Why did they reverse a decision that was made just a little under a month ago?
That's the question Montville Principal Tom Amanti wanted an answer to in Wednesday's meeting of the Eastern Connecticut Conference.
Amanti, who backed a vote in early November to remain a two-division conference, had a good point. When is something official in the ECC?
The answer is, apparently, when everyone is satisfied.
Griswold and Plainfield clearly were not and the AD's agreed with them as NFA's Gary Mackowicki pointed out that his scheduling committee always thought a three division format would be better.
Mackowicki said the others agreed when they saw the enrollment numbers.
"It wasn't just the two schools (Griswold and Plainfield) who were the 8th and 9th in the Large, it was the 3-4 others that were so close in enrollment that, in any given year, it could be them in the Large Division."
ECC Chairman Gene Blain said he didn't know if he was walking into a hornet's nest yesterday but he was happy when it turned out to be a happy hive as a unanimous vote put the ECC back into three divisions in football for the next two seasons.
At least, that's what they said yesterday.