Moving Championships back

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by Harrison.Smith

A few things that could be conflicts that immediately come to mind are

1. Studying for final exams.
2. Some schools end in mid/late May so champs could potentially be during the last week of school and therefore interfere with final exams.
3. Lots of other school clubs/teams/organizations start to have their banquets around mid/late May.
4. Extending the season further puts more pressure on mentors/teachers/students/parents.
5. Some states have state champs starting in May.

A later end to the season is not such a crazy idea--can we say "spring sports?" Almost every high school in the US has state championship events i late May and early June. (I think Texas may be an exception with mid-May championships, but Texas can just decide to secede if this is a problem ;^)). All of those athletes are studying for final exams (and the distance runners and swimmers have GPAs that are just as good).

As for FRC state champs, don't you think that they'd just swap the dates to early May or late April instead to fill the void?

As for post-school championships, there are many national sports championships held in June and July. But there may be a problem with schools covering team expenses. On the other hand, how many FRC programs are formally embedded into schools the same way that sports teams are? In my experience, they run like clubs, and many musical and performing arts clubs have summer tours.