Fat has nothing to do with it. By my GPS watch I run an average of 3-6 miles a night doing games, thank you.
The issue is hydration. After a 60 minute JV match in the sun with only a 5 minute break, anyone will tell you that you should have at least 15 minutes to cool down and hydrate. Usually tie games are competitive matches with the ball up and down the field. How many football players have died just in practice because they didn't hydrate properly?
What people also forget is that after the JV match we have to take another 10-20 minutes to meet the varsity teams, get their rosters, meet with the captains do the coin toss and sometimes do the ceremonial walkout, etc.
So let me do math again. 5:30pm start means the game ends around 6:40 with half time. You give 5 minutes after the game, means OT starts at 6:45. The OT is 12 minutes long with halftime. Means the OT ends at 6:57. Lets be forgiving and say the shootout takes 10 minutes to do. The shootout ends at 7:07. It takes 15 minutes to do pregame, coin toss, etc for the varsity game. The varsity game now is starting around 7:20-7:30pm. How in the world are you going to start a varsity game on time, unless you build a time machine it is mathematically impossible!
You want to call me fat, fine. We can meet anytime and anywhere, and I will run circles around you. Sprint or distance, doesn't matter to me, I am faster then 90% of the players on the pitch and I can run in tournaments all day long from sun up to sun down. Asking for a 10-15 minute break in between games is not unresonable.
Last edited by arrgy; 04/08/12 10:16 AM.
