JUDGE, WE ARE DEADLOCKED!

It was the plan of the Prep Pigskin Report Player of the Year Committee to announce our 2009 Silver Pigskin finalists on Tuesday, November 17th. But we have a problem. Our 25-member committee is deadlocked on 6 names. We have conducted 3 separate votes and still can’t reach an agreement on which 5 players to invite to our Silver Pigskin Gala. And you thought politicians were mule-headed!

It seems every time we vote, committee members get deeper entrenched in their stated positions. As the executive producer of the show, I have decided to delay the announcement for one week. That will allow us time to reach a compromise or find a tie-breaking solution. It is important for you, the viewers of the PPR, to understand there are some ground rules to this ongoing debate. We are only considering regular season performances. Nothing that happens this Friday night will be allowed to influence committee members. We are also holding firm to our Nov. 30th ballot date. Ballots will go out to all San Diego Section head coaches, media members, previous members, and the 68 voting members of the Prep Pigskin Report. We will accept return ballots all the way up to the end of business Thursday, December 17th.

It’s important to remember that you will have a chance to vote online, but viewer response will be weighted to reflect only 10 percent of the total vote count. Only one vote per IP address will be counted. Thus, we are going to throw out votes from any IP address that votes more than once. We want you to participate, but we won’t allow this time honored tradition to be corrupted or unduly influenced.

I trust you understand that we are experiencing a statistical Haley’s Comet. The odds of 25 people consistently voting a 6-way tie is astronomical. Next Tuesday we will have a solution. Your patience is appreciated.

Yours in Pigskin,

Paul Rudy
Creator of the PPR