Breaking News: CIF-SS overwhelmingly votes to change CIF-SS playoff format starting in the fall

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CIF APPROVES CHANGE: It’s a new day in the CIF Southern Section.
As many expected, Proposal SS522, which is known as the “Playoff Groupings by Competitive Equity” proposal, passed at Wednesday’s CIF-SS council meeting at the Grand in Long Beach.The proposal was approved by a vote of 74-10-1. The voters were made up of representatives from the 88 leagues in the Southern Section, as well as a handful of at-large representatives.
School enrollment size will no longer determine playoff divisiod, nor will league placement. Instead, each school in each sport will be evaluated on an annual basis by their performance over the last two years, using regular season record, strength of schedule and playoff performance to determine what division they’ll be placed in starting this for the 20-16-17 season.

AREA COACHES REACT: “I don’t think it’s so much that we weren’t in favor of it,” West Covina High School athletic director Brian Murphy said. “My perspective, and I’m not going to speak for the rest of the schools, is that I think it’s a good idea for all sports, except for football. And I don’t think we know how football is going to play out as far as how they’re going to re-division it and how they’re going to do their rankings.

BASEBALL COACHES THOUGHTS BEFORE VOTE: Lost in the shuffle of what could be a monumental moment in CIF Southern Section history when member schools vote today on a playoff grouping proposal that would drastically change the landscape of playoff divisions is the effects that the new format would have on baseball.
In football, basing playoff divisions solely on competitive equity and not leagues, signifies a sea change from the way things have always been done. In basketball, such a system is essentially already in place. But what about another major sport, baseball?

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