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Maryland High School Football let every team make playoffs during COVID, & never stopped!

Posted on 10/31/25 at 11:19 am
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33034 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 11:19 am
Now they have sports directors from local TV stations making pleas to end it.



Wonder if they graduate every kid there too.

How soft are folks in the DMV? The poor guy who made the video had to put a disclaimer in his X post.
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
60841 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 11:27 am to
He forgot to mention it will make his job a hell of a lot easier to do in December if he's not having to drive to multiple locations in the area when it's snowing.
This post was edited on 10/31/25 at 11:28 am
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
40510 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 11:30 am to
Didn't watch the video.

How does that even work? Do they play until February?
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
79816 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:25 pm to
Every sport in Ohio beside football, every team makes the playoffs.

Not sure why this is a big deal.
Posted by public_enemy
Member since Feb 2015
4960 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:29 pm to
Because the postseason is something that should be earned, not given out like a participation trophy
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
79816 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:36 pm to
Does every other sport in LA get every team in?
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
41079 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

Does every other sport in LA get every team in?


No
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

Does every other sport in LA get every team in?

No lol
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

Not sure why this is a big deal.

We do it in ohio so it shouldn’t be a big deal!
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:41 pm to
quote:

Every sport in Ohio beside football, every team makes the playoffs.

Not sure why this is a big deal.


In most, if not all, other sports, teams can play multiple games/week. Can't really do that in football. I mean, you can if you don't care about the athletes playing.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
104041 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:42 pm to
Louisiana is almost like that. You have 2-8 teams making the playoffs.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45677 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 12:43 pm to
That's a lot of academic ineligibles in the playoffs.
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
22784 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 1:01 pm to
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That's a lot of academic ineligibles in the playoffs.



Yeah, a lot of teams are down players by the end of the season, due to eligibility issues or injuries.

I say this from experience, but if you're on a small crappy team that's experienced some attrition, most guys and their parents are ready for the season to be over. Who wants another week of practice and travel just to add one more embarrassing game to the loss column?
Posted by GCTigahs
Member since Oct 2014
2423 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 1:22 pm to
Well the MSSAA would lose money if they went back to the old way,,and that's why every team will continue to make the playoffs.

In MS, 4 teams out of each district make the playoffs in every sport. Most districts, regardless of sport, don't have 4 teams with winning records. But the MHSAA can charge more for playoff games and they get a large cut so it's not changing anytime soon.
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
53370 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

Louisiana is almost like that. You have 2-8 teams making the playoffs.
before they changed the system three years ago you had some 0-10 teams in the small school nonselect and large school select divisions in
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
53389 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 2:08 pm to
playoffs? we talking about playoffs?
high school playoffs?

Jim Mora
Posted by Chili Davis
Wichita, KS
Member since Nov 2010
905 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 2:40 pm to
Every 4A-6A school in Kansas makes the “playoffs”. There are only 32 teams in each classification, so it’ll end the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Teams will play their seasons and week 9 is seeded based on results. There will be a few 8-0 teams hosting 0-8 teams tonight.

8-man through 3A still play by the traditional playoff format. There are a lot more of those teams in the state.
Posted by Antonio Moss
The South
Member since Mar 2006
49025 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 2:46 pm to
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Does every other sport in LA get every team in?


Wrestling is the only sport in the LHSAA that doesn't have some qualifying process, but there is a proposal this year to change that.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
33531 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 3:38 pm to
the term "covid kids" is real
Posted by Master of Sinanju
Member since Feb 2012
11847 posts
Posted on 10/31/25 at 3:48 pm to
There was one state that did this with random seeding, but I forget which on. Meaning a winless team could be hosting an unbeaten team in the first round.
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