By: hawaiian

hawaiian — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:17:39 +0000

Because the OIA has 14 D1 and 9 D2 schools that need to play a regular season and playoffs and determine a champion before state tournament. All other leagues in the state (ILH, KIF, MIL, BIIF) have just 4 teams or less. The OIA has to start as early as possible to get all their games into the season. All other leagues have all the time in the world to have their 4 teams battle it out to determine the winner. Kids in the OIA have 3 days to prep for a full contact scrimmage, and 9 days to prep for a full speed game. All other leagues have 3 weeks before their first preseason game. If they forced all leagues to start their seasons on the same week as the OIA, then you would get a 100% vote to pass this rule. The administrators dont have player safety in mind, they just want an edge over Mililani! LOL

By: Ldub Twenty

Ldub Twenty — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:47:36 +0000

There is one MAJOR question I’ve got about all of this: WHY does the OIA need the season to start in the second week of August? Why can’t it wait until the third or fourth? The season is beginning earlier and earlier that before you know it, we’ll be playing games in July.

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