I wouldn't think many teams in Kentucky have 3-4 more home games left. Most should have something like one this week and one in two weeks, then maybe one or two in the playoffs. Will it really be that damaging? Is Noah calling for forty more days of rain?

Why do you think so many teams are going to turf even though the upfront cost is very large? Maybe because long term you don't spend near as much replacing the surface after a fall game played in 2 inches of mud?

 

Like it or not money is tight, and fixing a field is not cheap after playing in conditions like this...

I wouldn't think many teams in Kentucky have 3-4 more home games left. Most should have something like one this week and one in two weeks, then maybe one or two in the playoffs. Will it really be that damaging? Is Noah calling for forty more days of rain?

 

Doesn't that equal 3 or 4?

 

I'm all for playing in the rain. It's football, it's meant to be played in all elements. However, with schools struggling to pay the bills, the added cost of equipment rentals and materials to fix a field can be costly. Plus, as mentioned, the loss of gate revenue. On a rainy night, only the parents are going to be sitting in the stands.

I too couldn't believe the way games in VA were postponed due to rain.

 

And the question of economic times has less to do with the economy of the field (IMO) than the economy of the ticket booth.

 

Folks, if it is a downpour rain, you can count on losing half of your gate receipts. You only get 4 to 6 of those to finance your team or program. (IN our case the band runs concessions and they would take a major hit there)

 

It is economy but not the bad one. It's the economy of fund raising for our athletics because school budgets are too stretched on basics to afford losing the extra income for sports.

 

 

BTW, I'm not justifying it, I'm trying to explain the reasons why.

 

That is a big factor as well, no doubt...

I too couldn't believe the way games in VA were postponed due to rain.

 

And the question of economic times has less to do with the economy of the field (IMO) than the economy of the ticket booth.

 

Folks, if it is a downpour rain, you can count on losing half of your gate receipts. You only get 4 to 6 of those to finance your team or program. (IN our case the band runs concessions and they would take a major hit there)

 

It is economy but not the bad one. It's the economy of fund raising for our athletics because school budgets are too stretched on basics to afford losing the extra income for sports.

 

 

BTW, I'm not justifying it, I'm trying to explain the reasons why.

 

Of those fair weather fans, most of them are clueless as to what is going on out on the field. It is a social gathering for them.

 

I guess a dollar made is better than one lost.

Doesn't that equal 3 or 4?

 

I'm all for playing in the rain. It's football, it's meant to be played in all elements. However, with schools struggling to pay the bills, the added cost of equipment rentals and materials to fix a field can be costly. Plus, as mentioned, the loss of gate revenue. On a rainy night, only the parents are going to be sitting in the stands.

 

Yeah, it equals three or four. But over two months, not one.

On a rainy night, only the parents are going to be sitting in the stands.

 

I have no children, no relatives, and barely anyone I even know on the squad and I'll be in the stands at Somerset tonight.

Yeah, it equals three or four. But over two months, not one.

 

2 or 1, you still have to fix the field.

Big Storms. Tornado warnings have been issued

 

Real men play in tornadoes... :lol:

Football is like the mail- come rain,sleet or snow. That's the way it has always been.

However, it this day and age of money, H1N1, nintendo and the let's pat little Johnny on the back cause he needs positive encouragement more than the ability to play the game mentality that we postpone games. Please forgive me for thinking that we have become soft and it shows in all sports.

But we have become soft!!!!

Why do you think so many teams are going to turf even though the upfront cost is very large? Maybe because long term you don't spend near as much replacing the surface after a fall game played in 2 inches of mud?

 

Like it or not money is tight, and fixing a field is not cheap after playing in conditions like this...

 

Especially when you consider most of these same fields just got torn up two weeks ago for games, and a few others got rain on two consecutive game nights, and now a third. I don't doubt that if the Nelson-Central Hardin game had been here instead of Cecilia, NC would've postponed because their field was in awful shape last week. And yes, there is a district soccer tournament starting Sunday that compounds things.

Real men play in tornadoes... :lol:

 

Priceless.:lol:

Of those fair weather fans, most of them are clueless as to what is going on out on the field. It is a social gathering for them.

 

I guess a dollar made is better than one lost.

 

Actually most clubs make hundres on "fair weather fans" who drop in to see the local team and meet people. It's the extra cash that keeps the program humming.

 

Remember the line from The Right Stuff:

 

No Bucks, No Buck Rogers. :thumb:

I think those that don't respect the fact that school districts - some laying off teachers and unable to pay for/build additional classroom space - have to pay for the repair their fields should volunteer to pay a 'gladiator tax' on behalf of their local high school. Maybe if they collect enough $$ they can all build artificial turf fields and play in the rain - but probably the same people complaining would be the first to stay home in the rain.

I remember 2 yrs. ago my son was playing in a downpour,and when the ref. put the ball down it started floating away. The water was ankle deep.

I think allot of these games being postponed is due to the government.:laugh: