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Originally posted by JRutledge
Chuck you love to tell me how wrong I am, well you are wrong.
Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach
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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?
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First of all, I am very willing to admit that I could be wrong on this. I am giving my impressions, which admittedly come from outside the main debate. If I have to be wrong, Jeff might as well get some satisfaction out of it!!
Secondly, it's not "my" plan. I couldn't care less how they do it. I just think the broo-ha-ha over "They get Friday nights; we want Friday nights too" is silly if it's only b/c Friday is perceived as a "prime" night to get better visibility for the program. You want better visibility, start winning and guess what? Monday and Wednesday will become the prime nights. If that's truly not the reason (as seems to be the case in Jeff's example), then it's not as silly and I admit that. But as I said, in my experience, from what I read in my local papers, late nights is generally not what the debate is about.
Thirdly, I honestly don't think it would be that hard to schedule games an hour earlier so teams could be home by 10 instead of at 11. If PA passed a law today saying that no HS athletic contest could begin after 6:30 pm on a school night, the AD's and officials' boards would figure it out. It might cause some headaches, but if it's really about getting the kids into bed at 10, they'd figure it out. Or if that's too hard, make the games on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons. That way nobody's out late on school nights.
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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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There's nothing wrong with wanting a full gym. Who said there was? But I do think that there is something wrong with
requiring girls and boys to play during the same season and then
requiring an exact split of the "prime" nights. It just seems so low on the list of what should be the priorities of HS athletics. It's a little ridiculous to me.
My personal solution would be to have separate seasons. Let the girls have winter basketball, since they've gone to court to get it. The boys could play in the Fall. That way everyone can have fewer late school nights. If that's not good enough, you could even rotate the seasons. In even numbered years, boys play in the Fall and girls play in the winter. In odd numbered years, boys play in the winter and girls play in the Fall.
Chuck