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So... golf for boys is fall and golf for girls is spring? Last I checked golf courses were full of men and women at the same time. What does gender have to do with it? So are Illinois golf parents gonna sue because there kids do or don't play in the Fall? And what does revenue have to do with anything? This is HS athletics, extracurricular, etc.....
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But the last time I checked football was the most popular boys sport in this country. If you played Boy's golf at the same time it would not bother me. Moving the golf season would very likely take some kids away from the golf team and in some cased would eliminate many golf programs. This is the same reason boy's volleyball plays in the spring. If you put it during the fall, you might not have a team.
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Originally Posted by CoachP
Lacrosse!!??!! If it wasn't for Duke, who'd know what the heck that was!?  |
Seriously, Lacrosse is one of the most growing sports in my state. There are teams popping up everyone on both girl's and boy's sides. Kids who do not like baseball or softball but like a little contact play this sport.
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Originally Posted by CoachP
If Michigan was so far behind the times, why are we in the top 5 for girls scholarships in the country for those 2 sports? Maybe all the other states are doing it wrong if all HS sports is about scholarships and revenue....
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I will ask you the same question. Why can you not achieve the very same things under the same seasons as everyone else? If Girl's basketball is so big, it seems to me you might have people attend games that might ordinarily not attend those games because they are used to watching that sport when everyone else is playing. What is the big deal? And if many games in Michigan are going to be going to girl/boy doubleheaders, I think that would raise the level of interest. That does not work very well here, but there are many states this works very well.
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Originally Posted by CoachP
But, I don't need to give a compelling argument on why to stay the same. I thought the law was about innocent until proven guilty? It wasn't broke don't mess with it, and I find it hard to believe that Michigan will pass the likes of Cal, Tex, NY...whoever, in number of scholarships.
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If you do not need to give a compelling argument, then guys like you should stop complaining about it multiple times a year? We have talked about this issue a hundred, thousand, million times on this board. I would have never known this was even an issue until guys kept complaining about it. I did not even realize that other states even did this 10 years ago because no one from those states came here *****ing about it. I did live next to a state that claimed playing 6 on 6 Basketball was the best thing and should never change. When they changed after awhile everyone got over it and moved on and get over it. And some of the very same reasons to keep it the same were the reasons you are giving here. There were people that felt it would hurt tradition and what was once special about their state. Now this is a complete non-issue from what I understand.
The change is going to happen whether you are on board or not. This was fought hard in court and it has been decided. And because you felt it was not broke, does not mean many others did not feel it was broke. And I bet everyone will wonder why after a year or two what the big fight was over anyway.
Peace