Outside looking in
April 21, 2008 @ 12:05 p.m. by jlong~ J. Long
Boys soccer in the fall?
Now there might be a very good explanation for it, but I’m really just not feeling it.
Maybe Tennessee is just too much into football. In the fall our high school sports are Football, Volleyball, Girls Soccer, Golf, and Cross Country. It’s like that for one reason, football matters more than any other sport in the state of Tennessee. For the most part the kids that play golf and cross country are not football guys.
But soccer, not so much.
Boy’s soccer would almost die in Tennessee if they played soccer in the fall. So someone please tell me why. Also, does this really work? Maybe I’m just stuck in my ways. But if its soccer season, who is doing all the kicking?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:26 pm
When do you want it played?
Girls have the fields in the spring.
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Play it in South America and Eurpoe where it belongs
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
Summer
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:53 am
Nobody really cares !
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
When soccer first started in this area, it was played in the spring. This was due to the lack of players, so to make up for it football players fill in. The 1st year it was a letter sport was 1980 & I was one of the founding players. The football players enjoyed playing at that time because it help keep them in shape. Now that there are more people playing they (State) moved the season, depending on the size of your school this could be a bad or good thing. For 1 its bad for the smaller schools, not enough players, 2nd it’s great for the larger schools they usually have a larger talent pool. Personally I think it has hurt the game fewer Ref’s & forces a kid to choose which game he would rather play. Judging from the comments must kids choose football due to peer pressure & not there skills.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
We don’t need to switch any sports nor should we. If I were on a boys’ soccer team, I would want it in the fall. I could have all summer to prepare instead of the winter.