1a East and West are weak. So it's even. The complaint was 1a West was brutal while 1a east west a cake walk which leads to an advantage.
No advantage now
What i was confused on was a rule i saw where it said if there was less than half the schools in a certain class like 1a was participating then it would be combined for playoff purposes with the next higher up class 2a. I swear i saw that written somewhere a few months back on nchsaa website.but heck i could have dreamed it for all i know....I'm getting old lol
It says if one class has less that 50% combine with the next class that ALSO has less than 50%.
That's is why wrestling combined 1a2a because both 1a and 2a have less than 50% in wrestling. In football only 1a has less. The the rules says if only 1 class has less than 50% reduce the playoffs by one round for that class and play ball. If reducing by one round cannot be achieved combine 1a and 2a anyway.