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So you didn't play your first game until August 28th? That's a really late start. The playoffs have started these weeks ever since they started in 2008. it doesn't make sense to wait until November to start middle school playoffs. I could understand pushing back the start date 1 week, since so many conference ended around that time, but if you want to play the conference should adjust. Most all conferences have adjusted. It comes down to whether it's more important to play a conference playoff or state playoff.

Our season started Aug. 20th. We did have a bye week so that didn't help. Our conf. playoffs start Oct. 22nd. And yes I am well aware when the state playoffs start. We participated in them. However I do not recall them starting this early. For our conf. (EKC conf.) some teams cannot start any earlier due to the fact that some schools (not ours) do not start practice until school starts. Yes I am from Rowan Co. and we had every intention on playing in the state this year. But with the early start of the tourn. we would have to forfeit the rest of the season along with the conf. championship. We felt that wasn't worth doing since we could possibly only have a 7 game season as opposed to a 10 game season. (Providing we lost the first round of the state). It is what it is......just hate it for our kids. Felt like we have a pretty good team this year. Hopefully our commissioner can tweak our schedule in the future. Good luck to all.