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...I think the HSL needs to look into making soccer a fall sport like it is in most states, so kids can have the choice of playing Baseball or Lax in the spring. I know people will complain about soccer in the fall because of Football, but if most states do it, why can't we?

This has been discussed and discussed ad nauseum in the past on this message board and it has always been concluded that this will never happen in SC where most ADs are football coaches and will oppose any move to put another sport on their football fields in the fall. With the economy as it is and the school budget crunch, the idea of creating separate facilities for soccer is also pretty much out of the question for most schools. However, I know of several schools that have either already converted their football fields to multi-sport artificial turf or have plans to do so. This could possibly relieve AD concerns about field abuse by other sports, but scheduling games and practices for football JV and varsity, boys soccer JV and varsity and girls soccer JV and varsity could be a real issue. I know this is done in some other states like West Virginia where soccer is played in the fall on the same fields as football, but how do they manage the scheduling? If football is on Thursdays and Fridays, boys and girls soccer would, at best, have to schedule games on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays unless Saturdays and Sundays were an option. Either way, this would greatly stretch the already limited referee force.