Membership in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association this week approved a Competitive Balance Plan that will “significantly alter the landscape in state high school sports.”
The topic, which has been debated often the past 20-plus years, was okayed Wednesday at the WIAA annual meeting by a vote of 265 to 155.
The Competitive Balance Plan features two parts that provide options for teams to be elevated in tournament play, or to move down.
The Tournament Performance Factor piece of the proposal assigns points to each team based on their postseason success, and if a threshold of points is accumulated in a rolling three-year period, teams would be moved ‘up’ a division, with an appeal option.
The second part of the CBP allows all teams to request to move down a division, with certain factors they can base their appeal on to justify a change.
Any changes and appeals would go to a Classification Committee for review and approval or denial.
The plan is going to take effect in the 2024-’25 school year.
