If there was one overwhelming sentiment that came from Tuesday night's meeting at Whitehall High School in regards to the PIAA moving to six classes in football, it's that the idea to increase classes has a long way to go.

District 11 chairman Bob Hartman and District 11 football chairman Jason Zimmerman spoke for nearly an hour to local football coaches, principals and media members about the road ahead in the eyes of the PIAA and having class reform for the 584 schools in Pennsylvania that participate in varsity football.With eight proposals at hand, the PIAA board will meet on July 21 to discuss the next step in the process, which could result in the proposals being tabled, killed or passed for a third reading.The main purpose of moving from four to six classes in football is to lower the amount of weeks in the season from 16 to 15, which is something that has picked up steam across the state due to the the PIAA state football championships extending so deep into the month of December. This year, the state championships took place the weekend of December 12 , featured down attendance and poor weather conditions.One item of note that Hartman and Zimmerman agreed upon was that if the PIAA approved to move from four to six classes, it would probably come with the caveat that all sports that currently have four classes, including female sports like girls basketball and softball, would eventually come into the equation for expansion as well."It's rumored that this won't go through if it's football only," said Hartman. "It's probably going to incorporate all sports that currently have four classifications."The four main proposals that were discussed on Tuesday included:1. Four classes with 25% of schools per classification (current status quo).2. Six classes with 16.67% of schools per classification.3. Super 700: Top class of 700 students or more with 20% of schools for next class five classifications (would count student enrollment from grades 9-11).4. Super 800: Top class of 800 students or larger with 20% of schools for next five classifications.The 10% factor is also being discussed for each class that takes into account students that attend home, magnet, technology, charter or cyber charter schools. These scenarios would add 10% of students enrolled in any of those schools to their overall enrollment, which could bump schools up in classifications.With so many proposals on the table, July's board meeting will certainly filter out most of the scenarios.Hartman said that the Super 700, plus 10% proposal may have the best chance because it contains the most balanced distribution of numbers for the classes.But with so many factors at play, this could all be wishful thinking before a third reading in December would make this a reality. Should the PIAA approve the move to more classifications, it won't come until the fall of 2016, which is when the beginning of a new two-year cycle begins.However, Hartman has seen the six classification proposal make it to the very end before being chopped."Four years ago it got to a third reading and it died," he said. "If it doesn't happen by December of this year, we'll have to wait another two years to entertain the idea."