Harriman/Roane Co. Jamboree

[jacketsfan13]

Calm down, I never said King's 10 plays didn't work, just that everyone knows he is predictable. I'm not trying to say anyone is better than them.I agree that the Christmas tourney is a waste of time becasue all of the teams play each other during the year anyway,but it was agreed upon that every county team had to particiapte so how did O.S. girls get out of it? The jamboree could raise alot of money if done right. My only complaint is that if they are going to have it, everyone should participate. It is a ROANE COUNTY jamboree, shouldn't ROANE COUNTY high school be in it????????

[swamp]

Posted by TankTalk:

Looking at your post, I am scratching my head. Why should any team participate in this? Go check out the books and see how much money is funelled to athletic programs from the School Board...then go check at how much it costs to run these programs. This jamboree has the potential to be the biggest rundraiser of the year in Roane County if done correctly.

 

I am fine with Coach King's decision to not play in any jamborees, but I think an exception should be made when the potential to help raise so much money is thrust in front of these county teams. In the future, think of the teams that you all could draw down there for the pre-season jamboree.

Then there is this quote from you: I don't know why the rest of the county expects RCHS to change that for their benefit.

I am sorry, but that really sounds selfish and kind of what "other" county residents have thought about Kingston for a long time. Which, I know to be different...I hope.

[Edited by TankTalk on 8-22-02 1:21P]

 

But we're not talking about public funds..we're talking about gate receipts and concessions. I don't expect the other 4 schools to do anything they haven't done in the past for Kingston's benefit, and vice versa. If any school wants to have a jamboree, they should, but to play teams you already play is asinine.

 

Each school should decide whether or not they want to participate. Let us not participate, and we won't ask to host. That's more money for the other schools.

 

And, I'm *still* waiting to hear how a 5-team football jamboree works.

[swamp]

Posted by tigersfan:

Calm down, I never said King's 10 plays didn't work, just that everyone knows he is predictable. I'm not trying to say anyone is better than them.I agree that the Christmas tourney is a waste of time becasue all of the teams play each other during the year anyway,but it was agreed upon that every county team had to particiapte so how did O.S. girls get out of it? The jamboree could raise alot of money if done right. My only complaint is that if they are going to have it, everyone should participate. It is a ROANE COUNTY jamboree, shouldn't ROANE COUNTY high school be in it????????

 

The problem is that this decision was made with the foreknowledge that RCHS wouldn't want to participate. That doesn't seem to matter to anyone.

 

As for the Christmas tournaments, I'd like to see a real Christmas tournament in Roane County. Let's have an 8 or 16-team tournament, and do it right. Having our 5 schools play each other 3,4,5,6 times a year gets really old. These Roane Co. tournaments/jamborees shouldn't make a cent; they're about the most pointless thing I've seen in a while.

[TankTalk]

You have five quarters? I mean maybe I am making something simple, but if you have five teams, do you not get five opponents to play them? Besides, we all know who are from Roane County, that the five-team jamboree isn't the reason Kingston doesn't play in these.

 

And you talk about gate receipts and concessions, of course that is what I am talking about as well. Who says the county teams have to play each other in these jamborees?? You get five high-profile oppents to come play them. Heck, you could break it up into a Friday night, Saturday after noon event and make more on gate and concessions.

 

But back to "helping out" those in the county. Am I the only one who has a problem with that? What would it hurt to have your team participate in a function that betters the entire county? Kingston wouldn't be asked to participate for free, lol. They would get their share.

 

Trust me, high school athletics are in trouble, even those with the upper-level booster clubs. If something isn't done...something different...something to spark bigger gates more consistently, look out in years down the road. Our State imbeciles continue to fumble our money on a daily basis which is why you see more and more of our educators going South.

 

Call me a wet towell if you want, but if you think the NCAA and their Friday night deal with major conferences won't go by the wayside when the big-money deals start flowing, they you have blinders on. This is just one example of how gates at high school games have decreased and/or have the potential to get even smaller. Personally, I wish the season started later, because watching high school football and wearing shorts and sweating like a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest doesn't seem right to me.

 

Anyway, lost control there for a moment...

 

High School athletics need all the help they can get. They work so hard to put on such a good show for us and get little in return. We should do more than type nice words about them, we should come up with solutions and ideas that make their hard work seem worthwhile.

[swamp]

Posted by TankTalk:

You have five quarters? I mean maybe I am making something simple, but if you have five teams, do you not get five opponents to play them? Besides, we all know who are from Roane County, that the five-team jamboree isn't the reason Kingston doesn't play in these.

 

And you talk about gate receipts and concessions, of course that is what I am talking about as well. Who says the county teams have to play each other in these jamborees?? You get five high-profile oppents to come play them. Heck, you could break it up into a Friday night, Saturday after noon event and make more on gate and concessions.

 

But back to "helping out" those in the county. Am I the only one who has a problem with that? What would it hurt to have your team participate in a function that betters the entire county? Kingston wouldn't be asked to participate for free, lol. They would get their share.

 

Trust me, high school athletics are in trouble, even those with the upper-level booster clubs. If something isn't done...something different...something to spark bigger gates more consistently, look out in years down the road. Our State imbeciles continue to fumble our money on a daily basis which is why you see more and more of our educators going South.

 

Call me a wet towell if you want, but if you think the NCAA and their Friday night deal with major conferences won't go by the wayside when the big-money deals start flowing, they you have blinders on. This is just one example of how gates at high school games have decreased and/or have the potential to get even smaller. Personally, I wish the season started later, because watching high school football and wearing shorts and sweating like a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest doesn't seem right to me.

 

Anyway, lost control there for a moment...

 

High School athletics need all the help they can get. They work so hard to put on such a good show for us and get little in return. We should do more than type nice words about them, we should come up with solutions and ideas that make their hard work seem worthwhile.

 

But they're not bring five high-profile opponents, are they? They're just playing other county teams. It could hurt in a variety of ways. A star player from any school gets hurt, and instead of being 8-2 and getting their share of playoff gates, they go 6-4,5-5 and don't get in. I'm not the one asking for Kingston's fair share, that's why I don't think it's such a big deal for us not to be playing. There are other high-profile programs in East and SE Tenn.

 

And, as of right now, I'm not a century club member, anyway.

[TankTalk]

correct me if I am wrong, but they play other teams don't they? The county teams that is? And, if the event us hyped the right way, they could get five opponents that would bring a little more excitement to it. I know the first year, the four county teams played out of county opponents.

[swamp]

Posted by TankTalk:

correct me if I am wrong, but they play other teams don't they? The county teams that is? And, if the event us hyped the right way, they could get five opponents that would bring a little more excitement to it. I know the first year, the four county teams played out of county opponents.

 

If so, that's my mistake....

[jacketsfan13]

Rockwood and Midway both play Union County. I'm not sure about Harriman. Anyone know?

[Regal]

oliver springs plays campbell co.

[Guest KKV]

Harriman also plays Campbell county,and Tank everything that you have stated I believe is true,so I wont say it again.

[OS91]

This Jamboree and the Christmas basketball tourney are two seperate issues. OS girls chose to play in a national tourney in FL because of the Very talented Lady Cats team that wanted to be challenged by teams that would be comparable in talent to themsleves and state tounry teams. The Roane County Christmas tourney did not present OS with this challenge. Therefore OS looked elsewhere.

[TankTalk]

It wouldn't seem fair to expect Kingston to play in the football portion of this fundraiser, without raising an eyebrow at the OS girls for not playing in the basketball event.

 

While going to a national event and just plain 'ol not wanting to play are two different situations, I still would like to see the OS girls play in the county event in the future.