Burwell Basketball

[Alum-Ni]

Have you seen how many games they play each week for volleyball and basketball?

I wish my daughters' team didn't play 3 games a week, every week of the season.

Too many games nowadays. Don't worry about these poor teams not getting to compete, they will still get to compete plenty of times.

Many times co-oping means small, low talent level schools must compete with larger, more talented schools, resulting in more embarrassing losses.

You act like co-oping is easy. Try traveling on muddy gravel roads for 30+ miles one way 5 days a week. Not every town is 5 miles apart with highways.

How much more do parents need to worry about their teenage children driving in the dark after practices, especially when the younger kids on the team cannot drive yet, so now you are placing multiple young lives in the hands of your kids when they have to give each other rides?

Who pays for the fuel bill for these kids to drive back and forth? Who gets out of practice at 7 or 8pm instead of 6pm each night? How much more family time must be given up in the evenings?

Please don't act like co-oping is such as easy choice that is only denied by selfishness.

There is a lot of sacrifice for each school (admins, head and assistant coaches that get paid very little, students, parents, fans, etc) that co-ops.

You aren't wrong there. My niece is a freshman on a Class C team. Between JV and Reserve games she will probably have at least 30 games this year. That's a lot.

 

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Sioux County is such a tough spot. 17 total girls in 9-12, and closest school is Crawford that they would ever be able to potentially co-op with and they are 30 miles away. Surprised this hasn't happened more often.

 

[VortecHusker]

Sioux Co. had a girls Bball co-op pretty much all lined up and their school board wavered at the 11th hour. They had enough to play VB but several girls are not participating in Bball. I believe only four girls wanted to do Bball this season.

 

[ClkTwr2011]

This is a Facebook Post from a friend. This is not my post, but it really stuck with me. Is this the problem or part of the problem? I don't know for sure but can certainly see how it could be at the very least a factor.

Lots of folks are upset because athletic teams are forfeiting seasons or canceling programs all together in Nebraska. Low numbers of participants is largely being blamed.
This isn't the kids fault.
Y'all have taken shit too far.
These kids realize, to play football and see the field, you start about 15 minutes after track season is over. Camps, summer weights, etc.
If you don't do them all, you won't see the field.
So the kids devote a significant portion of the summer to it. Throw in a few basketball or wrestling camps along the way. It makes it nearly impossible to have a summer job or do typical teenager stuff. Then they get the joy of the has beens who went 2-6 or 0- and forever critiquing and pressuring. Many of these teenagers probably have a better grip on reality and priorities than the parents and community members.
I'm not against families doing club ball and pushing their kids a little. I'm not against coaches providing opportunities for kids to get better if they choose. I just think we need to realize that more kids are going to step off the hamster wheel, especially if they are disadvantaged financially.