gotgame43 wrote:I agree on all of these...my opinion is kids are pretty spoiled these days and the game of basketball looks a lot like "work". I witness several kids at a game just this evening there with their parents and siblings were playing and the youngsters(elementary students) where playing their ipad..."IPAD". Seriously, they cant put that dumb thing down for an hour to watch a basketball "game" , which is the same thing they were playing a "game". I was dumbfounded. There is too much money in the world today. Its more pleasurable to be just handed things from adults than to fully enjoy the victory of a hard fought battle. People wont like this but I blame MOM and DAD.
The Schwab wrote:I agree with all of your points except the last one, Consolidation of schools is not the answer.
Shawn wrote:Great topic. A couple of other viewpoints.
1. Academic rigor for kids now is at an all-time high. It will only get harder as the common core is getting ready to be implemented. The classes we took in high school back in the day compared to now are not even close. There is an increased stress level for kids today.
2. NBA is a joke, full of corrupt officials that have dictated the outcome of games, full of big, muscular athletes that can't make 50% of their free throws. A few decades ago we grew up watching Jordan, Bird, Magic etc.... We couldn't wait to get out a bb and get a game of hoops going. Not sure the kids get that same type of exposure. Heck, Lebron is the top BB player in the game and majority of the time if you turn on ESPN all you hear are people bashing him. Crazy, here is your top money maker/face of the NBA and you hear him bashed all the time. You didn't hear that back in the day. It seemed like everyone spent their time positively marketing the sport. Not the same today IMHO.
3. No cheerleaders anymore. Yes, I said it. Those once referred to as "annoying" parts of the game are missed. No longer do you hear the organized cheers, but instead the only thing you hear all negative complaints towards officials to even fans yelling at their own players. The officials part has always been part of the game, you just didn't hear it as much because of cheerleaders. I would be interested to see the results of a poll on how many athletes really don't like some of their own fans due to how they are treated by them.
4. Co-ops. A needed thing today to keep the sport alive, but has killed the rivalries and has increased stress level for kids (traveling umpteen extra hours a season on a bus just for practice instead of spending time actually practicing. Now you want me to come in during my limited free time and practice some more??).
5. GBB and BBB seasons at the same time. No longer do kids have weekends off. A Saturday game years ago was very rare. Maybe in a tournament you would play on a Saturday. Also, with the seasons being at the same time, you have a dwindled fan base. Admit it, we sure enjoyed it when the girls came to watch our games. I'm sure they enjoyed it when we came to watch their games. Hard for kids to do that now days.
6. GBB and BBB seasons are at the same time. This has resulted in schools having to find another coach, which has led to non-educator/parent coaches. Some work out great, but would be safe to say majority do not. Not always due to poor coaching ability, but due to if you didn't play my kid as much as I though he should be playing, then I will no longer do business with you. Now it becomes a personnel livelihood issue. Teachers were protected from that aspect.
So, I have to defend kids just a bit. It is a different world than the days when we went to school. Does it appear we have more kids not doing anything when it comes to sports today than compared to before. I think all schools run into that. Sure seems like the common thing you hear when this happens is the playstation/xbox reason. I have to believe that is indeed partially true. I also believe that the are many more factors involved than what we had to deal with though. Many factors that we can't change. Great previous discussions by everyone.
bsoldiergirl wrote:It would be nice if games could be played like they were when my mom was in school. (57 years ago) Back then, the boys (A squad) and the girls (A squad) basketball teams played on the same night. Granted, they didn't have an A, B, or C squad back then, they just had one team for boys and one for girls. This would be an excellent way to get fans of girls and boys basketball together so they wouldn't have to choose which game to go to and be able to cheer for both teams. This might help boost attendance and spark more interest. There would have to be a separate game day for B & C squad games.
Just some food for thought........
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