Wednesday, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament football committee voted 15-2 for a plan which would dramatically change the sport by adding a new playoff format with more teams qualifying and a different divisional set-up beginning in the 2013 season, according to the Boston Herald.
The Board of Directors will make a final decision in June.
The goal of the proposed plan is to have state champions in all six divisions instead of just the East, and Central-West champions. The six finals would be at Gillette Stadium.
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Oliver Ames would be in a playoff division with farmiliar Hockomock schools North Attleboro and Stoughton. Soon-to-be Hockomock rival Milford will also be in the bracket along with North Quincy, Hingham, Norwood, Walpole, Hopkinton, Milton, Medfield and Bishop Feehan.
The top eight teams would earn playoff births after seven games. Thanksgiving games would still ocur in the midst of playoff action before the State Championship games in Foxborough
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Oliver Ames would keep its Thanksgiving Day rivalry with Sharon under the new plan.
The next step will be in June for the board of directors to look at it.
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