(2-7-24) At yesterday’s Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board meeting a recommendation was approved to form an Ad Hoc Football Committee to discuss future playoff scenarios.

IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson:

“There have been by-law proposals submitted by member high schools related to the IHSA Football Playoffs nearly every year for the past decade. It is our hope that this ad hoc committee can review those proposals to see if they can come to an agreement on any of the underlying issues behind them, and then potentially craft a unified proposal as a solution. We recognize that the outcome may be that the issues are too varied by school size and geography for the committee to reach a common ground, but the Board felt it was important to convene a larger group of invested constituents to come together and have discussions.”

No other details were released on the timeline for the committee.