awhile. Sometimes that may play ….

awhile. Sometimes that may play a part in the appeal process. It’s out of their hands as to what the WIAA might say, but at least that’s part of the appeal process.”

“(The vote) wasn’t as close as I thought it was going to be,” Dallmann said. “But I think that just shows that there were a lot of people that definitely saw that there needed to be a change.”

Sinz, the district administrator at Wisconsin Heights and an Edgar native, in his address to the membership during the meeting, said the plan resulted from research the Competitive Balance Task Force did in looking at plans other states are using and by listening to every bit of feedback it got from people in Wisconsin.

“Committee members agreed that athletes, coaches, parents and head administrators perceived that some schools had inherent advantages and in some cases inherent disadvantages,” Sinz said. “While enrollment is currently the only factor used for divisional placement, many members agreed that times have changed and other factors should be considered to create more competitive balance.”

“Now we’ll see how it plays out and if it actually demonstrates that it’s going to level the divisional playing fields,” Dallmann said. “I guess we’ll see.”