OHSAA changes tournament financial structure

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OHSAA adds new tournament fees, will no longer cover some expenses for 2020-21 school year

The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors took significant steps to address the financial situation of the state's governing body for high school athletics during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Summary- tickets are online only, schools dont get a cut of the ticket sales this year, no tournament expenses will be paid by the OHSAA anymore, and some smaller sports (bowling, golf, etc) will have a $25 tournament entry fee.
 
 
This association has been the only game in town for ever rarely serving it's constituents best interests..

Pay the membership fee to a new body.
 
riverroad said:
It would be a shame if a lot of schools opted out of the state football tournament and just played local schools for whatever gate money they can get.
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We don't need them for a state tournament..they need us. It's time those pompous arses recognize that.
 
unclebob said:
This association has been the only game in town for ever rarely serving it's constituents best interests..

Pay the membership fee to a new body.
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That's part of the problem...there are no membership fees. And DeWine capped the attendance. Not the OHSAA
 
riverroad said:
It would be a shame if a lot of schools opted out of the state football tournament and just played local schools for whatever gate money they can get.
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It does make you wonder if this would cause any schools to use the option and opt out to be able to recoup any $$ on their own
 
EagleFan said:
A new organization isn't going to function differently is it? It's revenue would still be primarily ticket sales, no? What would a change accomplish?
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A new organization would somehow do all the governance and organizational tasks we take for granted from the OHSAA with no revenue and all the schools would suddenly be swimming in money from all the imaginary membership fees they already aren’t paying. Duh.
 
brianwr112 said:
Won't happen. Insurance and liability
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What are you talking about again? The insurance is for the year and the OHSAA specifically said that schools could opt of tourney and just play games against each other to recoup money. 1500 paying customers is better than nothing. I don't understand your fascination with liability. It has been proven to be BS time and time again.
 
riverroad said:
If you're sitting at 2-3 or 1-4 going into the draw for tournaments, I think this is probably a much easier choice now.
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A few weeks ago would have said this is crazy, but the more you look at it, who's "excited" to have a #16 seed play a #1 seed on the road in football? Maybe get another league/local game in. Especially as we move forward & the haves vs have-nots in this crazy season will be clearly identified.
 
riverroad said:
It would be a shame if a lot of schools opted out of the state football tournament and just played local schools for whatever gate money they can get.
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I think that's what they are going for. I don't think they really want a playoff with all 700+ football programs.
 
y2h said:
I think that's what they are going for. I don't think they really want a playoff with all 700+ football programs.
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Yuuuup. You think the OHSAA wants to double the amount of refs they have to hire/pay just for some blowouts, among their other expenses? No way.
 
Half schools that opt in will lose in Week 7, and 75% by Week 8. THat still leaves 4 more weeks to play more regular season games. I think you'll see that a lot.

You don't have to opt out of playoffs to book more home games. You can do both
 
EagleFan said:
Half schools that opt in will lose in Week 7, and 75% by Week 8. THat still leaves 4 more weeks to play more regular season games. I think you'll see that a lot.

You don't have to opt out of playoffs to book more home games. You can do both
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Correct. You can play two playoff games and a ten game regular season. I might be a little hectic but it can be done.

Some schools will opt out of the playoffs, but lost revenue won't be the reason why.
 
chs1971 said:
Correct. You can play two playoff games and a ten game regular season. I might be a little hectic but it can be done.

Some schools will opt out of the playoffs, but lost revenue won't be the reason why.
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We already see that with basketball and baseball. The post season tournament starts while some teams still have regular season games going on. A little weirder for football, but should be navigable for schools that want to get in close to a regular number of games.
 
adog said:
It does make you wonder if this would cause any schools to use the option and opt out to be able to recoup any $$ on their own
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Ah yeah that’s good optics for the ‘we’re playing for the kids’- hey team, that tournament you guys want to compete in? sorry we’re actually opting out so we can make a little more money.
 
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