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Michigan joins the rest of us
With volleyball in the fall and girls basketball in the winter, Michigan is adjusting to the new realities.
Story at: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/a...=2007708160348
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Volleyball may have aligned with the "rest of the country", but other sports in other states are still not uniform. but since I promised myself to stay off the soapbox, I won't get into my opinions again.. Besides, CoachP shares my sentiments.
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Do you guys actually think that other states have a lot of gym space? Michigan is a rural state like Illinois and many of the schools in this state do not have multiple gyms. And in many cases the gym used for HS ball is the very same gym they play Junior High and other non-HS activities. I really think once people in Michigan get over what they think the issues are, they will get along just like everyone else. I also read in the article or a response in the forum that said many of the top officials would not be available. Well if you train and give opportunities to other individuals, you might just raise the level of officiating across the board. Some people just need an opportunity and this means you will have many experienced varsity officials that can cover games. I do not think this is a unique situation for Michigan.
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My personal opinion is that this first year is going to be one of adjustments, and within 2-3 years thinks will stabilize a bit. Last weekend, I was talking to ref crew before one of the games (not sure if RM is still a trainer here), and for basketball, one idea is to have the new(er) officials call middle school girls basketball in the areas where that remains a fall sport so that they get experience for the winter high school season. We will make do the best we can.
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So, why does Hawaii play girls basketball in the spring, and Georgia play softball in the fall? Quote:
I called private school basketball in Hawaii the last 3 years and 2 more years a few years before that...there are separate associations for the private and public leagues and I happened to join the private school assoc when I moved there. When the boys and girls seasons were split there were usually 2-3 games (some combination of varsity, JV, freshman) per gym per night, 4-5 nights per week plus 3-5 more on Saturdays...and that doesn't even include middle school games. The gyms were in constant use. Now that boys and girls will play in the same season it will be a scheduling nightmare (and not only for games but for double the practice time now). One of the benefits of Hawaii is that some practices and conceivably even some lower-level games could be played outside, but no one wants that. On top of that, there is a shortage of varsity-capable officials and the ILH (private league) coaches and AD's have, in my opnion anyway, far too much power in determining who they will accept as varsity officials. On top of everything else, societally Hawaii is a very entrenched place...change in general is not welcome and feet will be dragged. As I said in an earlier post, it will be a MESS! And I don't mean to imply it's necessarily a bad thing...just that it will be ugly there for 2-3 years (or longer??). Until they figure it out and all the parties involved decide to accept the inevitable and move forward, it will be a mess. |
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