School-Sanctioned Sunday games

[SCalScoreKeeper]

We don't do anything here on Sundays.It would be a huge violation of the bylaws if anyone did.

[BillyMac]

Due to all the snow we had this winter, our state interscholastic sports governing body allowed games to be played on Sundays after 12:30 p.m. This was a big deal around these parts. We still can't buy alcohol at a liquor store on a Sunday.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Due to all the snow we had this winter, our state interscholastic sports governing body allowed games to be played on Sundays after 12:30 p.m. This was a big deal around these parts. We still can't buy alcohol at a liquor store on a Sunday.

Do they still close at 8:00pm? Used to drive me crazy when I was a teenager. Moved to Fla. and it's the complete opposite...beer is available pretty much everywhere 24/7.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

Do they still close at 8:00pm?.

Currently, Connecticut allows the sale of alcohol for consumption off premises to be between Monday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Since the inception of the Liquor Control Act, the deadline for sales has changed several times, from 6:00 p.m. in 1933, to 11:00 p.m. in 1939, to 9:00 p.m. in 1957, to 8:00 p.m. in 1967, and back to 9:00 p.m. in 2003.

Many Mom and Pop stores still close at 8:00 p.m. because they don't want to pay staff for the extra hour.

[Treeguy]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

Do they still close at 8:00pm? Used to drive me crazy when I was a teenager. Moved to Fla. and it's the complete opposite...beer is available pretty much everywhere 24/7.

Alcohol sales by state.

List of alcohol laws of the United States by state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Treeguy

Alcohol sales by state.

List of alcohol laws of the United States by state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Virginia, any "on-premises" establishment that sells liquor is required by law to sell food.

Federal installations aren't restricted by the "off-premises" requirements so I can drive on the Army base next to my house 24/7 and buy any type of bottled/canned alcohol I desire.

[Mark Padgett]

I remember when I was a kid back on the South Side of Chicago, there was a 24 hour drive-thru liquor store near my house! Years later, when I lived briefly in Vegas before coming to Portland, I mentioned it to someone and they replied, "Yeah - so what's your point?"

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I remember when I was a kid back on the South Side of Chicago, there was a 24 hour drive-thru liquor store near my house! Years later, when I lived briefly in Vegas before coming to Portland, I mentioned it to someone and they replied, "Yeah - so what's your point?"

I lived in Vegas for 5 years. Strip clubs and bars are open 24/7 selling liquor.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

Do they still close at 8:00pm? Used to drive me crazy when I was a teenager. Moved to Fla. and it's the complete opposite...beer is available pretty much everywhere 24/7.

Most grocery stores still are not 24/7 operations. I remeber a few years back my last game of the day during a Boys' AAU National Basketball Championship Tournament in Cocoa Beach, was an 08:30pm start. By the time the game was over and we had changed it was 10:30. I decided to stop at one of the chain grocery stores (Winn Dixie to be exact) to get some food on my way back to my hotel room. I walked into the store at about 10:55pm and started shopping. I soon discovered that I was being followed by one of the bagger/stock boys. I asked him if I could "help" him and he told me that the store closes at 11:00pm. I expressed my shock and told him that I would make my purchases right then. As I was going through the checkout I told the clerk and bag boy that grocerey stores in the "hick" state of Ohio are open 24/7,, to which the bag boy replied: "When would we sleeip if we were open all day."

My sister and mother live in Lake Mary, and the Winn Dixie nearest my sister's home still is not open 24/7.

MTD, Sr.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Most grocery stores still are not 24/7 operations. I remeber a few years back my last game of the day during a Boys' AAU National Basketball Championship Tournament in Cocoa Beach, was an 08:30pm start. By the time the game was over and we had changed it was 10:30. I decided to stop at one of the chain grocery stores (Winn Dixie to be exact) to get some food on my way back to my hotel room. I walked into the store at about 10:55pm and started shopping. I soon discovered that I was being followed by one of the bagger/stock boys. I asked him if I could "help" him and he told me that the store closes at 11:00pm. I expressed my shock and told him that I would make my purchases right then. As I was going through the checkout I told the clerk and bag boy that grocerey stores in the "hick" state of Ohio are open 24/7,, to which the bag boy replied: "When would we sleeip if we were open all day."

My sister and mother live in Lake Mary, and the Winn Dixie nearest my sister's home still is not open 24/7.

MTD, Sr.

They're pretty much all 24/7 here, but walk in after 11 and you're likely to be tripping over and dodging the overnight stockers.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

They're pretty much all 24/7 here, but walk in after 11 and you're likely to be tripping over and dodging the overnight stockers.

Grocery stores here close at 10 or 11.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

We still can't buy alcohol at a liquor store on a Sunday.

Shop on Saturday.

[eyezen]

I wouldn't say their common here but they're not rare either. I know of several shootout (collection of games - not a tournament) type events where Sunday was day two of a two day lineup.

I will say this, when I was the asst varsity baseball coach we did practice on Sunday evenings however nothing would piss us off more than sometimes seeing the best weather day of the week go by with not being able to play. Which, especially with baseball, to see the calendar switch from may to june and all of the sudden Sunday was no big deal to play on. Similar to how when the HS bball season is over, rec and aau starts up and its no big deal there either.

It may have started off as a church thing but I would put money on it that it has to do more with administrators not wanting to "work" on those days. If you asked the players and coaches more than likely they wouldn't care. And as officials, if you didn't want to work then just block them out.

I've never heard about Wed's being taboo...is that a feeble thing?