Yes it’s on a yearly basis and the coaches have to justify requesting moving up with facts. I.e I have 5 returning players my JV was undefeated etc. Girls soccer does it too. Boys soccer used to. The argument that we need blowouts so bench kids can play is garbage as well. If the object of sport is to have competition this is a no brainer. The system this year gave teams almost as many non league games as they did league games so the better teams could play stronger teams - let’s take that out of the equation and make the ability based public school conferences.