I believe JF will try to bring in portable bleachers and port-a-potties but I'm not sure if it will be acceptable to the VHSL?
Agree to what having "the pride of Salem" only ones sitting on the concrete cause they will fill the whole thing themselves. I think it goes way beyond JF or Salem if they play there or not. There was a lot of things mentioned in the vhsl bylaws that had to be in place and JF is missing several. I agree I do think JF should be able to play at home but if the amenities aren't there then hey fix your house up. This itself should be motivation to redo that stadium
The Semifinals and Finals are completely controlled by the VHSL. If they feel the accommodations won't maximize attendance and thereby profit, they will move it. I hope they can get seating for about 6,000. Salem brought about 800 fans to a game 3 hrs away. I think that number will be bigger considering it's only an hour away & they saw how good the matchup would be from the benefit game at the beginning of the season. People were talking after the game that these teams would likely meet again and were excited about that prospect.
Who wants to use a porta potty or what vhsl administrator wants to be present in those type of conditions. Vhsl is all about the money. Hey they already forced Essex to move its game to King George high school and that's 1A.
All they have to do is bring in the portable bleachers. We had to and will do it again this week so we can host at home. Not as gigantic of a deal as some are making it.
No offense but there will probably be 3x more people at this game. Not the same type of challenge.
I'll never understand why people don't understand things like this. That is the date you have to play it by, but if the schools agree they can play it on Friday. I'm not going to go as far as to screen shot text messages with VHSL reps.
That's not the source of confusion this has been an on going conversation for about two weeks now...
Especially when you expect that many fans, they need to be accommodated. I agree that JF should play at home but the bathroom situation is the worst especially for that many people
For the last time jfcav1, IT'S NOT UP TO SALEM OR JF, IT'S THE VHSL'S DECISION. They will decide if the facilities are suitable! They want to maximize revenue, they will decide if the facility can hold the number of people that are expected to be at the game. Hopefully the game can be played on their home field, they earned the 1 seed and deserve to be at home. The decision will come down to the bottom $ and nothing more.
It's done like that for a reason. Darling Stadium, is home to 4 Hampton schools. Todd Stadium in Newport News is home to 5 schools. It's not uncommon to see Thursday,Friday, & Saturday games in the same week because so many teams use the same field. It's a really good idea, saves money and land usage.
I heard ya. What I'm telling you is that is not what was previously discussed with any of the 3 parties involved. Maybe that's what they went back to and what they're deciding based on - but it's not how it was originally to be. End of story. Talk to somebody who actually has an in on the negotiations they'll tell you the same thing
I'm sure JF is doing whatever they can to keep the game at home, as they should for the community. I'm sure the VHSL is wanting JF to be able to play the game on their nice field. Salem would like enough seating for their fans which will probably require seating for 2,500-3,000 maybe more? 800 traveled over 200 miles for the last game. JF is only 60 miles and the fans had a preview of this matchup just a little over 3 months ago. If the weather is good there will probably be 7,000-8,000 people in attendance maybe more. Amherst & Salem less than 10 years ago had crowds over 10,000. The VHSL will take everything into consideration and make the call. My guess is if they anticipate 10k, they will move it to City Stadium or LU (Not saying there will be that many, but they have to be prepared for a very large crowd)
