Split Champs in '17 and '18

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by protoserge

I believe the real reason was the scheduling requirement for two very large and popular venues. It was not aimed at intentionally disrupting VEX.

This. Y'all surely realize that in Houston we're talking about using a basketball arena and a baseball stadium at the end of basketball season and the beginning of baseball season. You can't push it a week later, or else you're doing opening ceremonies in the George R Brown because the Rockets might be in the playoffs. And you're not doing opening ceremonies in Minute Maid, because it's already a miracle they're letting you do Finals/Einstein there for a whole day during the season. There's like a 24 hour time limit on how long they'll let you cover the infield, especially during the season.