District 214 puts a time limit on games?

[amishhunter]

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160511/discuss/160519761/

Am I reading this right? It says district 214 will, among several things, limit co-curricular activities to no more than 2 hours and varsity sports to 2 hours 45 minutes. Does that mean if a sophomore baseball or football game goes extra innings the school has to walk off the field? I've been to some spread vs. spread football games that get close to and sometimes go over 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Is there another caveat to this that the Daily Herald missed?

 

[Wassup13_rivals219252]

Forget running the spread, they will need a running game to beat the clock.

Wassup

 

[Thedoctor50]

I am guessing Barrington has enough space, but the following would not work for some schools.

All after-school practices, rehearsals and meetings would end by 7:30 p.m

Also the after school varsity events not lasting more than 2:45, do weekends count? Those track meets last forever. What about a baseball DH? Volleyball tourneys, etc.?

 

[LHSTigers94]

I am guessing Barrington has enough space, but the following would not work for some schools.

All after-school practices, rehearsals and meetings would end by 7:30 p.m

Also the after school varsity events not lasting more than 2:45, do weekends count? Those track meets last forever. What about a baseball DH? Volleyball tourneys, etc.?

I will assume the time restrictions are for practice. In most cases coaches practice 3 plus hours daily.

 

[TeeOH_rivals219717]

I will assume the time restrictions are for practice. In most cases coaches practice 3 plus hours daily.

3+ hours really? that seems counterproductive diminishing returns injury risk etc

 

[Thedoctor50]

Form the DH
After-school co-curricular activities could not go more than two hours with the exception of varsity sports, which would be limited to two hours and 45 minutes.

I guess definition of activity. But I take activity to mean both practice and games.

What about plays, choir, some of those are greater than 2 hours, some school have an afternoon and evening performance.

 

[LHSTigers94]

3+ hours really? that seems counterproductive diminishing returns injury risk etc

A majority of it is probably walk through. When you think about it, on the college level it is 4 plus hours when you think of position meetings. Position meetings for 45 min, then offense and defense for about 30 plus minutes and then hit the field for about 2 hours. that is a min of 3.5 hours right there.

 

[LHSTigers94]

Form the DH
After-school co-curricular activities could not go more than two hours with the exception of varsity sports, which would be limited to two hours and 45 minutes.

I guess definition of activity. But I take activity to mean both practice and games.

What about plays, choir, some of those are greater than 2 hours, some school have an afternoon and evening performance.

Again I can't see them limiting the actual event or games. They are trying the fix they things they can control. It makes sense.

 

[mc140]

After reading that I view that a spractice and not games.

This is always amusing.

In recent years, schools have tried to reconcile studies that show adolescents are not getting proper sleep by adjusting or at least attempting to adjust school start times.

If you adjusted a school start time to say 10am instead of 8am, teens would adjust by staying up til 4am instead of 2am.

Homework would not be assigned over Homecoming weekend, Thanksgiving break, winter break, Presidents Day weekend or spring break

I'll never get why teachers assign stuff over these types of breaks. I never have or would.

 

[jonathandoe]

I think a limit should be put on how many athletic contests are scheduled on Mondays through Thursdays during school weeks. Anything beyond 2 during that 4-day period is not in the best health and academic interests of the student-athletes. School District level policy should dictate this limitation. Out-of-building coaches not currently in education can be the worst offenders on this excessive scheduling. I question how many ADs or sports & activity administrators examine the sports schedule in regard to how many contests are held on school weeknight/afternoons.

 

[ignazio]

After reading that I view that a spractice and not games.

If you adjusted a school start time to say 10am instead of 8am, teens would adjust by staying up til 4am instead of 2am.

And when you consider transportation, ie: limited number of buses in a district, wouldn't you have the older kids (conceivably better able to get themselves out the door in the morning) go first, with the elementary kids later?