I think you’re underestimating the number of states who allow sports to compete on Sundays. In this regard, I find California to be an enigma. The most left-wing state in the country shuts down athletics for a day of rest on Sunday??? Mind-boggling.
Meanwhile right here in the heart of the Bible Belt, our regional basketball championship is SCHEDULED to take place on Sunday every year.
Our STATE basketball championship has been on Sunday in the past and is often dependent on when Rupp arena is available.
I believe we have had recent football state playoff games on Sunday as well, but have never been lucky enough to attend one of those.
“Sport” doesn’t necessarily mean “no Sunday’s” everywhere, AND we are kind of reaping what we have sewn for the last 30 years by demanding “sport” recognition.
Food for thought:
How many times have you (general terms not targeting anyone specifically here), thrown your nose up in the air in conversation with someone demanding they respect cheerleading as a “sport?” Every time you do that, you’re INVITING these types of unforeseen problems. Having a “label” does not mean anyone respects you any more or less.
Nope- I’m not the yelp and holler “we are sport” type- in fact I have my own theory’s about what we are. And I 100% agree-
Also you’re so right that its super liberal out here in CA but Sunday is a day of respite?!?? Mmmm-Kay
When I say non supportive, I don’t just mean a “Sunday rule”... let’s face it-it’s not about Sunday because we are all “okay” or “allowed” to go sit in an arena all day in full uniform and be in attendance on a Sunday (organized team gathering) - but step on a mat for 2:30 and we get slapped with threats.
Let’s examine the fact that:
The bigger the event gets and the more diverse the playing field like: Game Day, Traditional, JV- now Stunt the sport (which I’m sure will have its own huge hubaloo everyone will be clamoring to participate/pay to play in - the more logistic issues we will be dealing with.
Hate to break it to everyone, but eventually the event will be longer than 3 days or span over multiple weekends to include and fit in numbers and event divisions - and people will HAVE to miss another day of school.
Also, what happens when and if Gameday gets its own separate set of dates entirely?! Is your AD/state going to be okay with kids flying out to Florida 1,2,3 times a year to compete (not including any additional dates for your dance programs)
Last, there’s a lot of talks about Federal and State competitive time and what can be required monetary for minors to participate in public institutions. So when your state starts to recognize that all sports must have a spending Cap/Restriction on tournaments regardless of fundraising efforts in order to keep your sport “affordable” for everyone or strictly cuts your “tournament attendance” (not play time, but we are talking physical team organized hours together) to 4 hr blocks (yes this has been talked about) and you can’t have ANY contact with your kids the full afternoon of your finals performance because they need mandated “Down time”... I have a feeling many states will be crying uncle.
And before anyone says “not us”... “not our state”... we got slapped with being a sport on our BEE-HINDS.
We also got slapped with NO Sunday after being granted our initial first time/first year waiver... and here we were thinking “oh they will give it to us again or make it permanent because cheer is not what everything else is and common sense says says they should”- NOPE
We NEVER thought it would come to what is has come to and that who we believed to back us up and or simply “doesn’t care” will not be anything more than supportive.
We were the state of “oh they would never”...
And here we are- and they did
