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From NKY.com

KHSAA responds to playoff survey question

Kentucky High School Athletic Association commissioner Julian Tackett responded to email questions about the survey The Enquirer reported last week was sent to state high school football coaches, athletic directors, principals and superintendents regarding possible future changes in the playoff format.
Currently all 32 Class A and Class 6A teams in the six-class alignment make the playoffs, and all but 30 teams in the middle four classes qualify.
Those surveyed were asked a handful of questions ranging from keeping the format as is, cutting it down to two teams instead of four in each of the eight districts in the six classes and perhaps even cutting it to three teams in each district with the district champion receiving a first-round bye.
"We wanted to see if there was a difference in how coaches felt, compared to principals, athletic directors and superintendents," Tackett wrote.
"The Board (of Control) just wanted to determine the opinions of some of the various constituent groups.
"The results will be reported to the Board. There is nothing at all binding about the results and as the schools were told in the survey, likely wouldn't result in any changes until at least 2015 (when re-alignment and re-classification would take place).
"There is no discussion at all about the number of classes, but the bracketing, travel and number of qualifying teams was asked about.
"To be candid, the only people that have questioned the system as it stands have been a relatively few number of people in Northern Kentucky.
"In the vast majority of the rest of the state, the silence is fairly deafening. There are always complaints/concerns about how districts are made up, but not much at all with regard to the system."