re: Louisiana High School Football will split Public/Private. **Edited with Yes/No**

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Is 5A the only legit state champion now? I'd look at it like that. Teams playing under different parameters. Most of the time the 5A champ will beat the 3A champ. That doesn't make the 3A champ unworthy of recognition.

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There's a point where it gets ridiculous. 8-10 state champions is way to much in a state that has maybe 300 football playing schools. I thought five classes was too many. I thought they should have had just four. If you win in a class with 70-something schools, that's something. Only having 50-something schools per class made 32-team playoff fields too watered down.

Anyway, now you're talking about doubling it, meaning, on average, you state "champion" is the best of about 27-30 teams, tops.

What's going to happen, especially considering the premise of the breakup, is that people will look at the public school champs with an asterisk.

"Yeah, West St. John won 1A, but they wouldn't beat Ouachita Christian." That sort of thing.