School-Sanctioned Sunday games

[bainsey]

Due to the weather, we've had a few postponements of tournament games in the past few days. It's caused some location changes, too, as one of the arenas had to break down their basketball floor for another function tomorrow.

Sunday games are not a consideration for school-sanctioned events here, even as a backup plan. Of course, rec leagues and I believe AAU do Sunday games all the time, but our state's association won't allow Sunday games at all.

Do any states out their allow their schools Sunday games, regular season or tournament? Plan A or backup?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Due to the weather, we've had a few postponements of tournament games in the past few days. It's caused some location changes, too, as one of the arenas had to break down their basketball floor for another function tomorrow.

Sunday games are not a consideration for school-sanctioned events here, even as a backup plan. Of course, rec leagues and I believe AAU do Sunday games all the time, but our state's association won't allow Sunday games at all.

Do any states out their allow their schools Sunday games, regular season or tournament? Plan A or backup?

Not sure if it was last year or in 2009, but Vermont had a game or two on a Sunday in basketball as the semis and championships kept getting postponed. I think one semi in one class was done and the other was not.

[Raymond]

Sunday is off-limits in VA for public school games. Don't know if any private schools play on Sundays.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Sunday is off-limits in VA for public school games. Don't know if any private schools play on Sundays.

I suspect that it is rare for warm weather states to have need of multiple postponements that would even make them consider a Sunday for games. It was highly unusual in the Vermont case.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

I suspect that it is rare for warm weather states to have need of multiple postponements that would even make them consider a Sunday for games. It was highly unusual in the Vermont case.

Well, actually we get a lot of cancellations down here b/c we shut pretty quickly for ice and snow. In fact last season a lot of JV games and few Varsity were cancelled all together because they couldn't be made up in time for the play-offs. And at no time were Sundays a consideration.

[chartrusepengui]

No Sunday games here for schools. Wednesdays are taboo too. However, the same people that are adamant about not having school games on Wed and Sunday have no problem at all having AAU or club practices on either day of the week and Sunday games are common.

[Mark Padgett]

It's probably because the union custodians, who'd have to come in to work, get quadruple time and a half on Sundays.

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Sunday is off-limits in VA for public school games. Don't know if any private schools play on Sundays.

There are some, but they are rare and usually a make up game.

There is a "Sunday School" joke here somewhere!

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Do any states out their allow their schools Sunday games, regular season or tournament? Plan A or backup?

The state has no say over what day a school wants to play a game during the regular season. Now state tournament games are under the jurisdiction of the state so they do not schedule games on Sunday, but if they have no other day I do not see how they could not play on Sunday. Actually there are schools that will play events on Sunday like Catholic schools have done for years.

Peace