The Alabama High School Athletic Association has gone 30 years with its present classification system. On Wednesday of this week, the AHSAA's from the organization’s Central Board of Control voted to place the largest 32 teams in a Class 7A and divide the remainder into 6 classifications. Also, teams will be allowed 11 weeks to play 10 games. Schools may elect to play a non-region game the week of Aug. 21-22-23 and then have 10 weeks to play the remaining nine regular-season games or they can agree to play a non-counting jamboree or regulation game that first week and have 10 remaining weeks to play 10 games.
The
AHSAA began in 1921 with a one-class system before adding a second
classification in 1947, separating the largest schools from the rest. In
1964, the organization went to a four-classification system that
featured regional play, switching to the current six-class system with
area play in 1984.
The
only major change since then was a modification after the 1999 season
that employed the old regional system, adding more guaranteed games for
the larger schools.
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