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Reply to "VHSL to allow up to 30 games?"

Season runs from Mid March to early May and is about 11 or 12 weeks.  Back out spring break (although many teams play games that week) and you are talking 3 games a week.  1 week of rain and suddenly you can find yourself playing 5 or 6 games in 8 to 10 days.

Several things jump to mind immediately:  Pitching - how many places have enough for that? Practice - when does that happen?  School - games typically involve a 4 or 5 hour commitment sometimes more with travel whereas practice is usually 90 minutes or so.  When do kids do their work?  Cost - adding 10 games will probably cost school districts such as the SED $15,000 dollars or so.  Each school will spend $750 on umpires (5 home games X $150) and $500 on travel ( 5 away games X $100 for the bus).  Coaches might want more money too.

None of it is insurmountable - but there are people that will argue against for these reasons and they won't be crazy.  

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