At its January meeting held on Thursday, the WIAA Conference Realignment Task Force heard feedback and alternative suggestions from schools impacted by its initial December football-only realignment proposal, modifying a number of teams and leagues in a new proposal that was released on Friday.
The preliminary football-only proposal that was released in December would have seen 105 teams change conferences in 11player football beginning in 2024, with just 17 of 49 conferences not impacted in some way.
A number of schools, both those that had originally requested relief and those that would not be moved or impacted because of other changes, expressed concerns with some placements, and had their chance to be heard yesterday at the Task Force meeting. A total of 43 representatives presented via Zoom to the Task Force, some representing their school while others represented an entire conference or group of schools.
A reminder, this is still just in the proposal stage, and this new plan from the Conference Realignment Task Force will be voted on at the March 7th Board of Control meeting. Pursuant to the WIAA Constitution, the Board of Control has final authority to approve, reject, or remand realignment recommendations back to the task force.
The following changes were made from the preliminary proposal announced by the Task Force in December, to the modified version that was announced today.
The following changes were made from the preliminary proposal announced by the Task Force in December, to the modified version that was announced today.
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