Why would it be crazy? They are about 5 minutes apart and they get kids feeding in from the same little league. They get a great crowd when they play. Many of their kids play on the same summer team.
Both have great programs, but because they are in different districts, they often meet in regional quarter or semifinals and one ends up knocking the other out (as has happened to Madison the past 2 years, both by 2-1 scores).
So if they were in the same district, which was part of the proposal voted down, they would play each other twice in districts, perhaps once in district tournament, but when regions came, they would be seeded in separate brackets so there would be no way they would meet again until regional finals (thus both could qualify for states w/o knocking each other off).
So, they could play at minimum twice, and potentially 5 times in a season (if they met in districts, regional finals, and state finals. What's wrong with that?
But, at same time, I can see how Madison, led by their principal, was part of the voting block to not change the districts. If Madison was in a district with South County, Robinson, Lake Braddock, Oakton etc as was proposed, they would have a much tougher regular season and tougher road to regional quarter/semifinals.