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Post by rebelman on Jan 11, 2019 9:15:58 GMT -6
to take the Private school championship games out of the dome, and play them on the higher seeds home field...... Wondering if that's what Private schools want? It'll be up to them as I understand as only private schools get to vote on how their playoffs are run.
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Post by jklee on Jan 11, 2019 9:49:56 GMT -6
I wonder what’s the reasoning behind this?
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Post by unbiasedobserver on Jan 11, 2019 10:58:59 GMT -6
to take the Private school championship games out of the dome, and play them on the higher seeds home field...... Wondering if that's what Private schools want? It'll be up to them as I understand as only private schools get to vote on how their playoffs are run. This would be terrible. Those kids all dream of playing in the Superdome |
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Post by blake2448 on Jan 11, 2019 11:05:00 GMT -6
Didn't someone say the check their school received was far less than what was promised, causing the school to play for a state championship at a loss of revenue for the school? Maybe they are thinking more fans at a home game and little to no travel expenses?
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Post by rebelman on Jan 11, 2019 11:21:04 GMT -6
Didn't someone say the check their school received was far less than what was promised, causing the school to play for a state championship at a loss of revenue for the school? Maybe they are thinking more fans at a home game and little to no travel expenses? Yep....if you charge $10 a head, and have 10,000 people show up at the game you are talking about spliting close to $90,000 after expenses and the LHSAA getting it's cut. |
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Post by blake2448 on Jan 11, 2019 11:24:03 GMT -6
Well most high school stadiums don't hold 10,000 people, I know when we played Caldwell it was standing room only around the entire track and it was only 3900 or so.
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Post by ogfan87 on Jan 11, 2019 11:32:22 GMT -6
Didn't someone say the check their school received was far less than what was promised, causing the school to play for a state championship at a loss of revenue for the school? Maybe they are thinking more fans at a home game and little to no travel expenses? Yep....if you charge $10 a head, and have 10,000 people show up at the game you are talking about spliting close to $90,000 after expenses and the LHSAA getting it's cut. . 10,000 aren’t showing up in random towns for one game. I get why this is being proposed but I don’t think it’s the answer |
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Post by rebelman on Jan 11, 2019 11:41:45 GMT -6
Yep....if you charge $10 a head, and have 10,000 people show up at the game you are talking about spliting close to $90,000 after expenses and the LHSAA getting it's cut. . 10,000 aren’t showing up in random towns for one game. I get why this is being proposed but I don’t think it’s the answer What's your estimate on a John Curtis/Catholic-BR game held somewhere other than the dome? |
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Post by mt on Jan 11, 2019 12:21:19 GMT -6
Indy ran this down to us months ago. Reasoning is money. Promises not kept. Superdome costs are insanely high. A division III State game @ ULL would have been greatly profitable this year. Paraphrasing what indy said.
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Post by jklee on Jan 11, 2019 12:53:05 GMT -6
Indy ran this down to us months ago. Reasoning is money. Promises not kept. Superdome costs are insanely high. A division III State game @ ULL would have been greatly profitable this year. Paraphrasing what indy said. Ok I do remember that discussion. |
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Post by warriorsblue on Jan 11, 2019 14:51:06 GMT -6
Superdome in my opinion needs to come down on the price,,,, If I remember right or someone told me,,, ATT Stadium doesn't charge the UIL to play championship games in their facility... The owner of the AT&T stadium also owns the Star which always has high school teams playing in it. Somewhere back along the line,,it is supposed to be about the kids not how much profit you make.
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Post by chalmetteowl on Jan 11, 2019 17:41:24 GMT -6
there used to be all kinds of games in the Superdome... playoff doubleheaders, Catholic League games... the John Curtis/someone else "classics"
even the Owls have played in it a few times
i'd be against allowing this, bc a championship game might not be at an adequate stadium if the wrong team earns the right to host it
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Post by blake2448 on Jan 11, 2019 17:46:45 GMT -6
I liked the idea of playing it at the regional college of the highest seed or in batonrouge I guess you could use memorial stadium. Most of the colleges have turf now so the field conditions should be fine.
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Post by bigrob on Jan 11, 2019 17:58:45 GMT -6
there used to be all kinds of games in the Superdome... playoff doubleheaders, Catholic League games... the John Curtis/someone else "classics"
even the Owls have played in it a few times
i'd be against allowing this, bc a championship game might not be at an adequate stadium if the wrong team earns the right to host it
That's why, just my opinion, the better way to do Superdome alternate host sites if they're really serious about it (I hope not, but some of the people in here bring up valid points) is to say the nearest available college stadium to the higher seed, with the higher division schools getting the first choice. For example, John Curtis would play in probably either Tulane Stadium or Tad Gormely, U-High would play in either Tiger Stadium, AW Mumford, or BREC, Notre Dame would almost certainly play at Cajun Field, and Ascension Catholic would probably play in either whichever New Orleans option John Curtis didn't pick or one of the last two U-High options. |
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Post by kbanes on Jan 11, 2019 20:35:55 GMT -6
. 10,000 aren’t showing up in random towns for one game. I get why this is being proposed but I don’t think it’s the answer What's your estimate on a John Curtis/Catholic-BR game held somewhere other than the dome? Well, we had a Catholic vs. Zachary game played in Memorial Stadium this year, and frankly, I was a little disappointed in the crowd. My guess would have been less that 5,000. Probably quite a bit less. I know, it was Memorial Stadium. Nobody wants to go there. The reality is that there is nothing wrong with Memorial Stadium. It will be interesting to see what happens when the Collegiate Wood Bat league plays at Pete Goalsby the summer. |
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Post by chickenhead on Jan 11, 2019 21:00:23 GMT -6
there used to be all kinds of games in the Superdome... playoff doubleheaders, Catholic League games... the John Curtis/someone else "classics"
even the Owls have played in it a few times
i'd be against allowing this, bc a championship game might not be at an adequate stadium if the wrong team earns the right to host it
That's why, just my opinion, the better way to do Superdome alternate host sites if they're really serious about it (I hope not, but some of the people in here bring up valid points) is to say the nearest available college stadium to the higher seed, with the higher division schools getting the first choice. For example, John Curtis would play in probably either Tulane Stadium or Tad Gormely, U-High would play in either Tiger Stadium, AW Mumford, or BREC, Notre Dame would almost certainly play at Cajun Field, and Ascension Catholic would probably play in either whichever New Orleans option John Curtis didn't pick or one of the last two U-High options. You won’t have to worry about Ascension Catholic playing in any more state championship games. |
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Post by bigrob on Jan 11, 2019 22:24:01 GMT -6
That's why, just my opinion, the better way to do Superdome alternate host sites if they're really serious about it (I hope not, but some of the people in here bring up valid points) is to say the nearest available college stadium to the higher seed, with the higher division schools getting the first choice. For example, John Curtis would play in probably either Tulane Stadium or Tad Gormely, U-High would play in either Tiger Stadium, AW Mumford, or BREC, Notre Dame would almost certainly play at Cajun Field, and Ascension Catholic would probably play in either whichever New Orleans option John Curtis didn't pick or one of the last two U-High options. You won’t have to worry about Ascension Catholic playing in any more state championship games. I'm using this past year as an example. Thought that was clear in the words "for example" and "would have" |
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Post by CLEAN on Jan 11, 2019 23:00:45 GMT -6
I love John Curtis but they don’t have big fan support.
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Post by coolaroola on Jan 12, 2019 0:19:20 GMT -6
I love John Curtis but they don’t have big fan support. For the most part... few privates do. |
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Post by CrusadingLions on Jan 12, 2019 1:47:39 GMT -6
I love John Curtis but they don’t have big fan support. For the most part... few privates do. Not sure what part of the state you are talking about but around the Baton Rouge area the private schools have a ton of support, more than most public schools. |
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