It's over after the first Tuesday in November
Every single scenario is going to be questioned and nothing will be perfect.
I don't think anything is written in stone at the moment. How many Girls Lacrosse teams do you think there are in HS sports (just curious).
According to NFHS 2018-19 Participation Survey, there were 2,877 schools offering Girls Lacrosse. I couldn’t find any reports on the IHSA website, but did find a Daily Herald article from Feb 2018 stating there were 59 girls teams in the state - all in the Chicago are but for O’Fallon Girls and Dunlap Boys.
Sounds about right, I think fitting Girls Lacrosse into a season likely won't be much of problem compared to some of the other sports.
Fitting any sport into a different season will only be hard for the ADs at each school, as they will be responsible for figuring out the logistics. It'll be easier for some schools than for others.
I disagree with giving Football special treatment. Not every kid playing HS Basketball also plays club. Same with Wrestling, Tennis, Waterpolo, and even Baseball, not to mention Track and Field or Cross-Country. It has to be a big picture outlook that includes all sports.
On the Contrary, without football, you have no sideline cheer, no halftime dance and no marching band.
You lost me here and quite frankly, you owe the board an act of contrition for saying such things!
None of those are Varsity sports sanctioned by IHSA or under the ADs control. While Competitive Cheer is a Varsity Sport, Sideline Cheer, Poms, and Marching Band are all High School Clubs requiring faculty sponsorship. In theory, they could all go on to perform in different venues.
It is not that easy field time is premium in the spring already between soccer and lacrosse. I have seen teams have to practice on a small patch of grass because all the fields are taken and then if you add another field sport from the fall it will just compound the problem. I know it won't affect most of the schools but definitely the majority of the schools in the chicagoland.
Ha! I recognize the audience, however, with multiple children involved in HS sports but only 1 in Football, I am firmly in the camp of making sure everyone has an opportunity. Spring sports already lost a season.
I have a kid in band, but not marching band (because he's on the field). I also have a sideline/competitive cheerleader. I understand your point about it not being sanctioned, however, the kids still put a lot of work into it and care about it just as much and football provides them that opportunity. I'm pretty sure Dance is sanctioned, because they are competitive, not sure there are poms anymore.
Of course it's not easy and some challenges are going to arise, but it will get figured out and clearly nothing is going to be ideal. There is way too much wanting your cake and eating it too in terms of the current situation all athletics are in.
I completely agree with you on the amount of work the kids put in. Our school doesn't participate in Competitive cheer, only sideline, where I also have a kid, and I do hope she gets the opportunity to cheer this year.
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