Sure, Michigan can do it. They can play them in the same season, but why should they be forced to.
If Michigan's athletic association deems their current system to be best for them, then they should have the right to do it that way. The "everyone else is doing it" argument is not valid enough to force Michigan to change.
It drove me nuts when Indiana switched to class basketball and people argued, "all the other states do it". Well we had the best high school tourney in the country if not the world, why change it. Now how many people outside of the high schools involved even care about the tourney. I used to go down and watch the games in Inday every other year or so, now, once my school is out of it, I could care less. It is just not the same.
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