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On another thread about seeding the sectionals, one of the arguments for seeding is that football fans don't get to see the best games because their own teams are playing at the same time.  That got me thinking about sectionals for other team sports and how those are run.  In every other team sport, we have a host school and no two sectional games are played at the same time.  We don't do that with football.  I assume we don't because games have always been played on Friday night.  But why does it have to be that way?  How about this:

For eight team sectionals, play one game Thursday night, one game Friday night, and two games on Saturday - one at 3:00 and the other at 7:30.  On week two, play Friday night and Saturday night.  Championship games for teams in the same regional are altered between Friday and Saturday so fans could see both games.  That would allow football fans to see every game in their sectional and get a preview of regional opponents.  

This would allow great opportunities for football fans to see big games from other sectionals as well.  Plan your games well, and you could see 4 fantastic games on the opening weekend of the sectional!  Just think how this would boost game revenues.  AND it addresses the shortage of officials by allowing good officiating crews to work two games in a weekend.  

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14 minutes ago, FinePrint said:

AND it addresses the shortage of officials by allowing good officiating crews to work two games in a weekend.  

Or, the fact that even fewer opportunities for advancement in the playoffs causes even more officials to leave in frustration, and retention rates continue to decline, actually exacerbating the shortage.

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5 minutes ago, Bobref said:

Or, the fact that even fewer opportunities for advancement in the playoffs causes even more officials to leave in frustration, and retention rates continue to decline, actually exacerbating the shortage.

That would be completely up to the folks who assign the officiating crews.  But that is not a significant factor in whether or not an idea like this could be adopted, is it?

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4 minutes ago, Bobref said:

It is to me.

Again, that would be up to the folks who assign officials.  There is no reason crews could not be limited to one game per weekend which wouldn't change anything from what we have now.  But it would lend to some flexibility in that respect.

Now I could see a legitimate issue with officials if we have a lot of high school officials who also do college games on Saturday.  That could be an issue.

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