6 quarter rule as written is awful for small schools who still run 3 teams
like Rensselaer Central the term "sub varsity" is gross and kills our Freshman and JV teams reps.
For instance. This week, instead of being able to use our Freshman for 1 quarter of JV ball as deemed fit, we cannot and have to save them for their 4 quarters of Freshman game on Thursday so they do not go over the "4 quarter of Sub Varsity play" Used to be 5 quarters a week. Took a quarter away from JV/Freshman teams who share players.
I voiced this concern in May of last year to IHSAA, IFOA again this past week. Its hard enough to find reps for freshman kids when so many teams in our area do not run 3 teams, we feel strongly that playing 3 full teams gives our kids competition and learn how to compete and work on their reps.
We will make it work legally, it's unfortunate.
But I could play a sophomore kid this week who played the entire 2nd half of a close game on Friday, 4 quarters on JV this Monday. however he played exactly 3 total plays in the 2nd quarter when we had a player get set off because he was dry heaving. So now he can play 1 quarter on Monday instead of 4 because of 3 plays...........
Riddle me that one.