The snow has been causing a lot of frustration for coaches, athletic directors and players alike. The New Haven Register put out an article that I think captures the tumult and implications of all these cancellations and that I would like to direct your attention to: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/02/01/sports/high_school/doc4d48b4b8c2c45017150060.txt.
Also, the CIAC announced today (2/2) that they will allow teams to make up games on Sundays: http://www.casciac.org/scripts/shownews.cgi?story=1105. However, there are some stipulations that I agree with completely. First off, the games must be at of after 12:30pm, obviously a move to allow people to go to church, the purpose of Sunday. Having the game after 12:30 allows people to practice their religion and make the most of the rest of the day...good move. All new dates and times must be agreed to by both teams, like any make up game, so that rule is still in effect for Sundays. Also, I think it is good that the CIAC will not move back the dates for the winter sports playoffs. It's bad enough that football runs so far into the winter, there is no need to make winter run into to spring when teams have a whole month to make up postponed games. My only concern, from an student-athlete's perspective, is for time to do homework. In the world of high school, Sunday is also regarded as the day to do all the weekend's homework and projects. In addition, playing up to four (or five) games a week may be detrimental to having time and energy for homework but I think that since it almost in place of practice, that is less of a concern than losing the all so valuable "homework day", Sunday. All in all, I am in favor of the decision and look forward to a sports-packed (and hopefully snow-free) February!
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