Back in June 2008, the IHSA changed the postseason structure in many sports, including basketball and volleyball. With fuel prices hovering, and climbing over $4.00/gallon, travel concerns became the forefront to concerns in school athletics. The Association moved to change the sectional seeding complex in the postseason, to more localized regional tournaments, cutting travel.
At times, this has saved money for schools, however we are not paying $4.00 gas anymore, but school districts are even more pinched, financially, than in 2008. Many fans, coaches, and administrators did not like the move to regional tournaments with the possibilty of two very strong teams meeting up in a regional championship game, as opposed to a sectional meeting.
Breese Central principal Kent Jones, on behalf of the 12-member Cahokia Conference, sent a letter to the IHSA Tournament Advisory Committee, to change back to the old sectional seeding system. You can hear my entire interview with Jones online at www.ihssn.net.
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