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Post by primetime on Oct 3, 2019 18:09:04 GMT -2
Who's genius idea was to start having jv/varsity double headers on friday nights. JV thursday night games were always pretty cool but who thought of these 330 friday afternoon games?
Worst idea ever in my opinoon
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Post by mocofan on Oct 3, 2019 22:07:34 GMT -2
There are certainly many reasons to have games on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays. To answer your question though...
From a staffing perspective (think of it if you were in administration at a school), this makes for a long day, but only one day to cover games.
We also have some coaching staffs that are relatively thin - playing on Thursday night means your coaches are split between the Thursday walk through with Varsity and coaching the JV game.
From a supervision standpoint (again, think if you were in admin), opening your stadium up at 3pm gives students a place to go instead of roaming campus waiting for the 6:30pm game.
Playing Friday afternoon JV games also opens up stadium fields on Thursday and Saturday for Field Hockey and Soccer. In some weeks (like when there is a Jewish holiday), fitting in all three sports' games on a stadium field can be a challenge.
Plenty of reasons why Thursday and Saturday are also great options as well. Just pointing out some positives, from a school's perspective, for Friday doubleheaders.
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dick
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Post by dick on Oct 9, 2019 16:50:29 GMT -2
In Texas -- before my brother and me moved here.... Varsity teams play Friday night or Saturday afternoons. The reason for the mixed schedule is most teams share a bowl stadium with 2-3 other teams. JV teams always play prior to the varsity game. Freshman teams play Saturday mornings. Most schools have at least 2 freshmen teams. Middle School teams play on Thursday nights
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