From the notebook.................
With football season officially completed it's time for the grueling three month stretch that is MAIS basketball. I often share with the many kind folks I chat with at football games about just how difficult and draining basketball season can be, particularly the four week span of post season tournaments that culminates with the Overall Tourney each March.
Another very difficult task is, and has been, posting basketball districts and records during the season and with only approximately 60% participation from schools/coaches reporting scores that endeavor is all but dead. Class AAA is possible due to someone who always steps up and volunteers to help in any way he can and that is East Rankin head basketball coach Michael McAnally. Big "Shout Out" to Coach Mac for always willing to lend a hand!
Coaches in Classes AA & A who wish to help out can contact me at 985-750-3455 or email me at aafandaman@yahoo.com.
Schools who choose to not participate in providing scores can easily set up a school Twitter account, Facebook athletic page or sign on with MaxPreps to post their teams scores each night.
Stressing to MAIS member schools the importance of reporting athletic scores is an area in which the MAIS has failed mightily and one only has to look no further than the largest publication in the state, the Clarion Ledger, to see the total lack of MAIS coverage in the area of simply reporting athletic scores. It appears that the situation is regressing when only a handful of MAIS basketball scores appear in each daily publication.
My understanding is that one duty assigned in the MAIS AAC handbook is for a particular position holder to be responsible for working with the media in promoting MAIS athletics. Whether the term "media" only entails The Clarion Ledger one only knows but I sincerely hope this duty is taken seriously for the betterment of MAIS athletes.
I have posted a link to the AAC handbook at the top of the page in the tabs sections and hope folks will take the time to educate themselves on their MAIS.
I was deeply disturbed recently when I received a call from a parent of an MAIS athlete who said he called the MAIS office requesting information regarding what player held a particular MAIS record in football and the parent was told to call the Clarion Ledger.
I would think the thousands of MAIS parents paying tuition each month would demand more, particularly those who are student-athletes.
I offer kudos to the MAIS for the recent press conference prior to the state championship football games but when the largest publication in the state can't offer up just one question to one of the premier football programs in the MAIS, Simpson Academy, there is a larger problem in the area of promoting the association and that has to be addressed internally by MAIS leadership.
The Southern Sports & Travel link has been removed from the MAIS website and I respectfully request that schools simply do what others have begun doing and that is adding the SS&T link onto their school's websites.
Part two of my series entitled "Can Quality Leadership & Apathy coexist?" will be posted soon. I feel confident it will not be received well from some but I offer up my opinions with good intentions and do my very best to be factual. I've always been obsessed with why mediocrity is often accepted and thinking outside the box is taboo for some.
Finally, from time to time I feel the need to post the following only because some folks like shortcuts instead of doing hard work:
All articles and photos posted on Southern Sports & Travel, unless otherwise noted, are property of Southern Sports & Travel and can only be copied and/or used with permission. That includes any news publications, school associations or individuals who chose to use material without issuing credit to the individual who performed the hard work.
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God is Great!!!!!
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See ya somewhere..........................
Another very difficult task is, and has been, posting basketball districts and records during the season and with only approximately 60% participation from schools/coaches reporting scores that endeavor is all but dead. Class AAA is possible due to someone who always steps up and volunteers to help in any way he can and that is East Rankin head basketball coach Michael McAnally. Big "Shout Out" to Coach Mac for always willing to lend a hand!
Coaches in Classes AA & A who wish to help out can contact me at 985-750-3455 or email me at aafandaman@yahoo.com.
Schools who choose to not participate in providing scores can easily set up a school Twitter account, Facebook athletic page or sign on with MaxPreps to post their teams scores each night.
Stressing to MAIS member schools the importance of reporting athletic scores is an area in which the MAIS has failed mightily and one only has to look no further than the largest publication in the state, the Clarion Ledger, to see the total lack of MAIS coverage in the area of simply reporting athletic scores. It appears that the situation is regressing when only a handful of MAIS basketball scores appear in each daily publication.
My understanding is that one duty assigned in the MAIS AAC handbook is for a particular position holder to be responsible for working with the media in promoting MAIS athletics. Whether the term "media" only entails The Clarion Ledger one only knows but I sincerely hope this duty is taken seriously for the betterment of MAIS athletes.
I have posted a link to the AAC handbook at the top of the page in the tabs sections and hope folks will take the time to educate themselves on their MAIS.
I was deeply disturbed recently when I received a call from a parent of an MAIS athlete who said he called the MAIS office requesting information regarding what player held a particular MAIS record in football and the parent was told to call the Clarion Ledger.
I would think the thousands of MAIS parents paying tuition each month would demand more, particularly those who are student-athletes.
I offer kudos to the MAIS for the recent press conference prior to the state championship football games but when the largest publication in the state can't offer up just one question to one of the premier football programs in the MAIS, Simpson Academy, there is a larger problem in the area of promoting the association and that has to be addressed internally by MAIS leadership.
The Southern Sports & Travel link has been removed from the MAIS website and I respectfully request that schools simply do what others have begun doing and that is adding the SS&T link onto their school's websites.
Part two of my series entitled "Can Quality Leadership & Apathy coexist?" will be posted soon. I feel confident it will not be received well from some but I offer up my opinions with good intentions and do my very best to be factual. I've always been obsessed with why mediocrity is often accepted and thinking outside the box is taboo for some.
Finally, from time to time I feel the need to post the following only because some folks like shortcuts instead of doing hard work:
All articles and photos posted on Southern Sports & Travel, unless otherwise noted, are property of Southern Sports & Travel and can only be copied and/or used with permission. That includes any news publications, school associations or individuals who chose to use material without issuing credit to the individual who performed the hard work.
.
God is Great!!!!!
.
See ya somewhere..........................
