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Originally Posted by fullor30
Snags............ there are some pretty intense, SRO, decibel breaking, girl's tournament games here in Chicagoland. It's routine during the season also for big games. Things being equal, the boys game will be on a larger scale but there are a good number of programs in Illinois where girl's basketball is just fine.
I was at a boys sectional the other night and the gym was not even half filled, conversely a few weeks ago a sectional girls game was sold out.
I do however understand your point.
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I think what you just references is direct result of the new 4 class system and who is playing whom, then having much to do with girl's vs. boy's attendance. I attended the Galesburg Sectional last night and the place was packed. The teams playing were Washington vs. Peoria Central and both schools are less than 50 miles away from Galesburg. Tonight at that same sectional, Kankakee will play Geneseo. Geneseo is in the same conference with Galesburg, so they should bring a crowd and Kankakee is 3 hours away. I doubt seriously the crowd size tonight will match the size of the crowd of last night because of the travel times of one team. And if we talk about some Super-Sectional games that were held last night at the 1A and 2A levels, the attendance is down on the boy's side compared to years past with the 2 class system. I do not see that has an issue based on the gender, but an issue of where teams are playing and how far the fans might have to travel. They have to fix this travel issue if this 4 class system is going to work.
Peace