Ravenwood rumor of early in pads?

[riverdaleman]

a few years a go a middle school baseball team was caught practicing early and they had to forfeit the season they still played the games but the games counted as losses

[Hoganknows]

How do you know this?

Because Hoganknows that Footballfan60 knows

[muffin]

If the truth came out,at least 25% have had pads and helmets on before now.

[BDURHAM]

Maybe not that many, but they are out there.

 

If the truth came out,at least 25% have had pads and helmets on before now.

[Ole Dad]

So what? A couple of days won't mean squat. In the end the best teams will win and 2 or 3 days in pads or out of pads won't matter. It's keeps Old farts like the posters on here busy.

Ole Dad

If the truth came out,at least 25% have had pads and helmets on before now.

[BigDogDaddy]

I think the intent of the rule is to slowly bring the players around to the conditioning factor. Particularly as it relates to adjusting to the heat. It is probably better to go three or four days with helmets and then three or four days with helmets and shoulder pads before opening up to all out full pads. The summer rule IMO should say no full pads or tackling until whatever date

[coachfoozeball]

So what? A couple of days won't mean squat. In the end the best teams will win and 2 or 3 days in pads or out of pads won't matter. It's keeps Old farts like the posters on here busy.

Ole Dad

 

 

A rule is a rule! and if they broke it then they should be punished some how. I don't think it should be too hard of a punishment though (for a 1st offense). Maybe not let them put pads on till Aug. 2nd or 3rd. If it happened again take scrimmages away from them.

[underDawgs17]

a few years a go a middle school baseball team was caught practicing early and they had to forfeit the season they still played the games but the games counted as losses

i was on that baseball team...we held tryouts some players who came in from a different school..and someone told us that we were holding orginized practice..which we werent..anyways it was at stewartsboro and we went undefeated the whole year..when the playoffs came around they told us that we couldnt participate in them due to us having tryouts for the players...we werent punished during theyear..just after it..idk what they will do to ravenwood but that is what happened to us..

[2priceless]

i was on that baseball team...we held tryouts some players who came in from a different school..and someone told us that we were holding orginized practice..which we werent..anyways it was at stewartsboro and we went undefeated the whole year..when the playoffs came around they told us that we couldnt participate in them due to us having tryouts for the players...we werent punished during theyear..just after it..idk what they will do to ravenwood but that is what happened to us..

 

I think that a middle school is governed a bit differently than hs, right?

[Big Country]

Because Hoganknows that Footballfan60 knows

 

Tell 'em what they can do when you run wild on 'em BROTHER

[BigDogDaddy]

I think that a middle school is governed a bit differently than hs, right?

 

Correct, Middle Schools are not part of TSSAA, they have to wait till August 1st rather than July 31st

[BDURHAM]

What if a player is injured while in pads early?

 

The insurance issue alone should influence a coach's

decision. You can risk everything if something bad

happens.