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Originally posted by ChuckElias
If getting home late was the problem, they could simply start the games earlier. Yes, that would make logistical problems, but it could be done without too much difficulty.
Just my opinion.
Chuck
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Which could be done with less difficulty? Switching nights halfway through the season, or asking parents/friends/coaches/officials to juggle their schedules even more to accomodate your plan?
A problem that was discussed at the officials' interpretation meeting before last season (the one all us coaches are required to attend in this area) was that officials were having trouble getting from a junior high varsity assignment to a high school JV assignment in time. See, the JH V (9th & 8th) and JH JV (8th & 7th) play at 4:00. The game would sometimes end around 5:30. Then the official would have to be somewhere else for a 6:30 JV tip. (In our 24-team league, the HS schedule is broken down by school size, but the JH schedule is broken down by proximity, so very rarely are the JH games in coordination with the HS games.) If that 6:30 JV tip became 5:30 or 6:00, we'd need 20-40 more officials. And that is a serious problem in our area.
And back to the crowd size issue. We've had one Friday night game each of the past two years during non-league play, when our boys' team happened to be off. The result was all the fans of both teams turning out, along with the boys' team themselves. Both games were our most well-attended games in those seasons. And both were narrow victories, perhaps aided by an improved home-court advantage. What's wrong with wanting that?
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