Letters: Create prep football classifications by weight

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, September 28, 2016

A recent Herald news story concerned the apparent misplacement of a local Catholic high school in class 2A high school football. Over-the-top recruiting by private high schools is a long-standing problem across the country. Private, non-sectarian academies like Mount Herman, Deerfield Academy and Exeter Academy have done the same thing for many years.

Possible solutions are as follows:

1) Place schools with heavy recruiting practices in the class 4A category.

2) Smaller high schools consider playing eight-man football.

3) All schools should consider breaking down the sport of football into two classifications: unlimited weight, and 175-pound limit.

The military academies have played 150-pound football for decades.

4) Another option to look at is flag football.

5) Change rules to require a player to play a full game of defense or offense, barring injury. The larger players will trim down in weight or be forced out of game by lack of conditioning.

Langdon Moore

Camano Island