Kapaun’s district
Oct. 4, 2007 @ 8:08 a.m. by JoannaWith the new districts released, we’ve found out that Heights and Carroll finally will be able to have seven City League games on their schedule. It’s a nice change for two of the league’s top teams because it makes it just a little easier to win the league title, which is based on winning percentage.
Still, not everyone is happy. Check out Mark’s comment:
The problem with unequal scheduling in City League can be reduced with the new districts. Now all the 6A schools in City League have exactly one non-league opponent in their district. Assuming that each of the six plays another non-league foe in the first six weeks of the season, each of them will have seven league games. Carroll and West will be in a district together, meaning they each have two non-league games in district. If they each play only league opponents the first six weeks, they would each also have seven league games. The only team out of luck in this scenario is Kapaun, which has three non-league district games, so can get only six league games. This is clearly unfair to Kapaun. Has any thought been given to a league schedule that designates six league games for every school, with the option that each school (other than Kapaun) schedule either an extra non-league game or a game with a league opponent that doesn’t count in the league standings? There is really no perfect solution when you have nine teams in a league and unequal numbers of district games, but the current setup really has a fairness problem.
Mark’s right, there’s no perfect situation. But it is better than it has been. This year Carroll, Heights and Kapaun only have six league games. It’s so tough to go undefeated in league, which is imperative when there’s only six games.
Heights coach Rick Wheeler and Carroll coach Alan Schuckman, whose teams have been league title contenders, winning two of the past three, just had to accept the difficulty.
Is it fair? No. But it’s the way it goes because this is a nine-team league.
October 4th, 2007 at 9:45 am
It’s also not fair that Kapaun doesn’t get assigned to the same district with Liberal, an 8 hour roundtrip. Carroll is stuck with them it seems forever. Oh well, next year Kapaun will have to drive more than 25 minutes for at least one district game.
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October 4th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Kapaun and Carroll should not be complaining thier Districts our weak compared to some other 5 A area teams (i.e. Mac)
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October 5th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
JOE, you don’t know what your talking about BC & KMC each play 6-6A schools every year before we get to 5A in the post play. Joe you quit complaining.
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October 6th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Joe - you are changing the subject to another issue. The topic is fairness in the GWAL schedule and not the strength of the district in which they play. This issue at hand is about the GWAL teams having an equal number of league games. As it works today, the GWAL league champion is decided by winning percentage. Teams with 7 game league schedules have an advantage over teams with 6 game schedules because such teams with only one league loss will have a slightly higher winning percentage. The seventh game is probably against a lesser league opponent so it creates a disadvantage for teams with 6 game schedules. Focus on the topic!
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