How to revolutionize Schoolboy Football for Century 21

[Don1]

Reposted with permission...
Note that this excellent plan was crafted BEFORE the Super Cup


A. ISSA to create two regions for school ball.... Western Region & Eastern Region..... containing comparable numbers of schools... ~50-60 per region

B. Eastern Region to consist of schools from Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine, Portland & St Thomas....
Western Region - Clarendon, Manchester, St Ann, St Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Hanover, St James & Trelawny

(ISSA can work out any parish adjustments suh mi nuh bizniz wid nuh quibbling ova placement minutiae)

C. Eastern Region competes for Manning Cup.... Western Region - DaCosta Cup

D. Each region further subdivided into 2 groups Manning Cup Premier League & Challenge League.... same for D'Cup

E. Premier League teams (~16 each region) will be seeded according to the schools with the best results over the preceding 5 years in their competitions. Challenge League teams will consist of those outside that top 16.

F. Premier & Challenge Leagues will be entirely separate competitions. Each year the top 4 teams in the Challenge League will be promoted to Premier...and the bottom 4 Premier teams demoted

G. After 16 home or away games ... the top 4 Premier league teams go into semi-final & final round... with winner taking the Manning & D'Cup trophies respectively.
Challenge League to have 2 zones with an eventual playoff format leading to a championship game

H. Manning & D'Cup winners meet for Olivier Shield trophy as usual

I. If there's no time for additional games... the Walker/Ben Francis knockout competitions can be scrapped... if there is time ...the top 4 teams/League (8 teams total representing Challenge & Premier Leagues) in each Region compete for knockout titles


So we'll have

1. The best teams competing head to head more often for improved player development

2. Logistics/Cost Control via a more rational regional structure

3. Incentive based system for promotion/demotion

4. Preservation of an irreplaceable 100 year legacy of high school ball



Dis is a high level overview ongly...suh Stoni nuh aks mi fi nuh bizniz plan like ow yuh naw pay mi, Sass nuh tell mi seh Winnie nuh like skoola & Karl.. yes is TEAM wi ah defen..wooiiee

SolomonDon at your service
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[Willi]

no man.

in such a format, the Walker cup must revert to original format and ALL leagues ply the knockout. That way we have the excitement of no-name possibly beating brand name side, like in the FA Cup.

[Don1]

no man.

in such a format, the Walker cup must revert to original format and ALL leagues ply the knockout. That way we have the excitement of no-name possibly beating brand name side, like in the FA Cup.

Ok...that twist can werk

But the overall plan is clearly...brilliant

Nuh choo?

[Willi]

Choo dat!