How District 5 Screwed Watford City
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:08 pm
The BOD showed a glimpse of forward thought and moved the enrollment cutoff number to 400. This dropped Valley City to Class B status.
Valley City was assigned to District 5, which infuriated the Kool-Aid sippers in the district, and they organized an effort to amend the NDHSAA Constitution bylaws.
The bylaws were changed mandating that any two-division system the state employs must use 325 as the cutoff. The rationale was that the move "only affected one school" and played favorites to Valley City.
Enter Watford City.
Had the number been left alone, Watford City would have some extra time to prepare for A basketball. As it is, due to factors out of their control, they will be forced to A in two years.
It's interesting how the D5 head-hanchos, with hand over their heart looking back on 1976, were more forward-thinking in saying the move "only affected one school."
But, that's who we believe, isn't it?
Of course, it's not all the Sacred Soilers fault. They did, after all, give the BOD a way out (they left the power of creating a 3-division system with the BOD).
But, that slanted crystal ball that District 5 used to look forward was obviously cloudy. The Wolves have only the Sacred Soil to blame.
Valley City was assigned to District 5, which infuriated the Kool-Aid sippers in the district, and they organized an effort to amend the NDHSAA Constitution bylaws.
The bylaws were changed mandating that any two-division system the state employs must use 325 as the cutoff. The rationale was that the move "only affected one school" and played favorites to Valley City.
Enter Watford City.
Had the number been left alone, Watford City would have some extra time to prepare for A basketball. As it is, due to factors out of their control, they will be forced to A in two years.
It's interesting how the D5 head-hanchos, with hand over their heart looking back on 1976, were more forward-thinking in saying the move "only affected one school."
But, that's who we believe, isn't it?
Of course, it's not all the Sacred Soilers fault. They did, after all, give the BOD a way out (they left the power of creating a 3-division system with the BOD).
But, that slanted crystal ball that District 5 used to look forward was obviously cloudy. The Wolves have only the Sacred Soil to blame.