Al Avila is not a fan of the equity league.
One argument the Seaside football coach made to me is valid.
What happens if Seaside were to win the MBL's Gabilan Division this season?
Well, it would find itself in the Open Division of the Central Coast Section playoffs.
Seaside is a Division IV school.
Why do you think the Peninsula Athletic League talked about leaving the CCS if it remained an 'A' League in football. It wants no part of the Open Division.
Listen, Seaside is capable of winning the Gabilan Division. There is very little that separates Palma, San Benito, Salinas, Monterey and Seaside.
I don't have a problem with all five schools lumped together in one league. It's going to make for a lot of big games. But the Open Division in the playoffs is a different animal.
Let them have a shot in their own divisions at doing something special.
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1 comment:
CCS is an aberation as far as all the other sections in northern CA with the Open division. CCS should have gotten rid of the open division a couple years ago. Seaside would be a D3 team by enrollment as far as state playoffs I believe. The private versus public is brought up as an issue, but frankly if a team can not win its enrollment divivon even with private, it should not compete in the state playoff system since they probably will face a private in norcal play-in or a stronger socal public school. I will be surprised if Seaside places higher than 3rd in the Gab division this year. They will need to step it up on line and defense with these classes and their depth could be an issue (although looks like they will have plenty of play-makers). In any event, highly probably they are in lower divivon playoffs this year. CCS is needs to allign with the state - too many CCS schools are penalized. If the state came up with a public v private format, then by all means have that in CCS, but that is not the case.
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