VICTORY!! THE DISTRICT OFFICIALLY DECIDED TO KEEP GIRLS TENNIS IN THE FALL AND WE ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED THIS GOAL!! THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR OUR ATHLETES BECAUSE WE KEPT THE SEASON EXACTLY WHERE IT BELONGS!! STAY VIGILANT BECAUSE WE HAVE PROVEN THAT WHEN WE UNITE WE CANNOT BE IGNORED!!
September 30, 2017
Final supporters
PETITION
Keep MCPS Girls Tennis in the Fall
The Maryland State Athletic Association has issued a ruling making girls ineligible from playing in the State championships if their season is not in the Spring. This ruling appears vindictive in that it only affects MCPS girls tennis participants. As a result of this ruling, there has been a movement by administrators to move the MCPS girls tennis season from the Fall – when it has been held for as long as anyone can remember – to the Spring. Moving the girls season from Fall to Spring would have several major undesirable consequences:
A) Fewer girls will be permitted to participate in the Spring. Holding the girls and boys seasons at the same time will necessarily cut down on the size of the teams due to the necessity of sharing the courts and cutting practice times for both boys and girls. Practices will also have to run later.
B) Two-thirds of the tennis coaches coach both the boys and girls teams. Accordingly, these coaches will be forced to choose between coaching one team or the other due to conflicts between practices and matches.
C) The weather for the Fall practices and schedule is always better than in the Spring. Fall practice starts in August, while Spring practice starts on March 1st, when the weather is frequently both cold and inclement.
Over 98% of the girls players do not even participate in the State Tournament, yet these girls and their coaches would be compelled to make major sacrifices for the handful of girls that might. This also assumes that the best players would continue to participate if the season was switched to the Spring. Currently, outstanding girls players do not play for their high school teams; more are likely to follow if the girls season is switched to the Spring and combined with the boys season.
Considering the above factors, we respectfully request that the proposed changes be reconsidered, keeping girls tennis in Montgomery County as a Fall sport.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
August 17, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
June 24, 2017
131 Comments
Totally against moving girls tennis to Spring. Would be very dissapointing for more than half of current players to be benched or not make team if moved to Spring.
I played HS Tennis and HS softball. I would not have been able to play both if Tennis was moved to the spring. Do not move girls tennis to the spring. Too many girks play spring sports and tennis will suffer.
Keeping the boys & girls tennis seasons separate allows greater opportunity to participate and excel for both genders. Better access to the limited resources of courts and coaches benefits both. Why would you change that?
This is an issue for most high schools as most schools do not have the funds to add more courts and don't have enough courts for 2 teams (Poolesville doesn't even have enough courts for 1 full team).
Keep the girl's tennis in the fall. A change to spring will create a burden for those coaches that are involved with both girl's and boy's tennis and take away opportunities for girls trying to compete for courts with boy's spring tennis.
I fear what would happen if coaches had to choose between the girls and boys team due to lack of courts
I 100% agree with this petition. Moving girls tennis to the spring is a horrible idea and the people who made the decision clearly haven't thought out the consequences.
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VICTORY!! THE DISTRICT OFFICIALLY DECIDED TO KEEP GIRLS TENNIS IN THE FALL AND WE ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED THIS GOAL!! THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR OUR ATHLETES BECAUSE WE KEPT THE SEASON EXACTLY WHERE IT BELONGS!! STAY VIGILANT BECAUSE WE HAVE PROVEN THAT WHEN WE UNITE WE CANNOT BE IGNORED!!
September 30, 2017
Final supporters
PETITION
Keep MCPS Girls Tennis in the Fall
The Maryland State Athletic Association has issued a ruling making girls ineligible from playing in the State championships if their season is not in the Spring. This ruling appears vindictive in that it only affects MCPS girls tennis participants. As a result of this ruling, there has been a movement by administrators to move the MCPS girls tennis season from the Fall – when it has been held for as long as anyone can remember – to the Spring. Moving the girls season from Fall to Spring would have several major undesirable consequences:
A) Fewer girls will be permitted to participate in the Spring. Holding the girls and boys seasons at the same time will necessarily cut down on the size of the teams due to the necessity of sharing the courts and cutting practice times for both boys and girls. Practices will also have to run later.
B) Two-thirds of the tennis coaches coach both the boys and girls teams. Accordingly, these coaches will be forced to choose between coaching one team or the other due to conflicts between practices and matches.
C) The weather for the Fall practices and schedule is always better than in the Spring. Fall practice starts in August, while Spring practice starts on March 1st, when the weather is frequently both cold and inclement.
Over 98% of the girls players do not even participate in the State Tournament, yet these girls and their coaches would be compelled to make major sacrifices for the handful of girls that might. This also assumes that the best players would continue to participate if the season was switched to the Spring. Currently, outstanding girls players do not play for their high school teams; more are likely to follow if the girls season is switched to the Spring and combined with the boys season.
Considering the above factors, we respectfully request that the proposed changes be reconsidered, keeping girls tennis in Montgomery County as a Fall sport.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
August 17, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
June 24, 2017
131 Comments
I'm on the boy's team, and our school has FOUR courts. Our team is small enough and trying to cram two teams onto our tiny courts would be terrible for both teams, needing more cuts and discouraging more people from playing the sport
Totally against moving girls tennis to Spring. Would be very dissapointing for more than half of current players to be benched or not make team if moved to Spring.
I played HS Tennis and HS softball. I would not have been able to play both if Tennis was moved to the spring. Do not move girls tennis to the spring. Too many girks play spring sports and tennis will suffer.
Keeping the boys & girls tennis seasons separate allows greater opportunity to participate and excel for both genders. Better access to the limited resources of courts and coaches benefits both. Why would you change that?
This is an issue for most high schools as most schools do not have the funds to add more courts and don't have enough courts for 2 teams (Poolesville doesn't even have enough courts for 1 full team).
Keep the girl's tennis in the fall. A change to spring will create a burden for those coaches that are involved with both girl's and boy's tennis and take away opportunities for girls trying to compete for courts with boy's spring tennis.
I fear what would happen if coaches had to choose between the girls and boys team due to lack of courts
I 100% agree with this petition. Moving girls tennis to the spring is a horrible idea and the people who made the decision clearly haven't thought out the consequences.
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I'm on the boy's team, and our school has FOUR courts. Our team is small enough and trying to cram two teams onto our tiny courts would be terrible for both teams, needing more cuts and discouraging more people from playing the sport