Chicago Area: Are your games going to be played?

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Why not? I figured if the coaches were willing to do it -- i.e. cross the picket line, I guess -- the schools could play. Is there some sort of attendance requirement in play here?

Outsider looking in, but it makes sense to me that they wouldn't play. Considering the students would not be allowed at school, they couldn't practice - so playing would be inviting injury.

[Adam]

I know in Colorado, if school is cancelled, athletics for the evening go with it. That policy is largely for weather issues, but I'm not sure there's a loophole in the policy for strikes.

[silverpie]

at yesterday's meeting, it was determined that practices can be held if the school board approves, but games are forbidden period. (One thing to be aware of--those CPL members that are charter schools are not under a strike. This includes one Illini-tier school and quite a few in the Chicago tier, as well as the entire Intra-City 3 and several in IC4).

[Texas Aggie]

The school setup in that area is unlike any I'm familiar with. Is it that way in most larger city parts of the midwest?

[UMP25]

TA, as a former Chicago suburbanite & former Illinois resident, and as a former teacher in that state, I can tell you that Chicago is governed by a separate and different school code (law). The city is unique compared to the rest of the state. Having said that, the IHSA wouldn't treat it any differently than suburban or downstate schools.

It wouldn't surprise me if this is not common elsewhere outside of Illinois.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

The school setup in that area is unlike any I'm familiar with. Is it that way in most larger city parts of the midwest?

I do not know what is so different, because this is not even close to the first strike that I have seen since being an official and no school played games when a teacher's strike took place. This strike just happens to involve a larger area.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not know what is so different, because this is not even close to the first strike that I have seen since being an official and no school played games when a teacher's strike took place. This strike just happens to involve a larger area.

Peace

I don't think he's talking about the strike, I think he's talking about the actual organizational structure.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I don't think he's talking about the strike, I think he's talking about the actual organizational structure.

Well it is possible that it has a different organizational structure, it is afterall the 3rd largest city in the country.

Peace