The largest 4A Basketball schools are the 6A Football schools who are 2X to 5X bigger than the bottom sized 4A schools who are only a few students above the 3A schools. 4A has an enrollment spread of 1000 students to 5400 students, this completely defeats the purpose of class sports when you play a school with a potential of being 4400 students larger, in the same 4A class. Ridiculous. The largest schools in the state keep growing and getting larger while 3A schools get bumped up to 4A without adding any students due to an increase in small private and Charter schools which forces the IHSAA to bump up schools from each class and the 3A sized schools of 1000 get bumped up to 4A not by their own doing or growth. Just go back to 1 Class Basketball if you don't go to 5 classes or 6 classes like Football. 4A football schools now play in the same Basketball Class as the much larger 5A & 6A football schools. 1000 student enrollment schools now have more size enrollment fairness in football than basketball, why is that?
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