Friday weather
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Finally a topic I won’t get in trouble for. I hope everybody plays in the storms and we have all sorts of upsets, lol. Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Two weeks in a row, I'm just drying out from last week.
This has been a crazy weather season. Some teams have played more games on non Fridays than scheduled Fridays. Has to have been a killer on gates.
Ryan4VT
VaPreps Varsity
I don’t like it when games are moved for rain unless it’s either a hurricane or it’s going to lightning. If it’s just gonna rain, play the game lol.
Rain hurts concessions also along with gate and is a mess to clean up after and is hard on expensive gear. May not be a big deal to college and pros but most high schools dont have a huge sports budget.
I feel for the ADs that have to make these calls. If it has been raining hard for three days, the field is a mess, and it is expected to continue raining, then yes it is a no-brainer.
But when the rain pattern is not consistent, and there is no threat of lightning, I can see the logic of going ahead and playing on time and hoping for the best. Take last week for example..........I can't speak for everyone but the game at Riverheads seemed to have minimal impact from the rain. (Notice I said the GAME seemed to have minimal impact......the fans might be a different story!)
Looking ahead to this week, my Gladiators are at Page and that game could be moved beyond Friday without any negative impact because it is the Panthers' season finale and Riverheads has a bye next Friday. So playing this one Saturday or even Monday would not harm either team.
Personally I would like to see it postponed so that I could see the UVa game on TV Friday night, but unfortunately I don't have that kind of clout. So let's see what happens......
But when the rain pattern is not consistent, and there is no threat of lightning, I can see the logic of going ahead and playing on time and hoping for the best. Take last week for example..........I can't speak for everyone but the game at Riverheads seemed to have minimal impact from the rain. (Notice I said the GAME seemed to have minimal impact......the fans might be a different story!)
Looking ahead to this week, my Gladiators are at Page and that game could be moved beyond Friday without any negative impact because it is the Panthers' season finale and Riverheads has a bye next Friday. So playing this one Saturday or even Monday would not harm either team.
Personally I would like to see it postponed so that I could see the UVa game on TV Friday night, but unfortunately I don't have that kind of clout. So let's see what happens......
It also hurts concessions, that money goes back to the programs
Gretna at Dan River has been moved to Thursday at 7pm. The JVs will try and play on Monday, Nov. 5th.
