High school soccer in this state would be a great canvas to experiment with promotion/relegation.
If what we are after is greater parity in high school athletics, then it is something to seriously discuss.
Nobody would want to come 1 game or 2 away from winning a state title in one classification, then be bumped up to a higher level of competitor....
...but don’t we all have results that don’t go our way?
And isn’t that how we all get better?
That's my thoughts exactly. While getting super close and losing then being told to move up would be rough, wouldn't it provide an opportunity to grow and possibly build something better? Then given time if the program loses quality then it would drop back down to where it needed to be.
Example: At Midland Valley, they have a team that can probably compete decently at the 2A level. Yes they have a big student population, but the school's program is somewhat limited. I've been there and know personally. When we were at the 3A level we still could barely keep up with one or two 3A teams, but pair us against 2A and we were pretty evenly matched. In that case, Pro/Rel would've been great because we could've competed against schools with similar skill level instead of being dropped by 10 - 14 goals in region most games.
