Playing 2 games at one facility is about the money and the fans (not the fans of the actual teams competing).....why is that a bigger priority than the players themselves? My biggest case in point is that these young men play Friday night all season. It is a quintessential element of high school football. They live for that time and place. The guys who get a deep run in the playoffs usually play at 2:30ish on a Saturday. I don't love that but I understand it. Most players would agree.
Fast forward to the state championship. One of the games is played at 11:30 and 12:00 to "accommodate" the celebration of football. 12 is the time that scrubs play. Not championships. Let them all play under the lights one last time.
I don't give a rat's donkey what Texas does. If I did, I would move to Texas.
Wow. Aren't you just triggered? The 11:30/5 setup for this year is terrible.
Playing two games at one facility is not about money. The ticket prices per game with no re-entry are still around what one would normally pay per game even though they've been increased to $12 this year. If the VHSL were smart, they would work out a rent deal with the facility for three days (day before and then the two days of games). I'm sure the host university would cut them a break. They could also work out deals with local hotels and restaurants as well for those coming from out of town. That's not even thinking outside the box. That's just using common sense.
And I'm just talking about how streamlined the whole deal is. State title games have been played on Saturdays for several decades. For a long time, they were played at 1:30 and then the VHSL moved to neutral sites permanently in 1998. If we're doing neutral sites for a state title game, then why not make it a big deal?
Another point of mine is that even though some people perceive the games being played at college campuses as special, it truly isn't due to the VHSL's lack of gameday management. Nothing set up outside the stadium which marks the games as a big event. No acknowledgement of the incoming class to the Hall of Fame. No mention of past teams celebrating an anniversary of a state title win. Bands don't really perform because they've mailed their seasons in once playoffs start. Nothing.
And my point about Texas (which made you unhinged for some reason) was that you can tightly schedule while still providing a great experience for the kids along with the fans. I guess you don't want that though. And the whole Friday night lights thing...that's neither here or there when it comes to state title games. A pretty invalid comment when it comes to state title games.
And to your point, the 11:30/12 timing does not "accommodate" the celebration of football. Another asinine comment. The VHSL apparently thinks games need to be separated by five and a half hours when I guess they didn't look last year when the field was cleared after the Phoebus/Heritage game within 45 minutes of the game going final. You don't need that much time in between games especially at college locations that have adequate warmup facilities.
Sounds like you just want to go to one game, be miserable, and then leave. I bet you're fun at parties and give up at life easily as well.
