a “Super Division”. Dont know how they do it but it will likely need to be monetized to help bring back to a level playing field inside that “Super Division”. I say that only because there will be disparity between the top couple schools and lower couple schools in that said “Super Division”. Maybe 2 schools in the major cities become “academies”. Somehow, I think you would want 8 teams battling it out for the top school in the state. ---
**Author:** ![CajunNation](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/cajunnation/32/678_2.png) [@CajunNation](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/CajunNation)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/37 "2025-11-17T16:45:30Z")
Yes it does, because it is slop. It is a huge pile of rotting garbage. EVERYBODY wants to squeeze every penny they can out of this scam, and EVERYBODY wants their pet peeve addressed. NOBODY in this process is looking out for what is best for the children of this state. Not even their parents. It’s so freakin sad, but doesn’t surprise me. We are a state owned and run by the worst class of people on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![CajunGrad16](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/cajungrad16/32/195_2.png) [@CajunGrad16](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/CajunGrad16)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/38 "2025-11-17T19:02:09Z")
![IMG_2187](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/cajunthreds/original/2X/6/629df695639d2c73201630b863c9edd12a0a36d3.jpeg) These are apparently teams that are appealing their classifications for next year ---
**Author:** ![ChairmanMarlin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/chairmanmarlin/32/35_2.png) [@ChairmanMarlin](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/ChairmanMarlin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/39 "2025-11-17T19:18:37Z")
A handful of schools ruined it for everyone. If they would have just punished LCA , Curtis and Calivry we wouldn’t be in this mess. ---
**Author:** ![cjr3888](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/cajunthreds.discourse.group/cjr3888/32/227_2.png) [@cjr3888](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/u/cjr3888)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270/40 "2025-11-17T19:27:24Z")
A good bit of those appeals are for travel reasons. Jefferson Parish schools want their teams to stay in the same district together because it’s easier with them sharing stadiums. Haynes wants to move to a district with 3 other Jefferson parish schools. Northlake Christian wans to be in a north shore district (10-2A) instead of the south shore district (11-2A). A few others are for volleyball and soccer districts for travel purposes. [Previous page](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270.md?page=1) [Next page](https://cajunthreds.discourse.group/t/high-school-playoffs-are-a-joke/1270.md?page=3)