Saturday, October 22, 2005
HS Football
Back in the 40's and 50's high school football games were
played on Saturday afternoons.....In those days they had
to play them in the daylight because there was no
stadium lighting......
With stadium lighting and a desire to make high school
football a family affair, the games were moved to
Friday night......As of late, the post-game activities have
lead to shootings, stabbings and fights amongst the
spectators.....Guess what??.....
Some school districts are beginning to consider moving the
games back to Saturday afternoons.....This has two
advantages.....Crowd control in the daylight is easier and
secondly, it will save a huge amount of school money for the
lighting of a stadium......Pumps
played on Saturday afternoons.....In those days they had
to play them in the daylight because there was no
stadium lighting......
With stadium lighting and a desire to make high school
football a family affair, the games were moved to
Friday night......As of late, the post-game activities have
lead to shootings, stabbings and fights amongst the
spectators.....Guess what??.....
Some school districts are beginning to consider moving the
games back to Saturday afternoons.....This has two
advantages.....Crowd control in the daylight is easier and
secondly, it will save a huge amount of school money for the
lighting of a stadium......Pumps