In 2013, the CIF San Diego Section’s Board of Managers transitioned CIF playoff divisions from enrollment to competitive balance. That placed small schools with talented programs (including private schools with no limited attendance areas) into higher divisions while placing some programs of larger schools into lower divisions.

The result meant that schools with larger enrollments often won CIF Division V championships, and in many cases the Division V playoff berths were dominated by larger schools. A proposal by small schools to split the Division V playoffs based on enrollment had no o...