I wish all games were not played on same day. I would like to be able to see the 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A championship games, but it's impossible.
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In the words of the great Ken Beatrice...."If wishes and buts were candy and nuts, oh what a Christmas party we'd have".
Actually, HR's idea is not all that bad. There could be a state championship weekend, similar to what we see in basketball, and it could be held in as central a location as possible, say UVa for example. There could be two games a day from Friday to Sunday, such as 1-A title game at 2:00 Friday, 2-A title game at 7:00 Friday, 3-A title game at 2:00 Saturday, 4-A title game at 7:00 Saturday, 5-A title game at 2:00 Sunday, and 6-A title game at 7:00 Sunday. Tickets could be the usual $10.00 per game, or they could sell a "season pass" for say $35.00 and you could come and make a weekend of it and see as many games as you want.
That may make too much sense for VHSL. VHSL thinks that only fans who come to state championship games are those fans from team that is playing.
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The VHSL will be calling you soon, offering you a job I'm sure! Excellent idea!
The VHSL will be calling you soon, offering you a job I'm sure! Excellent idea!
VHSL would never hire someone that knows how to run playoffs.
I am sure they know that it is not just that teams fans. Besides what about all the workers, maybe they don't want to spend their entire weekend working
They currently have three separate sites, I would think they could figure this one out. But it is the VHSL
Florida and Texas make it work with all the games at the same location on the same day. The first game starts around 10am and the last game starts at approximately 9pm. I would love to see the VHSL do something like that. If my team wasn't playing, I would definitely be there as a fan.
VHSL allows for enough time between games to play another game. Never understood why they do that.
Probably for the winning team to enjoy the victory without hustling them off the field to start another game. I think it's excessive currently as well but you wouldn't want to stack the games too tight unless there was an adequate facility to have warm ups for the teams that follow.
I agree and UVa would be the perfect location for something like what Florida and Texas does. Central location and adequate facilities. I know they play the Florida games in Orlando at the Citrus Bowl and I believe they play the Texas games in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl, unless they have been moved to Cowboys Stadium since it opened. If those states can make it work there is no reason the VHSL can't.
Instead of getting 10 dollars, VHSL would have potential to make 30 in a weekend?!!! Makes sense to me. I would be down for 20 if weekend went like that now.
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As for allowing time to celebrate, the VHSL frowns on celebrations. granted they give out their medals, but that's it. Takes about 15 minutes.
I recall in 2008 when Gretna beat Floyd County, the "Director" ran Gretna out of Salem stadium. Her exact words were: "get them out of here".
I recall in 2008 when Gretna beat Floyd County, the "Director" ran Gretna out of Salem stadium. Her exact words were: "get them out of here".
That's disappointing to here that an official would act in that manner.
