Nederland Alumni Game

[sccer4ever25]

I heard Nederland boys were not having an alumni game this year... is there any truth to this?

[NDFan09]

Yes, there will be no alumni game this year

[sccer4ever25]

That is such a shame. Why did they decide not to this year? I know, as an alumni myself, i love going back to play one friendly a year...

[reccosdog]

Last year an alumni player took out one of the varsity players. Coach is trying to avoid that happening again. That's what I heard and I think it's hogwash!

[sccer4ever25]

Well honestly they are more likely to get injured in a scrimmage against another school then some old guys having a good time

[reccosdog]

[quote name="sccer4ever25" post="936894" timestamp="1292913553"]
Well honestly they are more likely to get injured in a scrimmage against another school then some old guys having a good time
[/quote]EXACTLY!!!

[hj_hawk_60]

I heard that the UIL changed some starting date for scrimmages or something. This is making it so that most schools cannot have alumni games. I know for sure tha Hardin Jefferson isn't having one either.

[sccer4ever25]

Well if thats the case, why not have one at the end of the year. There are plenty of alternatives.

[wasone03]

My two cents of the soccer alumni games: These games were started as a way to show how the present teams compared to the past teams. They were taken semi-seriously by the alumni and seriously by the present team. This worked well for a while and all was dandy but recently the games have turned into a joke. No one takes them seriously, its a bunch of joking around by the alumni and is just a waste of time for the present team to be getting better. It is also one more game that someone could get hurt in. Of course, someone could get hurt in any game, but its probably better to get hurt in a game that means something that not. People seem to think that these games were designed strictly for the alumni and I'm sorry to say that high school coaches are looking way further than to be worrying about there old players getting to play again. No offense to anyone but the alumni have graduated, they (we) are not in any point of focus and until the game becomes vastly less competitive (which the opposite is happening) I just don't think coaches will even take the time to schedule alumni games any more. Is it for the better or worse? IDK.. Cheers.