Teachers' Strike affect on season

Unlikely. I assume there would be no coach if the coach is a teacher. Even if not a teacher, unlikely to cross line. The liablility to the district with fielding an inadequately supervised team would be too much of a risk.

In our area all athletic events will stop while the faculty is on strike. I know this is tough for you and your child. I've been in a couple though at a different school district than where I am now. I know that this causes resentment to the teachers and it is easy to forget that they are making decisions for the future of their families. The reality is that no one cares about the teachers and their future when/if a strike interrupts a sport. Personally, we've had a pay freeze for two years and a very slight increase this year. By slight, let me emphasize slight. It is tough for teachers to walk and they realize that they are in a no win situation. So, they are forced to make decisions that none of them want to make. Good luck. I hope a strike can be averted.

I know of school where coaches/teachers crossed the picket line for a few days hoping the strike would end. If it didn't they walked and the season was suspended.

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Originally posted by RJM:
I know of school where coaches/teachers crossed the picket line for a few days hoping the strike would end. If it didn't they walked and the season was suspended.

Varsity coaching staff does not happen to be made up of teachers, but I don't know that they would cross the line. I'm not sure how many players would either, for that matter.

I was thinking more about the out-of-town preseason weekend games that are primarily used as scrimmages against very good competition. But, I suppose it's a pretty fine line.

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Originally posted by 2013 Parent:

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Originally posted by RJM:
I know of school where coaches/teachers crossed the picket line for a few days hoping the strike would end. If it didn't they walked and the season was suspended.

Varsity coaching staff does not happen to be made up of teachers, but I don't know that they would cross the line. I'm not sure how many players would either, for that matter.

I was thinking more about the out-of-town preseason weekend games that are primarily used as scrimmages against very good competition. But, I suppose it's a pretty fine line.

It is much more complicated than that. Students will not be in session. Therefore, these students will not be academically involved and so not sanctioned to participate in athletics.

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Originally posted by CoachB25:
In our area all athletic events will stop while the faculty is on strike. I know this is tough for you and your child. I've been in a couple though at a different school district than where I am now. I know that this causes resentment to the teachers and it is easy to forget that they are making decisions for the future of their families. The reality is that no one cares about the teachers and their future when/if a strike interrupts a sport. Personally, we've had a pay freeze for two years and a very slight increase this year. By slight, let me emphasize slight. It is tough for teachers to walk and they realize that they are in a no win situation. So, they are forced to make decisions that none of them want to make. Good luck. I hope a strike can be averted.

Plenty of people over the last 2 years would have been happy with a freeze or a slight increase in their pay. I assume you work in Illinois, have you taken a good look at the conditions of your states finances?

If they walk I doubt baseball will be played or even part of the thought process.

We had a couple of years where the teachers and school board could not come to an agreement. The lack of agreement led to many of the teachers that also coach teams not sign contracts to coach their respective sports. AD had to go out an hire a new slate of winter sport coaches. Some of the winter coaches saw this and decided to coach their teams. It was a tough decision for many of. These teacher/coaches. While my son ended up playing for a new head coach for football his senior year but was able to play for the same variety baseball coach that had been his coach since he was sophomore.


Tough decisions.....our football program suffered because of a new staff coming in late in the summer and not having time to prepare the team...so the lack of contract did impact the football team...while it did not impact the baseball team.

Guess it depends on each situation on each school, no easy answers but sometime the athletes become pawns in the tug of war between the teachers union and the school board.


Many people thought that when the football coach said he would not sign the contract to coach without a new teachers contract signed that the community would put pressure on the school board to get a deal done. I think a lot of people were surprised when the school went out and hired a whole new coaching staff.

2bagger,yes it is Illinois and personally, I have had no pay increase in 3 years. However, I wasn't complaining although I understand why you think I am. So much for me trying to explain this from a teacher's perspective.