Posted by jim on 10/16/2009, 12:22 pm, in reply to "Re: USD, UNLV added as home games"
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understand ~ we have also been doing this for the last couple of years. going to san diego, etc., playing at the mid..,..
--Previous Message--
: It would be incorrect to call those scrimmages
: home games. They don't even count as
: exhibitions.
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: Somewhere around the time that the NCAA
: banned teams from playing pre-season
: exhibition games against Athletes in Action,
: and other non-collegiate teams, they also
: made the rule about scrimmages against other
: institutions being closed to the public.
:
: The reasoning behind this is two-fold:
: Scrimmages against other collegiate teams
: would probably be higher competition.
: Losing could be embarrassing, and a
: disincentive to playing. That's why they
: keep the fans out, and institutions do not
: publicly release the outcomes of these
: scrimmages.
:
: The first year that this rule went into
: effect, I was invited to a scrimmage by
: then-Fullerton coach Donnie Daniels. He
: then sheepishly had to uninvite me.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Scrimmages, closed to the public. Per Frank
: Burlison.
:
: should we still be high hopes, low
: expectations? I'm thinking high hopes,
: moderate expectations.
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: http://www.presstelegram.com/moresports/ci_13573874
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