The Goodrich High School football team is renewing their rivalry with Powers Catholic High School. The game is being played at Goodrich High School, and is a rematch of a game that Powers won already this season by 28 points. One of the stars of the Powers Catholic team is a transfer from Goodrich High School. The two schools are set to meet in a girls volleyball match in the week leading up to the game. The school is looking forward to the financial boost that a playoff level football game provides. The concession stand at the game is run by the band boosters and the cheerleading team runs raffle during the game as well. I wonder what the effect of adding one more home game to the season especially with a high profile local team with a very competitive track record is. Also what is the cost of mainting the field, running all of the lights and pieces one additional week? Also how does it affect the students that are playing one additional week? Do the schools do things like take more time off for pep rallies and interrupt their learning? Does the extra week of football take away from the attention that other sports get? How many tickets does the school expect to sell for the game?
November 5, 2009...11:55 am
Michigan High School Football
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November 5, 2009 at 11:58 am
Jack: Excellent questions! Way to look deeper at the story than just the surface game stuff. Looking at the benefits to the community, the school, the budget — great ideas. Remember, to make it a localization you need to talk to the MHSAA (the state high school athletics people) to find out the big picture benefits to schools, how much they make, what it does for them to be in a state playoff run. Or not. There may be an opposite view, and you need to seek that too. Some crusty person who thinks all this sports stuff just takes away from learning … you know what I mean. Make sure you cover the bases.
November 5, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Lots of good questions. The more of them that get answered the more interesting the story will become.
November 5, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Jack I agree. Good questions man.