Hey Fry, an IHSAA update!
- Thread starter Seth53
- Start date
99topdawg
Well-Known Member
Going to games throughout the past several years, I feel like I have more than paid his salary. It's pretty sad when a team goes to state and fans stay home because they can't afford to go to the games. It would cost over $100 for tickets alone for me to take my family to a game.
Fryowa
Administrator
I hate the IAHSAA. It’s a mafia racket and there’s no way a private corporation should be in charge of HS sports, ever. I like a couple of the employees I’ve interacted with but it’s a straight up organized crime group.
You know who decides how much Tom Keating makes from parents paying to watch their kids play sports at public schools in public buildings coached by public employees driven there in publicly-owned buses?
Tom Keating does.
Eff the IAHSAA. My kid graduating and never having to give them a dime ever again is the best thing ever. I go watch track and XC meets and baseball games because I love my son’s former teammates and coaches but those are free. My days of watching football, basketball, and anything postseason are over and I don’t feel bad about it.
That’s how I really feel.
You know who decides how much Tom Keating makes from parents paying to watch their kids play sports at public schools in public buildings coached by public employees driven there in publicly-owned buses?
Tom Keating does.
Eff the IAHSAA. My kid graduating and never having to give them a dime ever again is the best thing ever. I go watch track and XC meets and baseball games because I love my son’s former teammates and coaches but those are free. My days of watching football, basketball, and anything postseason are over and I don’t feel bad about it.
That’s how I really feel.
Fryowa
Administrator
And they know that if you have a kid at state track in more than one event, most likely those events are on different days. A kid running the 1600 or 3200 probably isn’t in the 200. So guess how many tickets you have to buy if your son or daughter runs on 3 different days?
And do we think they added a football playoff round because there were too many good teams being left out? Nope. They just have terrible teams play the likely state champs right away so they can double their blood money. There’s nothing more absurd than a 4-4 football team getting “Playoff Qualifier” t-shirts made.
Sorry, I’ll shut up now. My button on the topic is easily pushed.
Seth53
Well-Known Member
To wit, my hometown Hampton Bulldogs finished 4-4 then actually hosted a first round playoff game, which they somehow won. But then they got run over by Osage the next round. Embarrassing
Fryowa
Administrator
Yup
HawkeyeHypnosis
Well-Known Member
I remember our hs was playing cedar falls when I was at Xavier in Cedar Rapids. I only went to watch as I didn’t play. CF was all set up with their turf shoes while the players that never played on it had to wear their normal everyday tennis shoes. I’m not sure if it’s still that way. But it definitely made it a disadvantage. CF was good that season but they 50 pointed Xavier, who wasn’t that bad, by the 3rd quarter. Was rough to watch the guys struggle to maintain footing. Hope it’s different today. Idk how they would change it other than maybe supplying them or the players purchasing themselves.
Fryowa
Administrator
We need to do what Illinois does.
In Illinois if you’re a parochial school you have 2 choices…play up a class or join the parochial school class.
Public schools playing against Dowling money is a farce
HawkeyeHypnosis
Well-Known Member
It just really seemed to be a huge advantage to have the correct shoes, obviously. I couldn’t believe they were told to just wear their usual tennis shoes. You could see the players ankles having very little support even if taped. I can’t remember correctly, it’s been too long, but I believe CF may have won it all that year
