ts1227;404452 wrote:Like pumpernickel?

Wild Turkey! I edited it. Tough crowd in this spelling bee forum!

All I'm sayin is you have been pushing Cbus for the finals, (I have no problem with your opinion), then you say....And I quote, "HS football and athletics are not supported here like other areas". Here being Cbus. And, "most people don't have that die hard relationship with HS until their kids go through the program". Massillon/Canton/Stark County in general, is not like that. And finally, you add, "that hurts attendence at HS sporting". events.

skank;405572 wrote:All I'm sayin is you have been pushing Cbus for the finals, (I have no problem with your opinion), then you say....And I quote, "HS football and athletics are not supported here like other areas". Here being Cbus. And, "most people don't have that die hard relationship with HS until their kids go through the program". Massillon/Canton/Stark County in general, is not like that. And finally, you add, "that hurts attendence at HS sporting". events.

I've never said it should come here because the fans from Columbus will support it better than NE or Stark. Whether that gives your side more ammo so be it. If they think they are going to get more people in Cent Oh to support this than they do up NE they are kidding themselves.
I think you will get more people from around the state to have more interest in going to Cbus . Of course you will get the negative fall out from the NE not going further to Cbus. Where would be the tipping point???
Again the NE dominates the state in wrestling(they also have all the history up there) but somehow thousands of NE'ers pack the Schott.
I personally would go to more if in Cbus, but again I'm Wild Turkey lol.
I look more at the stadium, geography, convenience, amenity angle.
I would be game to see the thing rotate and then evaluate. If Stark puts on the best show then keep it. If Cleve or Cinci can put on a better show then put it there. Cbus just seems the most natural spot(mainly geographically) IMO.

ManO'War;401202 wrote:Massillon and Canton gave birth to professional football. That is enough right there for kids to be excited about playing there.

Not even close nor relevant to where the high school championships should be played.

Neither is Ohio State, but it shows how embedded the Buckeyes are in Central Ohio that it is always brought up as a reason that hs kids, from all over Ohio, would want to play there more than any other stadium...which isn't true.

Hey Johnny, lets jump in the car and go watch a couple of state championship games.
"Johnny" - OK, where are they?
Massillon or Canton.
"Johnny" - Wow, really? What are we supposed to do when the games are over for the night? Sit in our hotel and hope our car doesn't get vandalized?
Your right, never mind.

Lol? OK, not really, that was pretty lame.

justcompete;409062 wrote:Hey Johnny, lets jump in the car and go watch a couple of state championship games.
"Johnny" - OK, where are they?
Massillon or Canton.
"Johnny" - Wow, really? What are we supposed to do when the games are over for the night? Sit in our hotel and hope our car doesn't get vandalized?
Your right, never mind.

First of all, if...."Johnny", doesn't want to go to the games because of location, he's just a casual fan.
Secondly, if...."Johnny has to ask WHERE, the state championship games are being held, he's LESS than a casual fan.
Thirdly, if...."Johnny doesn't know what to do when the games have ended for the night, (restaraunt, bar, movie, drive home, Hall of Fame), he's not the smartest guy in the world.
Forthly, if....Johnny thinks Massillon/Canton is the only place in the nation where vandalism occurs....again, not the smartest guy in the world.
And finally, if you let that weak diatribe by a casual, or LESS than casual fan like "Johnny", talk you out of going to the championship games, than you are a casual/LESS than casual fan yourself.

Good day sir.



I SAID GOOD DAY.

hilliardfan;408922 wrote:Not even close nor relevant to where the high school championships should be played.

He didn't say it was, he said, "That is enough right there for the kids to be excited about playing there".

The SHU is a horrible place for high school games. no need to have 102,000 seats for a 10,000 crowd.

LOL i have lived in canton my whole live and never have had a problem in neither canton nor massilon. Dont go downtown at 2 am anywhere. Cbus also has a very large crime rate just off of campus so this argument is very poor.

skank;409323 wrote:First of all, if...."Johnny", doesn't want to go to the games because of location, he's just a casual fan.
Secondly, if...."Johnny has to ask WHERE, the state championship games are being held, he's LESS than a casual fan.
Thirdly, if...."Johnny doesn't know what to do when the games have ended for the night, (restaraunt, bar, movie, drive home, Hall of Fame), he's not the smartest guy in the world.
Forthly, if....Johnny thinks Massillon/Canton is the only place in the nation where vandalism occurs....again, not the smartest guy in the world.
And finally, if you let that weak diatribe by a casual, or LESS than casual fan like "Johnny", talk you out of going to the championship games, than you are a casual/LESS than casual fan yourself.

Good day sir.



I SAID GOOD DAY.

IF, Stark County losses the Championship games, and IF we loss the HOF game,,,,,,,,,,,,, There goes the economy!!!! Notice thats a BIG IF!!!

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coyotes22;411342 wrote:IF, Stark County losses the Championship games, and IF we loss the HOF game,,,,,,,,,,,,, There goes the economy!!!! Notice thats a BIG IF!!!

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We'll get by, we did it before, we'll do it again.

Skank
The reason i wrote that comment is that I was at the championships. My son's team won the championship so it was a great trip until I woke up the next morning to find my tires slashed and the lock on my trunk jimmied. We had to play on that cement turf the next two years, and no, I didn't spend the night again. Nor will I ever. That was MY experience.

justcompete;412716 wrote:Skank
The reason i wrote that comment is that I was at the championships. My son's team won the championship so it was a great trip until I woke up the next morning to find my tires slashed and the lock on my trunk jimmied. We had to play on that cement turf the next two years, and no, I didn't spend the night again. Nor will I ever. That was MY experience.

Ok, and I can see you being upset by that, I would have been, but that could have happened two blocks down the street from your house while your wife was in the store buying groceries. Do you sit at home every time your wife leaves with the car and hope it doesn't get vandalized?

skank;411092 wrote:He didn't say it was, he said, "That is enough right there for the kids to be excited about playing there".

Not so much. The excitement is playing in the state championship game...anything else is a secondary factor that means little or nothing...

Know it all;364100 wrote:Many from around the state are getting a little tired of the Massilon/Canton area. It's time for a change.

And you have talked to and polled MANY around the state?

Subcommittee fails to reach a recommendation again this month

http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1849236733/Vote-for-state-football-games-contract-delayed

NOT GOING 2 HAPPEN

i think that they will stay where they are for now but i also think that its not going to be a unaminous vote either. i think c'bus is about 5-10 years away from hosting them again

Recommendation could come tomorrow

http://blog.dispatch.com/highschoolsports/2010/07/ohsaa_football_decision_could.shtml