Allsports you are correct, it was just my understanding that schools were supposed to use a portion to pay official scorekeepers/ scoreboard operators. I've ran the scoreboard for football and basketball at 2 different schools over the years, and both always paid me for every OHSAA tournament game I worked.
You should never feel bad about anything ACME related. Hopefully its slow death continues and within the next couple of years it is gone.
Game workers are required to be paid there is just not a set amount. It's in the tournament managers guide you get. I think the current suggested rate is $25-30 per game.
I truly have no idea. D1 was at Miami this year for the first time in a while. I’m not familiar with a lot of the high school fields in southwest Ohio. D3 was at wright state. Always a great venue. I believe d4 was at Princeton. That leaves midland and UC as sites they’ve used in the past. Also athletes in action in Xenia.
You don't do well with reading comprehension.
Athletes and action doesn’t have the seating. It really needs though. That place is not as large as people think. There’s always a ton of standing room there which probably isn’t the worst thing ever but it’s also an issue with parking due to how many other events could go on that day especially now that they’ve built the indoor facility and expanded the soccer fields.
From the 2024 tournament manager's manual....
So here we are again complaining (not just you, there's others as well) without knowing the facts pertaining to the situation. We don't know the availability and the willingness of other venues with regards to hosting and we certianly (as admitted by another on here) don't know why the scoreboard was not operating/being operated at Mason. There of plenty of issues with the OHSAA, however it's not fair to kick them on this without knowing the facts.
So are you not complaining? It’s a bad venue. Period. Been there multiple times.
Nope..... got better thngs to do than worry about things I have no control over
Agreed
See "plenty of issues with the OHSAA". One of the funnier stories about Head Coach/Umpire interactions that I have heard is related to baseballs at a tournament game (early round) played at Mason many years ago.
WTF?
Rec, legion, travel, there’s plenty of other options. Not all travel costs thousands of dollars.
The lack of baseballs exists at every level as if it’s some kind of rare gem. At the state tourney they even ask for them back. It’s almost hilarious.
I agree. Mason is nice but Iam not sure it is even the nicest facility in the area. D2 Regional Championship games deserve a proper location. I was surprised that Miami University didn't get all the games. If you are playing a State Championship game at 10:00 AM (not good for high school players but whatever), I think they could have made Miami work.
Ya get put of something whatever ya put into it.
Totally agree on travel baseball. Truly only about the money and it's everyone. Unfortunately, it is the only game in town. Have coached at both(hs and summer) for over 40 years. Summer is nothing but d-bag coaches, parents only looking to get Jr a D1 scholarship and tourney organizers after your wallet. Great game, sad state of following it.
Wait til 2025 and there are 7 divisions. OHSAA may go to the 1:50 time limit on a ball game.
If they do that in the regionals and state tournaments people will riot.
They are going to play over 3-4 days right now at 4 sites or try to find 7 sites. This is not a realistic problem. There are already conversations taking place to plan for the expansion. It is also likely the case all games through District finals will be played at higher seed sites with Regionals being the first neutral site games. State semi-games will be at various locations with a select few rotating at the site of the finals which would be played over two days (the finals will be played over two days). I've been in the room on these.
and 8AM games......
Looks like Mason will host some state semi finals.
Probably. They host football and basketball tournament games too. They have a well respected and well connected AD, ample parking and plenty of parent volunteers when needed.
it is likely they would host Regionals. The SW State sites in process are all colleges for semi finals but nothing is in stone yet.
Now why would people do something like apologize. Obviously Mason should have had additional people who could run the scoreboard. I mean the nerve of them to not have at least a 10 backups for every possible scenario.
Not really.