r/sportsinusa

I know it makes things more fair but I hate it. I liked when the game was more human and made mistakes. And now baseball with its challenging balls and strikes? Hate it. Let umps be umps, right or wrong. I hate it in other sports too. Get rid of all challenges and get back to good old human arguments.

Wanted to open up this post because looking around Atlanta and other Southern cities, we are continuing this insanity. Games at 1pm on Saturday and Sunday with temp's in the county at 95-98 degrees, and the heat on the turf well into the 100's.

Add to that this past weekend that we had all 3 games (1pm Saturday, 7pm Saturday and 1pm Sunday) were delayed because of lightning strikes. That left over 100 sets of parents (3+ fields) sitting in a parking lot for hours waiting for the thunder clock to run out and not reset.

So, I ask the question- WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Would love some thoughts on:

1. Playing games early and late with an embargo from 1-6pm. I know I don't want to wake up at 6am on a Sunday but we have to have the discussion

2. Adopt a T2 Tennis model for Preseason- Coaches here are each others contact and we have reserved fields (or you can arrange other fields) and you have to finish your games in the next 2 weeks. We can have the Championships on the weekend if you like.

3. Do you maybe shorten the games to 30 minutes and play more games. This offers rest and makes it easier to jam in games when lightning delays happen.

4. To quote my childhood coach... Do we just keep doing what we are doing? The heat is just part of the game and it's part of the preseason process? Lightning delays are a great chance for the team to get together with some social time and just be kids?

Since the leagues have no intention of asking these questions, maybe we can have a constructive conversation and see if there are some options.

I mean i truly believe you can be absolutely competitive in this type of system. The thing is there are some cases like the 2008 Detroit Lions in the NFL where the results were extremely discouraging and the team remained in the league because of the system. Of course if i'm totally objective there's the other side of the coin . Perfection is something possible the 72 Miami Dolphins proved it.