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Heat must have gotten to Coach... Or still maybe its still the fumes from the burning plastic boat...

Go TITANS

Couldn't agree more Coach! I have been on the board of the ICGSA since 2013. We have been told repeatedly by assistant commissioners that summer rules were coming. I even proposed a limited contact summer schedule for all sports. We were told in 2015 that the Student Advisory Council voted unanimously the wanted no contact in the summer, like we had back in the day. We were told that Bobby Cox puts a lot of weight on what the Student Advisory Council has to say. We were advised to be progressive and come up with a plan, before we had something shoved down our throat that no one liked. Here we are five years later and still nothing. ***Editorial*** The demand put on high school kids in the summers are stupid in my opinion. It's too much, particularly when you look at kids who want/need to have jobs. I applaud the IFCA in being proactive and getting out in front of this issue. I would also ask this, are we really seeing any gains from all this summer activity? I see a LOT of high school sports, I officiate two sports and see much more. This past spring, in talking with a LOT of coaches in multiple sports, I firmly believe the overall level of play across the board in high school sports in Indiana is not what it was 10 or even five years ago. You want to know why we're seeing dwindling numbers across the board, look at all the demands we place on kids. And from a purely Football perspective, look at the number of good young coaches we're losing in this game to burnout and leaving because of time commitments. Young coaches usually involve young families. These young men are choosing their families, which I applaud, but it doesn't help our game.

I ain't mad about it.

Princeton said in the Clarion they scored 3 or 4 times from the 35 bro, Princeton is looking tough this season. Just be glad you aren't in their sectional.

You #sjw types just insist on applying your modern, "woke" PC sensibilities to historical figures. Shame!

No question having a group of kids that has played 30 games over the last two years helps in a lot of ways.

Hey, it was good enough back in ‘69! This just in: Get Off My Lawn!

I have coached for a few years. I think it is very important for the kids to get away from the school and the coaches. Some conferences even have a dead week before the official IHSAA practice start date. I think that is a great idea. We do forget sometimes that some players even the great ones do not love football like their coaches. They need a break. I do feel the AAU/Travel teams seem to gotten out of hand. When coaches say to a player if you are not on a travel/AAU team then you are not on the school team is wrong. I do know that is happening in the state.

Then I don't understand what your beef IS, I guess. The IHSAA has no control over club/AAU sports.

We could go back to 2 a day practices starting August 15, no contact before that, and a 10 game schedule with no playoffs. Surely everyone would be happy with that.

So you agree that the late Mr. Lincoln was no saint, and disagree with the defacto deification of him in most American government school history texts?

The free market in action. For almost any product/service there is a willing buyer.