It's about time that they're talking about it.
Brian Girasoli's article on Monday about high school golf got some discussion going about something I've felt strongly about for a long time.
In New England, golf should be a fall sport.
The reasons why are pretty simple. Just take a gander out your window at the lawn right now and it's pretty clear that winter hasn't quite left yet and we're approaching the middle of April.The conditions on golf courses at this time of year are not what one would consider to be the best.
The players are coming off a long winter of inactivity as far as golf is concerned, some a long of period of inactivity- period.
Plus, there are just so many activities in the spring and summer, many which do not take place on an athletic venue, that the reduction of one sport probably wouldn't matter all that much.
Here is the plus side.
The golf courses, in the fall, are at some of their peak conditions. The players, having played all summer for the most part, are much more prepped to play.
"Senior-itis" will not have set in yet so more athletes are available to choose from and the weather is just plain better. Plus, courses probably wouldn't mind the additional revenue as play from the public begins to slack off in the fall as opposed to picking up in the spring when everyone is antsy to get out and play.
There is the argument that golf will now buck up against football, soccer and cross country but that's not all that different than what it faces now, baseball, track, tennis, and lacrosse.
Let's hope the informal poll that will be taken by the Eastern Connecticut Conference's coaches at the end of the season feels the same and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference also listens.