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Other states DON'T!!!!!! They have conferences that may or may not have schools of different sizes, it's based more of geographical location. Then the conference/rivals stay the same regardless of size. Cuts on transportation issues and times during the school week.
Tournament is separate. Let everyone into the tournament in teams sports (not football) and let football base it off something else (power rankings, etc). Seed everyone for the tournament with the top seeds getting a bye. 2 games a week for our contact sport so that bad weather doesn't have teams playing back-to-back in the tournament. State makes more money off tickets sales and tournament games. Everyone wins.
