Deseret News | UHSAA proposal for reducing the number of contests

Reader comments
UHSAA proposal for reducing the number of contests

Page:
< Previous
1
2

Anonymous | 8:03 p.m. Sept. 11, 2008

Long distance is real athletics not the sprints. Sure it would take an out of shape blob to finish in 15 minutes, but most girls do it under 12.

Cutting sports will make it less enticing for kids to stay in school.

list | 9:36 p.m. Sept. 11, 2008

Its funny that fotball is not on the list cut the football down by two in fact all sports!

cuts | 10:51 p.m. Sept. 11, 2008

HEY, lets cut the ENDOWMENT FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES. These are the extra games (above and beyond the scheduled games) which are allowed by UHSAA. HOWEVER to host an endowment game, all people thru the gate (including students, band members, cheerleaders, etc.) must pay the specified $6 cover charge. Then ALL gate receipts go directly to the UHSAA budget, ie- bypasses the host schools.

By my calcs, this is a huge windfall for UHSAA. Assume 50 FB games statewide, attendance average 1000 = $300k, BB (which includes some 1A teams which don't have FB plus add the girls teams) 120 games = $720k, total = $1,020,000.

Do you think they'll voluntarily CUT these games?????

Comments continue below

To Anonymous | 11:24 p.m. Sept. 11, 2008

I am saying that many of the heats took longer than 15 minutes. So are you saying that some of these kids that were getting lapped are out of shape blobs? I would agree with you on that. It made me sick to watch. Get these kids off the track.

Anonymous | 12:02 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008

Instead of proposing to drop games. Go back to the drawing board. Get rid of 5A and redo the leagues geographically.

Better idea... | 8:28 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008

From my experience I have noticed that all HS sports seem to be funded by parents, sponsors and other outside sources. Maybe the schools should look at another way to play the games. They could make all of their sports "club teams" During that sport season, these teams could find various tournaments and other games to compete resulting in as many games as they want. Parents or boosters of the various sports could coach these kids and take charge of when and where they play. Many teams already are controlled by parents and boosters anyways, so this way the schools could turn the teams completely over to the parents. We need to realize that the only purpose now for HS sports is to find these kids a scholarship, right? The best part of this idea is it would dissolve the UHSSAA.

Anonymous | 9:15 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008

take it from a hig school athlete, we play because we love it. if you're going to change the number of games give use more. for some of us this is all the sports we will get because the accelerated leagues are getting so competitive. don't take away what we want to do

cross country | 10:51 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008

I don't understand why a lot of people are cutting down cross country. It is probably the cheapest sport in the state to operate. If you don't like it, don't go watch. duh. Furthermore, cross country and track are two different sports. You cannot just add track distance events to cross country. It is not the same.
To those that said that the long distances at the state track meet were bad and boring to watch... Why were the stands full and people yelling when Luke Puskedra set those state records if it is so boring?
I think soccer is the most idiotic sport ever invented but I leave them alone. I just don't go to their games or pretend to care. If you don't like the long races at track, take a nap for a while. duh. I am not out on the blogs saying they should be cut.

separate not equal | 11:58 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008

We separate Church and State, we need to Separate sports from school(some treat athletics more devoutly than religion anyway) Both would benefit from separation in the long run.

To Cross Country | 12:23 p.m. Sept. 12, 2008

As for the stands being full at the state track meet. The majority were there for the track races not long, long distance. Luke was really the only guy worth watching since he finished within a reasonable time. If you noticed, he lapped everyone on the track which indicates that these kids who want to run long but not fast then join cross country and go run there so that you don't hold up all the other events. This meet ended two hours later because of that stupid race. If it cant be changed then just run it one time and put everyone in the same heat since people get lapped anyway. Treat it like a marathon......

Clueless | 12:35 p.m. Sept. 12, 2008

Do you know how long it takes to run all the heats of the 100 and 110/100 hurdles? It actually takes longer to run those heats. (Hurdles are the best event by the way). But with your logic, why don't we run those heats all together? What? There is not room on the track? Do you think there is room for all those distance runners? Not even close.

FOOTBALL DOENST PAY FOR BASEBALL | 1:49 p.m. Sept. 12, 2008

Fundraisers pay for items such as travel not football. I am a coach and my budget from the school is very small. All other money is raised.

Dont cut games. Add more games.

To Clueless | 2:02 p.m. Sept. 12, 2008

First of all, it doesn't matter how long it take to run the 100 and hurdles. They are fun and exciting to watch and each race is only 11 to 12 seconds, fast and fun. As for too many on the track for one heat of cross country ( I mean a 3K race) set qualifying times faster. Look at the olympics, you can win your olympic trial race, but if you don't meet the qualifying time for the olympics you don't get to go. I am tired of watching a short, fat kid who wants to participate in a track event take 25 minutes to run a 3k race. Keep them off the track, put this race in cross country and let anyone run. People who attend cross country events enjoy watching slow,medium and fast runners.

to: separate not equal | 2:47 p.m. Sept. 12, 2008

You must be writing this from some other state. In this state, we don't separate church from school so why should we separate sports from schools? Please explain and try to make some sense.

re; Anonymous | 2:45 p.m. Sept. 12, 2008

cudos: you have it right on with your comment!!!!

bpthrower | 6:05 p.m. Sept. 15, 2008

As a HS baseball coach at a local school I can tell you that our budget is very small. The school doesn't fund our ONE out of state trip the athletes do through fund raising. Coming from a neighboring state that played 26 games, reducing our already minute schedule is ridiculous. At no point did the UHSAA ask coaches what they thought, or even principals for that matter. This coupled with the "transfer" regulations that they profess to mandate it is apparent that they do not have the athletes best interest in mind. To those posters who think baseball is boring and unexciting it is sad that you have to bash someone else's game they love because you are to uneducated to understand the nuances of a great sport.

Page:
< Previous
1
2

Add your comment

Comments are monitored. Any comments found to be abusive, offensive, off-topic, misrepresentative, more than 200 words or containing URLs will not be posted.

Words Remaining

E-mail address: For internal use only. We may want to contact you to publish your comment (not your e-mail address) in the newspaper or for a separate story idea.

Basketball Final	1	2	3	4	T
Jazz	32	27	30	19	108
Trail Blazers	17	27	23	25	92

Follow us on facebook

Reader comments
UHSAA proposal for reducing the number of contests

Add your comment

Use offense when fighting terrorists

Marriage definitions vary widely

Letters: A lot at stake with reform

Unselfish givers are an inspiration

Hall mouths off about hate of Utah

Hall mouths off about hate of Utah

Cougars beat Utes in overtime

Hall mouths off about hate of Utah

Hall mouths off about hate of Utah

Definitions of marriage terms

Reader comments UHSAA proposal for reducing the number of contests

Add your comment

Reader comments
UHSAA proposal for reducing the number of contests