Just started FNL...

[rugbywife]

And I have questions from a Canadian...

Who pays all those coaches?
Are coaches teachers too?
Do they charge for tickets?

I am sure I will be back with more questions, we are only a few minutes into the first episode!!

[redheadk]

The school district

Sometimes. It depends.

Yes.

[rugbywife]

So wait a second...teachers have to pay for their own photocopying paper but they can pay multiple people to coach??

[spk926]

Jul 31, 2015 18:50:11 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

And I have questions from a Canadian...

Who pays all those coaches?
Are coaches teachers too?
Do they charge for tickets?

I am sure I will be back with more questions, we are only a few minutes into the first episode!!

The school district

Around here head coaches are as are most assistant coaches. Maybe 2-3 coaches aren't but almost all are.

Yes, it costs to get into any HS sporting event.

[pooh8402]

School district

In my district, only the head football coach wasn't a teacher, because he was also the athletic director (oversaw all of the athletic programs, not just football). Every other coach taught something.

Yep. All HS sporting events cost to get in. Somewhere between $3 and $10 usually.

[rugbywife]

I am not trying to be an ass, it's just so foreign to me, we have nothing like this here. Nothing.

[zarapipe]

Jul 31, 2015 18:55:06 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

I am not trying to be an ass, it's just so foreign to me, we have nothing like this here. Nothing.

What are your hs sports like?

[rootbeerfloat]

Ditto pps. BIL is not a teacher and coaches in addition to his regular job. He gets a stipend, which is not a large amount.

[rugbywife]

Jul 31, 2015 18:55:53 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

Jul 31, 2015 18:55:06 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

I am not trying to be an ass, it's just so foreign to me, we have nothing like this here. Nothing.

What are your hs sports like?

All sports that are school based are coached on a volunteer basis.

Eta: we don't charge to attend, they are not covered by major networks and nobody talks about them on the radio.

[bowies]

Another black mark against Canada.

[pooh8402]

Jul 31, 2015 18:56:48 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

Eta: we don't charge to attend, they are not covered by major networks and nobody talks about them on the radio.

Don't worry, the majority of HS sports, even football in TX, are not covered by major networks or talked about on anything other than local radio. Only the really big schools. I would get excited to see my little high school mentioned in the Houston Chronicle, and it was usually just the score.

[lg28]

Rugby / Dh had a hard time with season 1 because he honestly didn't believe that high school football could be taken that seriously.

And this is a man who has NFL season tickets and we live in Canada. Lol.

I've been told by this board it's frighteningly accurate.

Crazy to me.

[lg28]

And good choice on TV show!!
I'm on season 3. I watch it when the kiddos are napping.

[rugbywife]

Jul 31, 2015 19:09:06 GMT -5 lg28 said:

Rugby / Dh had a hard time with season 1 because he honestly didn't believe that high school football could be taken that seriously.

And this is a man who has NFL season tickets and we live in Canada. Lol.

I've been told by this board it's frighteningly accurate.

Crazy to me.

I was going to say, I doubt we take the CFL this seriously. Lol.

[lg28]

What's the CFL??


Kidding

But you're right. We don't take the CFL that seriously. What's interesting to me is that NO high school sports are taken seriously anywhere in Canada that I know of. Clearly we are an avid hockey nation but high school hockey teams are still for fun. Anything "serious" is outside of school.

I'm a big believer in school for the purpose of educating though. I won't red shirt my kid to think about his "sports future past little league".

[auntie]

It really varies.

In DS's high school, most coaches are teachers. The head football coach was an amazing teacher state certified in K-12 Sped, secondary math, PE, social studies, science, English, Spanish, ELL, and counseling. The parent booster group also pays for a few specialist coaches. The band parents also pay for a visual consultant, brass coach, guard choreographer and drum line instructor.

Football and basketball have an admission charge at the gate. Soccer, Tennis, LAX, baseball, swimming, tracks, CC, bowling, etc are free.

[chicago]

Oh man, I am just jealous that you get to watch it for the first time. Tim Riggins.

[bowies]

I grew up in Florida, another big football state, and our coaches were teachers but they taught P.E., sports electives, and driver's ed. High school football games were broadcast on the CBS affiliate. ESPN would broadcast the state championship game.

One of my college's quarterbacks was from Canada. The fuck?

[water*drop]

Jul 31, 2015 19:09:06 GMT -5 lg28 said:

I've been told by this board it's frighteningly accurate.

It was very similar to how it was at my HS. I binge watched it after DS was born. I'm almost never homesick, and watching it made me alternate between wanting to move back right this second and being so thankful I got out. It was weird.

To answer rugbywife's questions, most (but not all) of our coaches were teachers or worked in the athletic department. They were paid by the district, and yes, it cost money to get into our games. 

[rugbywife]

Jul 31, 2015 19:14:51 GMT -5 lg28 said:

What's the CFL??


Kidding

But you're right. We don't take the CFL that seriously. What's interesting to me is that NO high school sports are taken seriously anywhere in Canada that I know of. Clearly we are an avid hockey nation but high school hockey teams are still for fun. Anything "serious" is outside of school.

I'm a big believer in school for the purpose of educating though. I won't red shirt my kid to think about his "sports future past little league".

I am the same. I am happy that competitive sports here are all essentially outside of the school system. But that's probably just because that's what I know. It was the same when I lived in France though, sports were all community based, not at the school level.

[spk926]

Obviously every place is different but it's so weird to hear athletic directors are coaches. I have never once seen or heard of that around here. They are in charge of the coaches (and all athletic stuff) but are never coaches themselves.

[lg28]

So it's sounding very regional then?

I still can't imagine high school sports being big $$ makers!!!

rugbywife can you imagine as a principal having to think about things like hiring people for their coaching ability?? I can't wait till you hit season 3. I would imagine the job of a principal is stressful as fuck on a good day as it is!!

[rugbywife]

Jul 31, 2015 19:23:31 GMT -5 lg28 said:

So it's sounding very regional then?

I still can't imagine high school sports being big $$ makers!!!

rugbywife can you imagine as a principal having to think about things like hiring people for their coaching ability?? I can't wait till you hit season 3. I would imagine the job of a principal is stressful as fuck on a good day as it is!!

Lol. How well our sports teams do is irrelevant to my job entirely. Same with HS. Like if your team wins, awesome. But if they don't? Not the end of the world, by any means. There are no jobs found or lost in school sports, no financial aspect, other that we use some of our budget to buy equipment.

[cricketwife]

Jul 31, 2015 18:57:07 GMT -5 bowies said:

Another black mark against reason to move to Canada.

FTFY. 

[spk926]

Jul 31, 2015 19:33:20 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Jul 31, 2015 19:20:24 GMT -5 spk926 said:

Obviously every place is different but it's so weird to hear athletic directors are coaches. I have never once seen or heard of that around here. They are in charge of the coaches (and all athletic stuff) but are never coaches themselves.

It depends on the size of the district. Big districts have a district AD but the head football coaches are usually campus ADs. Small districts the head football coach is the AD.

Yeah not up here. AD are never coaches.

[bananapancakes]

Jul 31, 2015 19:13:43 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Jul 31, 2015 19:11:19 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

I was going to say, I doubt we take the CFL this seriously. Lol.

My parents are really into the Tiger Cats (seasons tickets etc) but even still!

Oskee wee wee!

Little known fact about bananapancakes:

When the Grey Cup was in Hamilton in the 90's, I was one of the "Jr. Ti-Cats" half time dancers. I danced on the field while the Nylons performed. I'm pretty much famous! I'll give you my autograph tomorrow.

[pooh8402]

Jul 31, 2015 19:36:53 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Jul 31, 2015 19:08:24 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

Don't worry, the majority of HS sports, even football in TX, are not covered by major networks or talked about on anything other than local radio. Only the really big schools. I would get excited to see my little high school mentioned in the Houston Chronicle, and it was usually just the score.

Do yall not do the Thursday Night Lights in your area? Everywhere ee have lived they have broadcast games on TV.

No, and neither has DH. I'm from small town east TX and DH is from large city west TX (his HS was part of the little SWC, and competed against Permian).

I haven't seen it in my current town either.

[rugbywife]

Jul 31, 2015 19:46:43 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Jul 31, 2015 19:42:24 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

Oskee wee wee!

Little known fact about bananapancakes:

When the Grey Cup was in Hamilton in the 90's, I was one of the "Jr. Ti-Cats" half time dancers. I danced on the field while the Nylons performed. I'm pretty much famous! I'll give you my autograph tomorrow.

Too much Canada to understand any of this.

Grey Cup is our Super Bowl. Minus the half time show extravagance and commercials. So, typical Canadian sports.

[bananapancakes]

Jul 31, 2015 19:49:19 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

Jul 31, 2015 19:46:43 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Too much Canada to understand any of this.

Grey Cup is our Super Bowl. Minus the half time show extravagance and commercials. So, typical Canadian sports.

I don't know. The half time show in 1996 was pretty extravagant! Can you get more extravagent than the Nylons featuring bananapancakes?

[rugbywife]

Jul 31, 2015 19:54:34 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

Jul 31, 2015 19:49:19 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

Grey Cup is our Super Bowl. Minus the half time show extravagance and commercials. So, typical Canadian sports.

I don't know. The half time show in 1996 was pretty extravagant! Can you get more extravagent than the Nylons featuring bananapancakes?

This is true.