PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN NSAA REGULATIONS| Proposal Generated by Chuck Johnston, Papillion-La Vista, School Access Code, District 2 | | This proposal was submitted on: Nov 02, 2011 | | This proposal is submitted by: | | Name: Chuck Johnston | | School: Papillion-La Vista | | NSAA District: 2 | | The proposal deals with: | | Activities Manual: Golf Page: 14 and 15 | The section/paragraph/sentence indicates what is to be added/deleted/changed to the current Bylaw/Approved Ruling:
ADDITIONS are in all capital letters. (Changes/Deletions are in parentheses.)
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Girls—CLASS A
2. (All 32 Class A schools were assigned to four Districts using a modified serpentine method with enrollment as the main means of assignment. The largest school was placed in District 1, the next largest in District 2, the next largest in District 3, the next largest in District 4, the next largest back in District 1, etc., until all 32 schools were assigned.)
2. ALL CLASS A SCHOOLS ARE SEEDED 1-32 BY USING THE AVERAGE DIFFERENTIAL, THEN PLACED IN DISTRICTS USING THE SERPENTINE METHOD. THE FIRST RANKED TEAM IS PLACED IN DISTRICT 1, THE SECOND IN DISTRICT 2, THE THIRD IN DISTRICT 3, THE FOURTH IN DISTRICT 4, THE FIFTH IN DISTRICT 4, THE SIXTH IN DISTRICT 3, AND SO ON UNTIL ALL 32 TEAMS ARE ASSIGNED. ANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN A HOST TEAM AND ITS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE RESOLVED BY THE NSAA GOLF DIRECTOR.
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Boys—CLASS A
2. (All 32 Class A schools were assigned to four Districts using a modified serpentine method with enrollment as the main means of assignment. The largest school was placed in District 1, the next largest in District 2, the next largest in District 3, the next largest in District 4, the next largest back in District 1, etc., until all 32 schools were assigned.)
2. ALL CLASS A SCHOOLS ARE SEEDED 1-32 BY USING THE AVERAGE DIFFERENTIAL, THEN PLACED IN DISTRICTS USING THE SERPENTINE METHOD. THE FIRST RANKED TEAM IS PLACED IN DISTRICT 1, THE SECOND IN DISTRICT 2, THE THIRD IN DISTRICT 3, THE FOURTH IN DISTRICT 4, THE FIFTH IN DISTRICT 4, THE SIXTH IN DISTRICT 3, AND SO ON UNTIL ALL 32 TEAMS ARE ASSIGNED. ANY
CONFLICTS BETWEEN A HOST TEAM AND ITS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE RESOLVED BY THE NSAA GOLF DIRECTOR.
| Cost Analysis of Proposal:
Cost Analysis of Proposal:
The cost would be zero to the schools. No additional travel costs are involved. The host school would merely have to forward the tournament results to the NSAA, just as it would to the schools which competed in the tournament.
Administrative costs for the NSAA should range from zero to minimal. A neutral group such as the Nebraska Coaches Association, the Nebraska Golf Association, or a committee of coaches could do the tabulation with a calculator. If the NSAA wants to piggyback this data onto its other sports computer calculations, it would closely resemble the football program currently used.
| Rationale for the proposed change:
Rationale for Proposed Change:
1. The districts were assigned based on school classification numbers. These figures do not accurately predict a school’s strength in golf, resulting in poorly balanced districts.
2. Many skilled and deserving golf teams and individuals do not reach the NSAA Golf Championship because of an overly challenging district while other less-deserving teams and individuals do reach State with average performances in weaker districts.
3. The Average Differential assigns teams to districts based on the current season’s performance, a valid predictor of a team’s strength. The Average Differential is the disparity between the team’s four scores and the USGA course rating multiplied by four. This is figured over the first part of the season. See the Appendix for the details of Average Differential.
4. This proposal has the support of all coaches of the Class A girls and boys golf teams.
Appendices for
District Alignment Proposal
for Class A Boys and Girls Golf
November 2011
Submitted to the NSAA District Meetings
Prepared by
Joe Pudenz Papillion-La Vista High School
Joe Schlegelmilch Lincoln Southeast High School
Bill Becker Kearney High School
Gary Anderson Papillion-La Vista South High School
Jerry Cover Norfolk High School
Brett Froendt Omaha Westside High School
with the signed support of all 32 of 32 Class A boys golf coaches
and all 32 of 32 girls golf coaches
Statement of Purpose: Pilot Proposal for Class A Boys and Girls Golf Districts
Currently, golf districts are based on school classification numbers; unfortunately, this does not accurately predict a school’s strength in golf. As a result, the four golf districts in Class A tend to be poorly balanced. Each year several good teams and individuals tend to be in one “loaded” district while other districts tend to be weaker. The consequence is that each year a few teams with outstanding season records are omitted from the field of the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) Championship. Additionally, some excellent individuals who shoot good scores in districts are squeezed out of State, even though their score would have easily placed them in the top ten scores in other districts. The proposal below rectifies that unacceptable situation. By comparing team scores in 18-hole tournaments to the course rating (multiplied by four), this proposal allows for teams to be rated from the strongest to the weakest. The teams are then assigned by the serpentine method into the four districts. This pilot proposal, which would be implemented in the spring of 2012, provides all schools and individual golfers a fair, equitable chance to qualify for the NSAA Golf Championship.
Appendix I: Detailed View of Steps in the Pilot Proposal for Spring 2012
1.The district sites in the spring of 2012 would be awarded in the same manner as they are currently: teams would apply to host at a particular site. Next, the NSAA would then select the four host teams before the boys and girls seasons begin.
Note: Schools would not be allowed to host a district in consecutive years unless asked by the NSAA due to a lack of teams applying to host.
2. Each tournament director of ANY 18-HOLE Class A VARSITY tournament would be responsible for reporting scores and the course rating to the NSAA office. The report would list all of the golfers’ scores and the final team scores. The team scores will be the total of the low four players. In addition, the tournament directors would report the course ratings based on the tees used in the tournaments. (See Appendix II.) For any varsity meet a team plays in that is not in Nebraska or not a Class A tournament, the participating coach or athletic director would be responsible for submitting scores and course ratings to the NSAA website.
Note: Some teams that play junior varsity (JV) teams in varsity events will likely lower their placement as far as district ranking if those teams are listed as varsity teams. To avoid this problem, coaches should list their teams as JV teams when entering a varsity tournament. More JV tournaments may need to be created in areas where JV teams are sometimes entered in varsity tournaments.
3. For boys’ and girls’ golf teams, the final competition that would affect district placement and require reporting would occur three Fridays before the district tournament. In order to be seeded, teams have to play a minimum number of 18-hole stroke play competitions, 3 for girls and 4 for boys. (Note: The girls season is one week shorter than the boys season.) Teams not reaching the competition minimum will be placed at the end of the seeding list in the order of their AVERAGE DIFFERENTIALS. (See Appendix III for more detail.) The NSAA would then calculate the final rankings of the Class A teams, employing the Formula for Computing District Team Rankings.
4. Based on their Average Differentials, all teams would be assigned to districts using the serpentine method.
(Note: It is likely some host schools will not fall into their own districts using the serpentine method. This will require the adjustments described in number 5 below.)
Serpentine Method Example
District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4
1 2 3 4
8 7 6 5
9 10 11 12
16 15 14 13
17 18 19 20
24 23 22 21
25 26 27 28
32 31 30 29
5. At this point, the NSAA golf director will resolve any conflicts so that hosts are located in their own districts by making simple, one-team trade of teams with the closest AVERAGE DIFFERENTIALS.
6. This proposal will be piloted in Class A boys districts in the spring of 2012 and evaluated.
APPENDIX II: Example of Report Submitted by Tournament Director to NSAA
The report submitted electronically to the NSAA office will closely resemble the tournament results currently e-mailed by tournament directors to the coaches of teams that compete in their tournaments. The only information added would be (1) the golf course, (2) the Course Rating of the golf course from the tee box used in the competition, and (3) the Tournament Rating, which is the Course Rating multiplied by four.
Tournament Title: Lady Titan Invitational
Date: September 1, 2011
Course: Eagle Hills Golf Course
Course Rating: 67.8
Tournament Rating: 271.2 (course rating x 4)
Tournament Results:
Team Team Score Tournament Rating Differential
Omaha Westside 353 271.2 81.8
PL South 362 271.2 90.8
Brownell-Talbot 368 271.2 96.8
Omaha Burke 402 271.2 130.8
Bellevue East 405 271.2 133.8
Millard South 410 271.2 138.8
Papillion-La Vista 440 271.2 168.8
Bellevue West 476 271.2 204.8
Individual Results will be included since they are part of the report normally sent out to all competing team.
Appendix III: Formula for Computing District Team Rankings
Step 1: Multiply the course rating by 4 (the number of players’ scores counted in the tournament). This total would be called the TOURNAMENT RATING for the team.
Step 2: The TOURNAMENT RATING is subtracted from each team’s final score (low 4 players) to determine the DIFFERENTIAL.
Example of computation of DIFFERENTIAL from one tournament:
Team A Score = 315 (total of low 4 scores for Team A)
Tournament Rating = 292 (Benson course rating of 73.0 x 4)
+23 DIFFERENTIAL
Below illustrates a season’s information for one team—Papillion-La Vista South Girls:
Example: Team A Season Report and Team Differential
Course Team Score Tournament Rating Differential
Wilderness Ridge 385 301.6 83.4
Eagle Hills GC 362 271.2 90.8
Holmes GC 365 288.4 76.6
Stone Creek GC 359 262 97
Mahoney GC 381 282 99
Differential Total 446.8
Step 3: The team’s Differential Total 446.8 would be divided by 5 to determine an AVERAGE DIFFERENTIAL of 89.36.
Step 4: The AVERAGE DIFFERENTIALS for all 32 teams in Class A would be listed lowest to highest. For the purpose of visualizing the proposal, the hypothetical AVERAGE DIFFERENTIALS have been set at 1 to 32.
Hypothetical Seeding Scenario
We used the 2011 Boys Golf District Results as a hypothetical “Average Differential” as if it were the season average. So assume the totals used below are season totals for each team.
Omaha Benson and Omaha South did not field teams at 2011 districts, so they were placed at the end of the serpentine based on another meet during the season, in which Benson defeated South.
**In the case of an identical Average Differential,” such as is seen several times below, a tie breaker could be the most recent head-to-head competition between the two schools. The winner of the tie breaker would be seeded higher.
Creighton Prep 1.4
Millard North 11
Grand Island 15
Papillion-La Vista South 17.4
Lincoln Southeast 21
Lincoln Pius X 26*
Lincoln Southwest 26*
Bellevue West 33
Norfolk 34
Fremont 35
Millard West 36
Omaha Burke 38
Omaha Westside 39
South Sioux City 39.4
North Platte 41
Lincoln East 44.4
Lincoln North Star 46*
Papillion-La Vista 46*
Kearney 48
Hastings 50
Columbus 52
Bellevue East 65
Lincoln High 73*
Lincoln Northeast 73*
Omaha Central 74.4
Millard South 80
Ralston 84
Omaha North 119
Omaha Northwest 182.4
Omaha Bryan 197.4
Omaha Benson DNP*
Omaha South DNP*
Step 5: Using the serpentine method, the districts would be determined by using the AVERAGE DIFFERENTIAL. (Note: The four district hosts would be set before the season begins. In this hypothetical example, Grand Island, Lincoln Southeast, Bellevue East, and Ralston were selected as district hosts.)
District 1—Host—Grand Island District 2—Host—Lincoln Southeast
Creighton Prep 1.4 Millard North 11
Bellevue West 33 Lincoln Southwest 26
Norfolk 34 Fremont 35
Lincoln East 44.4 North Platte 41
Lincoln North Star 46 Papillion-La Vista 46
Lincoln Northeast 73 Lincoln High 73
Omaha Central 74.4 Millard South 80
Omaha South 197.4 Omaha Benson 197.4
Total Av. Differentials 503.6/8=63 Total Av. Differentials 509.4/8=63.7
District 3—Host—Bellevue East District 4—Host—Ralston
Grand Island 15 Papillion-La Vista South 17.4
Lincoln Pius X 26 Lincoln Southeast 21
Millard West 36 Omaha Burke 38
South Sioux City 39.4 Omaha Westside 39
Kearney 48 Hastings 50
Bellevue East 65 Columbus 52
Ralston 84 Omaha North 119
Omaha Bryan 197.4 Omaha Northwest 182.
Total Av. Differentials 510.8/8=63.9 Total Av. Differentials 518.8/8=64.9
Step 6: At this point, the NSAA golf director will resolve any conflicts so that hosts are located in their own districts. Three of the four districts hosts (Grand Island, Lincoln Southeast, and Ralston) must be moved to the correct districts.
In order to locate host teams in their own districts, the NSAA Golf Director would make the simplest, one-team trades between districts so that teams with closest average differentials would be moved.
For example, Grand Island, the District 1 Host, has been seeded in District 4. A simple, one-team trade is Grand Island switching places with Creighton Prep. Lincoln Southeast, the District 2 host, would trade spots with Lincoln Southwest of District 4, to get into the right district.
The average differentials will likely have a wide range. It is possible that the third-ranked team in one district might have an average differential closer to a second-ranked or fourth ranked team in another district.
For example, Ralston, the District 4 Host, has been seeded in District 3 so a trade needs to occur with a District 4 team to move Ralston to the correct district. Ralston is the seventh-seeded team in District 2. However, the average differential of Columbus, the sixth-seeded team is the closest average differential so Ralston would trade places with Columbus.
An example of the resolution of the host-site conflict is located in Appendix IV.
Appendix IV: Example of Conflict Resolution and Equity Rating
Notes:
1) Host schools included in serpentine assignment to districts, then adjusted if conflicts arise.
2) 1=Lowest Average Differential 32=Highest Average Differential
3) Changes (trades) are signified by school abbreviations with new average differentials in parentheses.
District 1—Host—Grand Island District 2—Host—Lincoln Southeast
Creighton Prep (GI—15) 1.4 Millard North 11
Bellevue West 33 Lincoln Southwest (LSE—21) 26
Norfolk 34 Fremont 35
Lincoln East 44.4 North Platte 41
Lincoln North Star 46 Papillion-La Vista 46
Lincoln Northeast 73 Lincoln High 73
Omaha Central 74.4 Millard South 80
Omaha South 197.4 Omaha Benson 197.4
Adj. Total Av. Differential 516.6/8=64.8 Adj. Total Av. Differential 504.4/8=63.1
District 3—Host—Bellevue East District 4—Host—Ralston
Grand Island (Prep—1.4) 15 Papillion-La Vista South 17.4
Lincoln Pius X 26 Lincoln Southeast (LSW—26) 21
Millard West 36 Omaha Burke 38
South Sioux City 39.4 Omaha Westside 39
Kearney 48 Hastings 50
Bellevue East 65 Columbus Ral—84) 52
Ralston (Col. 52) 84 Omaha North 119
Omaha Bryan 197.4 Omaha Northwest 182.4
Adj. Total Av. Differential 492.4/8=61.6 Adj. Total Av. Differential 555.8=69.8
Conflicts, Resolutions, and Rationales:
1. Conflict: Ralston needs to be moved from District 3 to District 4 to host a district.
Resolution: Trade Ralston with Columbus.
Rationale: A one-team trade, although Ralston traded with Columbus rather than Omaha North because of their closer average differentials.
2. Conflict: Grand Island needs to be moved from District 3 to District 1 to host a district.
Resolution: Trade Grand Island with Omaha Creighton Prep.
Rationale:. A simple, one-team trade.
3. Conflict: Lincoln Southeast needs to be moved from District 4 to District 2.
Resolution: Trade Lincoln Southeast with Lincoln Southwest.
Rationale: A simple, one-team trade. .
Conclusions:
1. The range of total adjusted total average differentials is small—eight strokes at most. While making all districts perfect equal is impossible, this is a great improvement over previous district alignments. By balancing out the districts based on actual season performance, the top teams have an equal chance of making the state tournament if they play well at the district. NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE BELOW!
Hypothetical Districts: 8 strokes difference between highest and lowest total average differentials.
Girls 2011 Districts: 34 strokes difference between highest and lowest total average differentials.
Boys 2009 Districts: 52 strokes difference between highest and lowest total average differentials.
2. Because of the greater equality between districts, all individuals should have equal opportunity to succeed. There will no longer be “stacked” districts.
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