hshuler posted:Nuke83 posted:Nuke83 posted:hshuler posted:We have a possible similar scenario with higher stakes. I'm not trying to hijack your thread but if we make it to the finals next week, the choice for some seniors and parents is, do I walk at graduation or do I miss the graduation ceremony to play in the state championship baseball series.
Exactly, and this is where GHSA moving baseball championship to neutral site is a poor idea (IMHO). This happens every year, and in past years, when games were played at the school, teams could tweak schedule to accommodate seniors graduation. Now they cannot.
As for the OP, the girls have a choice to make, do I disappoint all the other girls by not being at the game where they are depending on me, or do I disappoint myself at the expense of the team.
My personal advice to my child would be that there's really no question, team first, but it's easy for me to say that since I have boys and both skipped prom in the past for baseball. A bit more difficult for a girl.
Well, GHSA has just revised Georgia playoff championships to accommodate graduation dates at schools.
Good for them!
I really hope that the neutral sites are revised next year to include an Atlanta-area option. There's a lot of highway in between Rome and Savannah.
Rome is considered the "Atlanta" option. There was talk of trying to use Foley Field, but I don't believe they could get the scheduling commitment from UGA.
I don't believe you'll ever see an option IN Atlanta. GHSA does all they can to make the rural areas not feel like red headed step children. Changing pitch count limits from 110 to 120 for the playoffs this season is an example of some of the steps they'll take to level the playing field.