Coach's Question, Need Help Responding

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Camron, they did that already....

Peace

The did the same thing here in a couple of big conferences...with the same results.

In fact, it was actualy worse than it was before. No one liked seeing the stands empty when the girls game started or see them fill when the girls game ended. This wasn't done in conjunction with any referee issue....it was tried in response to the girls teams feeling they were not getting good turnout due to the times/days they were playing. Once they got the same schedules, they found that the result was not what they hoped for. It was better to have them on different days or sites....and most of them ultimately went back. There were also issues with F/JV/V triple headers and getting 6 games in along with the coaching staffs being at all the places they needed to be.

One league now has their league games at the same times at opposite sites...girls @ A, boys @ B. Each team has the exact same schedule but reversing home/away. The problem with that is the fans have to choose one vs. the other....and overall turnout is reduced as some people may have gone to both....but they get the same billing.