gas prices/ basketball season

[bewisegrasshopper]

With gas being liquid gold as well as other things going through the roof, will basketball schedules be within a certain radius? I was wondering how the price of crude oil is going to affect the fan base at the games??

 

Officials have to travel. maybe they need a pay increase just for gas. Just random thoughts about the economy and how it is going to affect the game. anyone else have any thoughts about this??

[MIDTN]

With gas being liquid gold as well as other things going through the roof, will basketball schedules be within a certain radius? I was wondering how the price of crude oil is going to affect the fan base at the games??

 

Officials have to travel. maybe they need a pay increase just for gas. Just random thoughts about the economy and how it is going to affect the game. anyone else have any thoughts about this??

 

As for parents, car pool to away games. It makes for a better season when the team families are close anyway. As for the team, most teams have 12 away games. At worst thats 1200 miles round trip. If the bus gets 8 miles/ gallon you will use 150 gallons of diesel. That will cost you an extra 300 dollars this year. raise ticket prices .25 cents at home games and you will have enough to pay your fuel bill, raise officials pay, and buy a calculator. Phil Graham was right.

[bewisegrasshopper]

As for parents, car pool to away games. It makes for a better season when the team families are close anyway. As for the team, most teams have 12 away games. At worst thats 1200 miles round trip. If the bus gets 8 miles/ gallon you will use 150 gallons of diesel. That will cost you an extra 300 dollars this year. raise ticket prices .25 cents at home games and you will have enough to pay your fuel bill, raise officials pay, and buy a calculator. Phil Graham was right.

 

In a village, many tribal members gathered to discuss why the families were loosing their goods. Many members spoke and were boastful and proud. Many men spoke, expect one. He sat in the shadows and just listened to everyones observations. after many hours, the gentleman in the showdows spoke. Everyone was in hush. The gentleman told the tribal members his thoughts.... and the wind blew and the breeze was cool.....

listen and you will learn

[jimbo44]

In a village, many tribal members gathered to discuss why the families were loosing their goods. Many members spoke and were boastful and proud. Many men spoke, expect one. He sat in the shadows and just listened to everyones observations. after many hours, the gentleman in the showdows spoke. Everyone was in hush. The gentleman told the tribal members his thoughts.... and the wind blew and the breeze was cool.....

listen and you will learn.

 

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[gatorbillmsu]

In a village, many tribal members gathered to discuss why the families were loosing their goods. Many members spoke and were boastful and proud. Many men spoke, expect one. He sat in the shadows and just listened to everyones observations. after many hours, the gentleman in the showdows spoke. Everyone was in hush. The gentleman told the tribal members his thoughts.... and the wind blew and the breeze was cool.....

listen and you will learn

 

 

quoted for truth.

[theCoach07]

quoted for truth.

 

and only travel with the sunlight, for darkness overshadows all.

[bewisegrasshopper]

and only travel with the sunlight, for darkness overshadows all.

 

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[PHargis]

Next year with redistricting will help the fuel costs BUT a prediction here is a change in addition to that is in the offering in the way games are being scheduled and played to help total costs: Officials, Schools, Fans. The main thrust will be ways to get "fans in the stands" and decrease overheads. It will effect every sport and cause minor inconvenience and slightly increase cost to Schools but reduce officials cost and fans expense. That is a net plus.

[catmommy]

It would be nice if schools would play teams closer to them but then again they want to play better teams so the have to travel. I think this year or next the schools will have to start playing closer to home most schools systems have to control the money that sports pay out for gas it is just going to happen or raise taxes.

Just my thoughts

[coach15]

All athletics will be affected by this, but the ones hurt most will be junior varsity teams. I coach one, a lot of them do not play on the same night as varsity. Not to mention weekend tournaments. Everyone is going to feel the pinch this season.

[PHargis]

All athletics will be affected by this, but the ones hurt most will be junior varsity teams. I coach one, a lot of them do not play on the same night as varsity. Not to mention weekend tournaments. Everyone is going to feel the pinch this season.

There is an answer to the JV situation and likely, while not what most schols want, JV's will reorganize also and survive.

[senator]

We are spoiled, our kids drive when they could ride bus ,we could go on pep bus pay a small fee and have good fellowship doing so, our jv games could be pre varsity games and a lot of us could car pool etc to get to bus pickup but we will pay out the nose to have the convience we got use to. Back in the 60's and 70's we did the things above when gas was 50 cents a gallon. It sure does cost us to replace the GOOD OLE DAYS but the oil companies are smiling all the way to the bank.