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You're probably right, but it did have an effect on the outcome of a high school football game. Either way, these kinds of things will be talked about wherever its located at on here.

He was watching from the parking lot. Please read the article in the link with the original post.

I'll counter by saying the school officials that made the unnecessary decision are the real jackasses. They did not have to do what they did. It was done out of pure animosity, hatred, and a hunger for whatever power the school officials feel they gained by taking that action. The guy went to the parking lot for crying out loud.

Why? Please explain how watching a game alone from a parking lot, apparently with no one else around with the exception of school officials who followed the dad to harass him, makes the dad an idiot? He was not allowed entrance to the game, and went to the parking lot to watch. Wearing a mask in a parking lot is the equivalent to wearing a mask alone in your car.

Please read the article.. He wasn't allowed inside the stadium without a mask. That's just fine. Then he was watching alone from a distance and the game was still cancelled at halftime? This is a PRIME example of a power grab and over-reach by a petty school official. I get it if the guy was in the stands, he wasn't.

The only thing a ranking can be based on in HS football this early in a season, which is performance from the previous season. I do not disagree that any loss should move any team down some, but the competition a team plays matters when considering the rankings as well. A ranked 3A D2 team getting beaten up on by a ranked 4A D2 team shouldn't bear as much weight as playing a weaker team. If that makes sense? That's just my opinion on the subject. I also felt like the original question was taking a shot at Newton as well, which I thought was kind of silly considering, well, they're Newton.

I don't make the rankings, but apparently you are a fortune teller. No, if they get beat like that 3 weeks in a row they will probably not be in the top 5 any longer. However, none of those games have any bearing on how Newton would fare against the other teams ranked in the top 5 in Newton's classification. I'd say no 3A D2 team in the top 10 would do well against any of the teams Newton will play during this 3 week stretch.

Your point is moot. They played up in classification against a ranked team. It has no bearing on whether or not Newton could beat other teams in the top 5 of their own classification.

Irrelevant. If they lost to an unranked, average 4A D2 school, I could understand your "confusion." Your opponent matters.

Common sense would tell you that they lost to a team in a higher classification, that is also ranked in the top 10.

EC by 14

EC by 20

H-F is a good football team, but they most certainly cannot match EC's speed.

I liked his post so much I gave your post liking his post a like too!

There's definitely some sort of disconnect with the football kids for some reason. Baseball doesn't have a problem playing for him though. That's where it confuses me. I know football and baseball are two vastly different sports, but motivation and getting kids to play for you isn't any different between the two. (At least IMO)

That's certainly a possibility. However, the majority of complaints I've heard about Jones are: 1. He expects too much. 2. He's too hard on the kids. Also, Kirbyville hasn't had much talent in the last few years. That's certainly part of it.

I've seen some comments on here saying Jones "bit off too much", and "I haven't heard anything good." If "biting off too much" means holding young men accountable, and EXPECTING them to work hard everyday is "biting off too much" then so be it. If "not hearing anything good" means little Johnny's parents are pissed off because Coach Jones is mean and requires too much of little Johnny then so be it. It's a shame people act this way when someone in charge expects something of them or their children.

The Northeast has had the worst results with the virus by a landslide. That's not really debatable. This Kashkari guy has a ridiculous take IMO.

I haven't heard that, but for the life of me cannot understand why that would help the economy.

While I can somewhat understand your frustration, this country needs to go on with life! Everything cannot be stopped or shut down due to fear, the consequences of doing that for the short time it was done are already devastating. Businesses are closing and many good people have lost their jobs, with no other jobs to be found. Where does it end? What will people have to go back to if the country is shut down again as you suggest it should be? The fact is, that in the long run, more lives will be negatively effected and lost due to the consequences of the shut down (or an additional one) that have been effected by the virus itself. At some point a line has to be drawn.

To be truthful, one is in accordance with executive order GA-29 while not wearing a mask if you are able to maintain a 6 foot distance from others. Taking off the mask should not be an issue while sitting in the stands at 50% capacity.

Sure. Financial reasons from the effects of COVID-19. Otherwise, this game would've 100% been played.

Well said!

With all due respect, the game was cancelled due to COVID-19. The discussion was about that reasoning, and why one may think it is/isn't a good reason to cancel the game.

LT Falcon, I know you liked this chart, but it shows there have been zero covid deaths among Texans aged 5-24. There were more deaths due to pneumonia.