CIF reduces enrollment factor for football divisions

The CIF Board of Managers approved a change in the enrollment factor used to determine football divisions.

The Jan. 16 approval reduces the enrollment factor by half.

“I think it was a good compromise,” CIF commissioner Jerry Schniepp said. “Reducing that factor was the right thing.”

In January 2013, the CIF Board of Managers approved a proposal to replace enrollment-based playoff divisions with divisions based on competitive rankings for each sport. The competitive-based divisions took effect in spring 2013 for baseball, boys lacrosse and girls lacrosse and were applied to the other CIF team...