North/South game April 23.

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newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Feb 4, 2010 11:13pm
I think this is a great move.
What do you think?

The North-South game no longer will conflict with the Big 33 game, an all-star game pitting Ohio vs. Pennsylvania players in Hershey, Pa. Now, players from Ohio can play in both games if they want.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/02/02/0202-north-south-all-star-game-moves-date.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101
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oldtriple
Posts: 47
Feb 5, 2010 8:04am
I think it is a good idea with only one real major flaw. I guess my concern is how do the teams practice. I realize some students can miss a week of school with no major impact on their studies. However, I also can see where there are at least a handful of potential participants that cannot miss that school...no way, no how! Plus to be frank, regardless of whether a player is a good student or a poor student, we need to remember that these young men are still high school students. As are a result, letting a high school student miss a week's worth of school to participate in a football game shows some questionable priorities in my opinion.
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rmolin73
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Feb 5, 2010 8:44am
If I'm not mistaken they will practice on the weekends as well as the latter part of the actual game week.
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Wooball
Posts: 1,325
Feb 5, 2010 8:51am
I am sure track and baseball coaches will love to lose a great athlete for 3 weekends.
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disco stu
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Feb 6, 2010 2:22am
Very interesting concept, will it be in conjunction with the spring game?