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Written by Metro Sports Report
DES MOINES - The Iowa High School Athletic Association's Board of Control voted Monday to adopt a nine game regular season schedule and a 16-team qualifier field for all football classes in the playoffs starting in 2016.
The change means a reduction from 32 teams which currently qualify for the post-season in each class.
The schedules for this fall and the 2015 regular season and playoffs remain unchanged as previously published at www.iahsaa.org.
The move came after review of the current playoff system which allows fewer days of rest and recovery between each game in the post-season. In a nod toward player safety and risk-minimization, the IHSAA had been looking at several options.
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