Other thoughts on the NMAA's latest alginment proposal

Not that I intended to ignore it in today's stories, but I must lament the potential passing of District 3AA, especially in basketball.
The quartet of Questa, Peñasco, Mesa Vista and McCurdy School will be split, according to the latest proposal. Peñasco would move into District 2AA, while the other three drop into Class A. McCurdy and Questa will be in District 1A, while Mesa Vista and Escalante are shuttled into 4A.
I imagine the district will be changed regardless of how the alignment eventually plays out, but it's a shame because it was the most competitive district in Class AA and right up there with any in the state.
While we did not get a chance to cover those games, there was a definitely treat in talking with coaches when they called in a district basketball score. You never knew how it would play out. Last year, we all had Mesa Vista pegged as the district champ, but it had to do it as the second seed in the district tournament.
The year the Panthers went undefeated (in '07) no one else in the district had a record better than 3-3. It was a great district - and perhaps 2AA, with Peñasco, Mora, Pecos, Monte del Sol and Santa Fe Prep, will be just as exciting.
I like the idea of Class B, although it takes some getting used to. Saying "Class B" almost feels like you're telling those schools, "You're not big enough to swim with the sharks, so you get the kiddie pool to swim in." But in all honesty, they need it. Many of those schools barely have enough for a varsity, and the larger schools might have a JV with a bunch of floaters.
Still, it is unfair to ask Mosquero, with its 12 students, to compete with Cliff (at 84 students) or Cimarron (with 103).
Class AAAA is too big, compared to AAAAA and AAA. Looking at the figures used by the NMAA, moving Silver, Shiprock, Taos and Portales to AAA would be ideal. That moves AAA to 24 schools.
Alas, Santa Fe High and Deming would have to move up to AAAAA being the two biggest AAAA schools. But an more even distribution of 24, 25 and 24 across the classes is much better.
Just my musings ...