At the NSAA Board meeting yesterday (Dec. 7) the Board voted unanimously to re-assume control of all phases of Six-Man Football beginning with the 2018-19 school year.
NSAA retaking control of Six-Man Football
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This is great news. Two questions that are of little importance...
1- Will it be called D6, as it is now?
2- Will the finals continue to be played at UNK due to the weekend they are played being before the other classes finals?
1- Will it be called D6, as it is now?
2- Will the finals continue to be played at UNK due to the weekend they are played being before the other classes finals?
6-Man football used to be "Class D3" in Nebraska, I assume it will take that moniker again perhaps.
Not sure what the plan is for the state finals.
I am willing to bet that the finals will stay in Kearney. I don't think the NSAA is going to change a lot of things that the 6 man coaches association has been doing in the last few years.
The state wanted to last cycle and 6-man said NO They dont have to be NSAA sponsored, I would like to see them say NO makes for a good Drama and let the NSAA know they are only in control, if the schools allow
The question I have is will NSAA try to put that game on TV too? There really is no way they can air more than 6 games in 2 days on NET, so the cost would be pretty high to add that game to the TV line-up.
Cost will not be an issue for the NSAA....they make an incredible amount of money during the playoffs and that money will increase exponentially with the addition of all of the 6man playoff gates.
NET though has a 50+ person crew, so a lot goes into putting those games on. Personally, I wish it could be the old Thursday-Friday-Saturday format. Play 3 eight man games on Thursday and 2 11-man games on Friday and Saturday, but the Huskers no longer have that bye like they always did.
Just because the schools voted it down 2 years ago doesn't necessarily mean they will this time. I know there is a growing sense of frustration within schools who play 6-man out of necessity about having to play more and more schools who have as many as 20 kids suited up for a six man game. You're also seeing former 6-man coaches taking 8-man jobs and then petitioning to move their teams to 6-man in the next cycle even though those schools are big enough to be D-1 in basketball. It's already happened in one instance and there are rumblings of it happening in another in the next cycle. There may be some schools who have been against NSAA involvement in the past who be for it now just to limit schools who are big enough to play 8-man from continuing to move down
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I'd love to see Class D2 have all enrollments under 50 play 6 man football. Which would be like 40 teams have the NSAA sanction it. If you are over 50 kids you play 8 man. No opting down.
I posted this idea while back...
https://nsaahome.org/textfile/fbl/fbclass.pdf
(Using the link above.)
I'd love to see Class A be 24 teams. Pretty much every school under 1,000 enrollment. That would put Fremont, Norfolk, Pius X and North Platte in Class B. In all sports I think it would benefit them.
Have B1 and B2. Take those top four and have B1 be 32. (So the bottom four of Class B would be the top of B2. That would be Aurora, Platteview, Omaha Gross and Holdrege.)
B2 can be 32 teams. Take those top four and add them to the top 28 in C1. (The remaining C1 schools would go down to the new C1. Bishop Neumann, Pierce, Conestoga, Ord, David City, North Bend Central, Chase County, Louisville, Mitchell, Aquinas, GICC, Lincoln Christian, Madison, Southern/Lewiston, Norfolk Catholic.)
Have a new C1 would add the above 15 teams and take the top 33 from the current C2 to make a 48 team class. (Which would put the lowest school at 100 kids.)
The new C2 would could be a 9 man class that adds the remaining 11 schools to the top of the current D1 and that makes a 48 team class. (Which puts the lowest enrollment at 70 kids.)
Then you have Class D1 with enrollments under 70 to 50 that play 8 man football. (Would be like a 50 team class.)
The new Class D2 would have all enrollments under 50 play 6 man football. Which would be like 40 teams have the NSAA sanction it.
https://nsaahome.org/textfile/fbl/fbclass.pdf
(Using the link above.)
I'd love to see Class A be 24 teams. Pretty much every school under 1,000 enrollment. That would put Fremont, Norfolk, Pius X and North Platte in Class B. In all sports I think it would benefit them.
Have B1 and B2. Take those top four and have B1 be 32. (So the bottom four of Class B would be the top of B2. That would be Aurora, Platteview, Omaha Gross and Holdrege.)
B2 can be 32 teams. Take those top four and add them to the top 28 in C1. (The remaining C1 schools would go down to the new C1. Bishop Neumann, Pierce, Conestoga, Ord, David City, North Bend Central, Chase County, Louisville, Mitchell, Aquinas, GICC, Lincoln Christian, Madison, Southern/Lewiston, Norfolk Catholic.)
Have a new C1 would add the above 15 teams and take the top 33 from the current C2 to make a 48 team class. (Which would put the lowest school at 100 kids.)
The new C2 would could be a 9 man class that adds the remaining 11 schools to the top of the current D1 and that makes a 48 team class. (Which puts the lowest enrollment at 70 kids.)
Then you have Class D1 with enrollments under 70 to 50 that play 8 man football. (Would be like a 50 team class.)
The new Class D2 would have all enrollments under 50 play 6 man football. Which would be like 40 teams have the NSAA sanction it.
All depends on how its scheduled. Right now the 6-man schools play their state finals a week before everyone else. If that continues (or if the game stays in Kearney), I don't see it being televised. If they decide to bring the game to Lincoln, then maybe.
Does the NSAA have the legal right to take back over 6-man? Just wandering, since they gave up their governing right and if it is a separate entity, how are they able to retake control of 6 man?
In response to statement above: What about the schools that want to stay 8 or 11 man and compete at those levels even though they do not fit the enrollment classifications?
In response to statement above: What about the schools that want to stay 8 or 11 man and compete at those levels even though they do not fit the enrollment classifications?
That is exactly what I thought when I saw the NSAA taking over 6 man. Can the 6 man schools simply say NO?
I am no expert by any means, but I am under the impression that the 6 man coaches basically govern their own deal. This group approves or denies the requests to play in their 6 man division. I don't know why they would want the NSAA to get involved with their system...unless it comes down to finances?