Will the NCHSAA take into consideration stadium size for playoff seeding due to covid restrictions?
Playoff question
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I do that there are stadium capacity requirements when it comes to hosting playoff games. I don't know the specifics, buy there are some guidelines and if you have a home playoff game but can't meet capacity requirements for that round your game could be moved.
To my knowledge it has never actually happened. But it is in the rule book.
I don't know the exact numbers but let say per NCHSAA rules to host a playoff game a stadium must meet a minimum capacity of 5000. Well small school A earned a home game but they only have a total capacity of 4500... They could lose their home game based upon that... Like I said though I don't think it's ever happened and doubt that it would. But it COULD happen...
ever heard that for 2A its 3,00; but with covid and everything it wont be imposed, it wouldn't be without covid. The association is be looked/exmikned very carefully about s state legislative committee about inequities, etc. You start imposing something like that and you'd get in trouble I imagine.
If you're looking for a home game or seed in the playoffs because of it; forget it
Ask and ye shall receive, my friend:
NCHSAA 2021 Football Handbook & Rules
scroll down and find 4.5.5 detailing playoff site stadium capacity requirements
1A: 1000K (home) — 500 (visitor)
2A: 1450K (home) — 750 (visitor)
3A: 2000K (home) — 1000K (visitor)
4A: 2,500K (home) — 1500K (visitor)
It details the steps the NCHSAA can make if the requirements aren’t met. Most likely it would go to an agreed upon neutral field.
NCHSAA gets the gate money during the playoffs(50or 100% cant remember) So it would make sense to me that they would do such a thing in a covid year to swell their purse.
I hear this every year and have NEVER seen the seating capacity factor be enforced.....................by the way Wiz....congrats to Clinton on the win over WRH......................
I can assure you the visitor factor has not been enforced in the past...2012 Reidsville played at Carrboro in the 3rd round of playoffs and their visitor stands couldn't seat 50 people much less 750...nothing has changed there from what I hear.....of course Carrboro now is really a weak program so no problem....but my point is.....NCHSAA is not really known for being hard core on this so called "rule"........................
@bigbear'10 yes, 50/50 split during playoffs. hence the move to divide each classification for more revenue. it was an outrage the day they announced it, and it’s damn criminal now knowing they’re sitting on a cool $40M cash pile.
Of course they don’t enforce it, just outlined in the book to look good. Most of those executives can’t be bothered to leave the ivory tower in Chapel Hill.
Forget about seating capacity, if the NCHSAA ever managed to stumble their way to Lenoir once a decade, they’d be forced to condem the damn thing.
In their mind we all have a track where fans can stand the whole time. sitting, standing ... they don’t care. the revenue $ all the same.
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