Pa fall sports expected to start on time.

[Ram040506]

I'm keeping it real...You can ignore 180,000 deaths, but I choose not to...Ignoring it won't "make it go away" either...

Nobody is ignoring it there boomer. "keeping it real" lol

[WarriorVoice]

You must be a thrill to hang out with. Doom and gloom at every post.

I'm keeping it real...You can ignore 180,000 deaths, but I choose not to...Ignoring it won't "make it go away" either...

[Ram040506]

You mean they're PLANNING on playing 7-8 games...

You must be a thrill to hang out with. Doom and gloom at every post.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

You mean they're PLANNING on playing 7-8 games...

Can they do anything else? We're all planning to be alive tomorrow, too.

[WarriorVoice]

No redshirts in high school. Five games is better than no games.

Most WPIAL teams are playing 7-8 games in the regular season.

You mean they're PLANNING on playing 7-8 games...

[boatcapt]

It's better than no film for the fringe collegiate guys who have aspirations to play in college. Gives them one more year of development in their maturing bodies to show what they have now. Plenty of growth spurts happen in High school where a guy who was too small at first all of a sudden becomes a much different player. Happened to me, and if I didn't have my senior year I doubt football would have been in the cards for me at all.

I think its nice to try and make the effort no matter how many games there is. In addition to the kids that will never play this sport again, I'd like to have a little bit of closure with the sport before its just taken away from me.

Also a lot of non-D1's recruit all or a signifigant part of their class based on senior performance and senior film. Absent Senior year film, they are going to be recruting based on Junior film which may not reflect their current size/weight/ability.

Annnndddd...For HS players who fall below the college cutoff (either because of grades or ability), this is their last time strapping on the pads. Culmination of somthing they have been doing for over half of their lives.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It's better than no film for the fringe collegiate guys who have aspirations to play in college. Gives them one more year of development in their maturing bodies to show what they have now. Plenty of growth spurts happen in High school where a guy who was too small at first all of a sudden becomes a much different player. Happened to me, and if I didn't have my senior year I doubt football would have been in the cards for me at all.

I think its nice to try and make the effort no matter how many games there is. In addition to the kids that will never play this sport again, I'd like to have a little bit of closure with the sport before its just taken away from me.

No redshirts in high school. Five games is better than no games.

Most WPIAL teams are playing 7-8 games in the regular season.

[Ram040506]

What I'd like to know is...Our local schools are planning on a 5-game football schedule, beginning October 2nd. No mention of playoffs or State Championship...So What's the point?! Getting Seniors on film to showcase to colleges?! A 5-game season with no playoffs is almost as useless as t*ts on a bull...

It's better than no film for the fringe collegiate guys who have aspirations to play in college. Gives them one more year of development in their maturing bodies to show what they have now. Plenty of growth spurts happen in High school where a guy who was too small at first all of a sudden becomes a much different player. Happened to me, and if I didn't have my senior year I doubt football would have been in the cards for me at all.

I think its nice to try and make the effort no matter how many games there is. In addition to the kids that will never play this sport again, I'd like to have a little bit of closure with the sport before its just taken away from me.

[WarriorVoice]

What I'd like to know is...Our local schools are planning on a 5-game football schedule, beginning October 2nd. No mention of playoffs or State Championship...So What's the point?! Getting Seniors on film to showcase to colleges?! A 5-game season with no playoffs is almost as useless as t*ts on a bull...

[IUPNation]

I know predicting the worst-case scenario can be an enjoyable pastime, but there's every possibility you're going to have to be disgusted over high school football this season unless your school boards step in.

[iupgroundhog]

I know predicting the worst-case scenario can be an enjoyable pastime, but there's every possibility you're going to have to be disgusted over high school football this season unless your school boards step in.

I don't think it's like that. People don't want bad things to happen.

The fact is that what Nation is saying is reality-based. People have tried to open up countless activities all over the country only to see it not work out.

It's possible because a lot of places in central and western PA have low infection rates that it comes off without a hitch, I guess. But I wouldn't put my money on that.

Bringing people together from different communities on this scale could very well spread the virus in places where it wasn't before. And if somebody in these PA towns gets sick and dies as a result it's going to really hurt because everybody in the community will know them.

We can check back in on this in a month or so.

[jrshooter]

I know predicting the worst-case scenario can be an enjoyable pastime, but there's every possibility you're going to have to be disgusted over high school football this season unless your school boards step in.

[IUPNation]

We said that about pro sports, too.

[iupgroundhog]

The vote in favor to play wasn't even close (25 to 5).

I'd like to know how each board member voted.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The vote in favor to play wasn't even close (25 to 5).