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Originally posted by rainmaker
Just for the record, I wouldn't mind doing girls games all the time. On another thread, someone commented about nobody wanting to do girls all the time, but I'm not nobody and I do want to do girls games all the time
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I was the one that made the remark you refer to above. It was an idle remark, (I make a lot of those) with no offense intended to anyone. My ignorance on a variety of issues continues to amaze me. I did not know that they had separate seasons for boys and girls anywhere. Around here, (Louisiana) the seasons are the same, so the vast majority of assignments are for 2 games a night, 1 boys and 1 girls.
It is sometimes true, especially in jr. high, that it is a huge relief when the girls game is over and you can get to the boys game. I have found myself making parallels in ability levels: Those 6th grade boys were as good as those 8th grade girls, etc. BUT, there are exceptions. You can have a high quality, competitive girls game and when it is followed by a lousy boys game, that also can seem to take forever. I have been to the state tournament for both boys and girls here in LA, and found most of the games to be very enjoyable at both, but overall the girls tournament was the more pleasant of the two. The reason? Crowds. For the girls you could drive up shortly before game time, walk right in with little or no waiting, and get an excellent seat. The one time we attended the Top 28 at Lafayette, Saturday was a split session, with a break. (go out and pay again) It took over an hour shuffling along in a solid mass of humanity, to get back in and fight for a nosebleed seat. The night session was a sellout, for the first time ever they said, and I believe a good many people were turned away from the 5A game.
The point of all this is that the fans apparently prefer the boys games, so I don't blame officials who do as well, but I think any true fan of the game should be able to appreciate a well played girls game.
