tedrick Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Interesting story from Minnesota this past week - 2 smaller colleges in Minnie are pulling the plug on their men's football programs - https://www.twincities.com/2019/12/10/st-cloud-state-to-end-football-golf-programs-in-2020-due-to-legal-financial-issues/ Makes you wonder if drum corps and marching bands should start laying out their performance fields without yard markers - the grid iron could become irrelevant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, tedrick said: Interesting story from Minnesota this past week - 2 smaller colleges in Minnie are pulling the plug on their men's football programs - https://www.twincities.com/2019/12/10/st-cloud-state-to-end-football-golf-programs-in-2020-due-to-legal-financial-issues/ Makes you wonder if drum corps and marching bands should start laying out their performance fields without yard markers - the grid iron could become irrelevant! Already started in the Northeast for high schools as numbers of high school participants in tackle football dwindle. CT alone saw a dozen less football programs in the past two years. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2019/08/29/high-school-football-participation-is-on-a-decade-long-decline/#1fe7e55533de There was a time when Blackstone- Millville (Mass.) had no football team but did have an enthusiastic soccer team and a very fine h.s. band who played at the soccer games between periods. They marched on the soccer field quite well and did wonderfully in USSBA and NESBA. They still do well even though they have a football team. https://www.bmmamusic.org/ Edited December 17, 2019 by xandandl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedrick Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 That is really neat! I think the activity is ready to move on from the grid iron - I would rather just see a performing surface with no yard lines - no tarps please - let's just have a performing surface "field" with no striping - or at most a soccer pitch -- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingerland Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, tedrick said: That is really neat! I think the activity is ready to move on from the grid iron - I would rather just see a performing surface with no yard lines - no tarps please - let's just have a performing surface "field" with no striping - or at most a soccer pitch -- The performers use the markings of the field extensively as reference points when performing. Going back to the early DCI days of only the 50 yard line being marked sn't likely. Edited December 17, 2019 by Slingerland 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, Slingerland said: The performers use the markings of the field extensively as reference points when performing. Going back to the early DCI days of only the 50 yard line being marked sn't likely. DCI and all corps.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 BITD all there was marked were the field outlines & the 50-yard line. Everything old is new again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyDad Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, tedrick said: Interesting story from Minnesota this past week - 2 smaller colleges in Minnie are pulling the plug on their men's football programs - https://www.twincities.com/2019/12/10/st-cloud-state-to-end-football-golf-programs-in-2020-due-to-legal-financial-issues/ Makes you wonder if drum corps and marching bands should start laying out their performance fields without yard markers - the grid iron could become irrelevant! Pffft. Meanwhile Univ. of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) is moving up to Division 1 in football from Division 3. Football is hardly dying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmolnar Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 As a Texan: Football isn't going anywhere. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, HockeyDad said: Pffft. Meanwhile Univ. of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) is moving up to Division 1 in football from Division 3. Football is hardly dying. Wow... good for them. That's quite a jump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Fran Haring said: Wow... good for them. That's quite a jump! Interesting as familiar with Div III and Div II schools and thought number of scholarships for athletes was the big money difference. And believe Div II and III championship games are this weekend in Texas. edit: checked and the two MN schools mentioned are Div II Edited December 17, 2019 by JimF-LowBari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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