Michigan House Bill 4293: Not Beneficial to Girl's Athletics
House Bill No. 4293 was brought to the House of Representatives on February 20, 2001 by Representatives Kolb, Hansen, Woodward, Dennis, Gieleghem, Zelenko, Murphy, Lipsey, Waters, Bogardus, Jacobs and Anderson. What House Bill No. 4293 basically says is that if a high school has both a boys' and a girls' athletic team in the same sport the seasons should be held at the same time. Part of the argument for this bill was on the basis that the female student-athletes from the state of Michigan who did go on to play at the collegiate level were at a disadvantage because of the different seasons they would play in. (House Bill No. 4293)A widely known change that would incur because of this bill would be moving girl's basketball to the winter where it would coincide with boy's basketball, which would force girls volleyball to be moved to the fall. This change may not affect some schools too greatly but would put schools such as Newberry High School behind the eight ball so to speak. It would put the people of Newberry and its school district in a rather tough position where they would be forced to make some changes if they wanted their athletic programs to be competitive with other schools. These changes would be a necessity beca
Although not the basis of high school athletics, the college athletic scholarship has helped many people to better their lives and give them a better chance at a successful life. In both volleyball and basketball, Michigan's girls placed in the top six, as a state on the whole, on the national level in division-one recruits in the 1999-2000 season. Michigan girls placed fifth in division-one volleyball recruits in 1999-2000, behind states like California and Texas, which, besides being much larger in actual size, have a greater advantage due to the climate they live in. In girls' basketball, Michigan's girls placed sixth in the nation. Once again behind states the likes of Texas and California, where the weather puts them at a great advantage. However, the girls in Michigan are able to overcome this disadvantage due to the scheduling of our sports seasons, which gives college coaches a greater opportunity to look at prospects, and provides ample gym practice time. (http! Girls Win! page 5. http://www.girlswin.org/page5.html llow every team practice time in the gymnasium. For instance, if the girl's basketball program was moved to the winter sports season, that would mean gymnasium time for four girls basketball teams to go along with the five boy's basketball teams; that's nine basketball teams that all need time in one gymnasium. If each team wanted to hold practices that lasted one hour and thirty minutes each, holding these everyday, with a maximum of three teams practicing at once (most likely the seventh, eighth, and ninth grade boys teams). That would mean that on a typical school day the practice schedule would look something like this: 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Grade Boys These are only the practices, this practice schedule would only work on days where no games or wrestling meets were being hosted, and with nine basketball teams and a wrestli
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