I agree, I hope this league happens! Although I have no idea why Sandy would want in this league. they have made the jump football wise and dominated in wrestling this year, they would be extremely big enrollment wise. Adding buckeye Trail and Nct but not ridgewood and garaway makes no sense. They are all four the same size and actually closer travel wise, nct is really bad right now, which seems like what this side is looking for, but it would be competitive I believe except for sandy, who I think would dominate this league.
Btw not having hiland would really hurt this league.
First of all I would have never changed the original IVC. That was a league that had stood the test of time and I wish it would've stayed as it was.
What's done is done now and you can't go back. It's funny though that some of the same teams that were pushing for the change in the first place still don't seem to be happy. If it was up to me the league would stay exactly as it is. The only problem with the league was the placement of Sandy Valley and now that has been solved. Even if you add Conotton Valley to the North and a mystery team to the South I would still keep two crossovers. Crossovers are great. Local teams playing local teams is great.
Apparently the North schools aren't happy and they likely won't be happy even after they get their way with just one crossover. Just make a clean break instead of trying to make something work that you aren't happy with. I'm just saying going to this league eliminates all of the problems the IVC North has.
#1 - Don't want crossover because you can't compete - If you go to this league there are no crossovers and the only big school you have to play is Sandy Valley and East Canton and Malvern want to play them anyways. Sure SV is bigger, but historically I don't think any of the small schools are worried about playing them. The Cam Blair era probably isn't going to be replicated.
#2 - If you only add Conotton Valley you have a 7-team league and the scheduling issues pointed out earlier occur. If you add Conotton and Sandy you eliminate those issues.
#3 - If things stay as is and you eliminate one crossover who are you going to play in week 4? The PAC, Wayne County League, etc are all in league play. Most North teams won't be playing South teams because if you wanted to play them you wouldn't have gotten rid of crossovers. The South teams will have the same problem. So now you will likely have 8-10 IVC teams looking for a game in week 4 each season with no local opponents to play. That means IVC fans will either be driving an hour or more or hosting some team they have no connection to all so a few North teams can feel better about themselves by playing a weaker opponent.
It just makes a lot more sense for the North teams to just form their own league if they aren't going to play crossovers. You would have 7 football games locked in and 14 basketball, volleyball, baseball game locked in. Who in the North would say no to this?
