According to a report on the Boston Herald's Web site, the MIAA Board of Directors voted this morning to accept a report by the MIAA Football Ad Hoc Committee suggesting a statewide playoff system, but not to implement the plan. The Board of Directors will now be conducting all further study into the plan.
The Herald report said that the main issues raised by board members revolved around issues of financial impact, both on the various member schools as well as the association; appeal procedures for realignment, and sub-varsity team scheduling.
The plan, spearheaded by Plymouth North High School football coach and athletic director Bill Burkhead, would entrust the scheduling for all high school games in eastern Massachusetts to a "football commissioner" with divisions set up according to enrollment, would eliminate all leagues in high school football, and would begin playoff competition after a seven-week regular season. Teams that do not make the playoffs would be assigned games to fill out their schedules on short notice. Thanksgiving games would not be affected, although the traditional importance of the games would be minimized in the midst of an ongoing playoff schedule, and some schools would be forced to cancel the games if still active in the playoffs.
The goal is to have six high school Super Bowls at Gillette Stadium in which teams from all four regions of the state can participate. The Krafts have come under undeserved criticism for not allowing all of the state's championship games to be played at Gillette -- a goal that would be totally unworkable now, in that the Central and Western title games and two of the eight Eastern games are played elsewhere because a six-game schedule taxes Gillette to its utmost.
No timetable has been set for a final vote upon the plan.
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