I feel like I may have come with the hidden ingredient to make the 3 Class system work immediately. I'll give Heimer his due and post his 16 teams he projected in the middle class:
Central Cass
Grafton
Valley City
Wahpeton
Devils Lake
Shanley
St Marys
Watford City
Fargo Oak Grove
Minot Our Redeemers
Dickinson Trinity
Trinity Christian
Minot Ryan
Shiloh Christian
Beulah
Hazen
Of course teams may have the option of moving up, so it may not completely accurate. Either way I found this class way too "light", if you will. This isn't football, we need more teams participating. So how can we accomplish this?
Let's bring in Class A JV! "A" JV has been playing Class B for years anyway. Nobody can cry about the competition being unfair. It allows for some exposure between the classes where some "A" fans would get to see some really talented "B" players, and "B" fans would get to see some up and coming "A" studs. There would be instant classic games almost every year, it would probably be bigger than Class B. Imagine some B player down the road talking about how they beat "Future Class A stud" when he was a Sophomore.
I doubt this will ever happen, but I still thought it was great idea. Thoughts?