One of the hot topics at Tuesday’s Tournament Management Committee meeting was the never-ending saga of the new football proposal.

While several members openly respected the time and effort Milton football coach Steve Dembowski has put into the new proposal, there is clearly a lack of appetite for revamping the current football system as it.

“I have reached out to (football committee chairman) Jay Costa and we have scheduled a call later this week to go over it,” said TMC chairman Shaun Hart. “I would like to get the full proposal so that I can forward it to every member on the TMC for further discussion.

“I do think that there are some positive things with the new proposal and I want to be fair and give them their to discuss it. But there are some things we are grappling with like the three games in 11 days things before and putting winter sports aside to continue (the playoffs).”

Hart and committee member Scott Paine said their districts are unanimously against the new playoff proposal. Wellesley AD John Brown agreed with Hart that there are some good ideas in the plan, but believes his district will also vote against the proposal as is.

In other items on the docket, the committee voted unanimously to change the date of the statewide soccer finals from Nov. 16 to Nov. 23. MIAA assistant director Steve Dubzinski, who serves as the liaison for the soccer committee, explained the rationale for the move.

“Right now, we have only have 16 days to get the tournament in,” Dubzinski said. “It is doable, but not the best option, so moving it would give us extra time.”

Committee member Jeff Newhall, the AD and girls basketball coach at St. Mary’s, brought the topic of teams being able to opt up feeling many schools were not totally aware of the procedure in which they can opt up. Wellesley AD John Brown said many girls lacrosse teams wanted to move up as well but missed the deadline.

Paine brought up a topic which could present potential problems in the winter. He said both boys and girls ice hockey officials have recently informed the Cape and Islands League that they plan on refusing league assignments unless there is an increase in pay.