back in the day. . .basketball assignments are not done by Mr. Bowden; they are handled by the person who does volleyball in the fall. As you may know vb is over several weeks before the end of football playoffs. Apples and Oranges.
Will--again, what do the football playoffs have to do with schools saying no to hosting regional wrestling tournaments due to expense as the result of BUDGET CUTS ANNOUNCED AFTER the playoffs were concluded? Not all schools are involved in the football playoffs; in fact only 1/4 are after the first play off game, 1/8 after the next game, etc. Only four per class are involved after the buffer week. A VERY STRONG PROBABILITY that many schools who said "no" were NOT involved in the football playoffs, or if they were, for not very long.
Greg,
Not speaking about the financial impact but from the available time to invest. Rick would have had another week to work wrestling regionals if the football playoffs wouldn't have been expanded. 50% of the teams ARE involved in the first round of playoffs. It costs more money to have another round of playoffs, don't lie. Schools are willing to spend more on the big two Football and Hoops but not on other sports. They will even move funds around to make it look like football isn't costing as much as it does. Football costs more than ANY other sport and leads the pack in serious injuries as well.
I like football but when we start talking about cuts and funding it is time to expose it for what it fiscally is.
