Tonight Clarke County battles Millbrook on Foxsports1550.com. Coverage begins at 6:45 with the kickoff at 7.
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They aren't backing it off to a later kickoff time for the hot weather in the area?
@Pioneer101 Why would it be "soft" to push a game back 30 minutes to an hour due to excessive heat/humidity?
I've always felt that 7PM kickoffs are too early in the first place, even on normal nights. 8PM would be perfect, IMO, with 7:30PM as a bare minimum.
I've always felt that 7PM kickoffs are too early in the first place, even on normal nights. 8PM would be perfect, IMO, with 7:30PM as a bare minimum.
Quite a bit more is known today about the affect of heat stress on athletes, and we certainly aren't playing in the 1950's, so hard to believe anyone would consider it "soft" to push back by an hour the start of a kids football game due to excessive heat and humidity.
If they decide the game can be played at 7pm, so be it, but if they decide to delay till 8pm for player safety, than I say better "soft" than sorry if a kid got sick, or worse, during the game.
If they decide the game can be played at 7pm, so be it, but if they decide to delay till 8pm for player safety, than I say better "soft" than sorry if a kid got sick, or worse, during the game.
The Handley Judges don't seem to mind 1pm kickoffs on field turf, in an enclosed stadium, with little air moving in September. Guess the trainers thought it was ok.
Formula doesn't work for Saturday games, August practices, 7 on 7's, etc.
Handley has yet to play a game this season on a day as hot as the Friday nights most of the state have played on. On Saturday 8/27 and last Saturday 9/3, the heat index wasn't as high as it was on Friday 8/26 and will be tonight 9/9. 7PM vs. 8PM can make a big difference for the heat index. Statements like an athletic department is "soft" for caring about the heat enough to delay a kickoff by a small amount of time are just ignorant. It's better to be safe than sorry. There have been enough headlines about kids passing out or dying from the heat, we don't need anymore.
Read the VHSL guidelines. The formula tells them when they can wear pads or even practice. If the heat index is over 104 no practice. Let a coach practice and have a kid get ill with the guidelines. The days of salt tablets and no water breaks are over.
I called Millbrook and they said the game is still slated to start at 7pm. It should be a good game and of course hopefully it will be.
I was just asking a question. It (pushing back kickoff times) has happened a lot lately.
They could have started the game at 9:00 and it wouldn't have made much difference. It was just plain nasty out there, humidity about 95%, I sweat from the time I got out of the car till I got back in the car and I was only filming, not playing. Both teams seemed to handle it pretty well with only a couple cramping incidents.
I need to start a gofundme for air conditioning in the press box. I am only half kidding. I was just standing and talking, but doing that in something that feels like your attic on a hot summer night, and I am surprised I made it. Running clock in 2nd half was a blessing in disguise.
I'm guessing you are talking about the Sherando game, because there was no running clock at the Clarke/Millbrook game. Matter of fact, whoever runs the scoreboard at Millbrook does a pretty crappy job of it. Timeouts left were wrong, yard line was wrong, yards to go was wrong.
I am at Skyline. The clock is run by part of the referee team. They are most concerned with just getting the clock right. If they can figure out down and distance, they will try, but some scoreboards have more bells and whistles than others. Clock ref also has to keep track of all penalties.