Why did no one see this conflict before the CIF SS division scheduling was made? Lots of WP fans are going to need to choose where to be Saturday at 1pm. Both venues are high stakes rivalry games. CIF SS OPEN should be at 6pm.
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Going to UCLA USC, streaming Open Division final on the phone
I’d hope most WP fans that don’t have a kid playing in the tournament would prioritize the NCAA game lol
I blame CIFSS for this for (at least) two reasons: (1) the 1p start for UCLA vs USC game has been on the calendar since August, and (2) historically the CIFSS Open game has been at 5p. This could have been avoided if they just kept the game at 5p.
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SPA Championships also same day.
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Why would you think CIF is required to schedule around a college game?
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CIF is not required to work around the college schedule. However, It would be nice if they recognized that there is a potential conflict and try to be reasonable with the options. They had flexibility three days ago. I’ve already talked to a few people (who don’t have a kid in either game) and would like to be at both.
spectators at all WP games is the general goal
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I can’t argue with complaints about the conflict. I suspect CIF thinks that they will get more people at the open championship game in the middle of the day as others will get there early or stay later to include the open game in their plans to watch their own kids.
I’d prefer the college game was at 7pm instead.
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I’d like to think @Gibson is right and CIF actually had some logical rationale for moving the game to mid-afternoon. But I also wouldn’t be surprised if CIF has absolutely no idea there’s a USC-UCLA game scheduled at the same time.
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I may be wrong, but I thought CIF rotated the Championship games so Divisions weren’t always playing at the same time.
D5 9am
D4 1030am
D3 12pm
D2 130pm
D1 3pm
Open 5pm
And everyone shifts down the next year. That might make too much sense though.
CIF can’t be concerned with a UCLA vs USC game when they make their schedules. That OPEN final will be full of spectators that have kids in HS or recently graduated, and everybody else can watch the UCLA/USC game if they wish. THere is also some pickleball championships on ESPN that day
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The CIFSS finals are Saturday. The USC/UCLA game is Nov-28. That said, the USC/Indiana game is in fact Saturday.
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The timing of the open division game may reflect the fact that Mount Sac is also hosting the CIF cross country prelims on Saturday. Maybe trying to stagger the crowds or something?
I’m 100% certain CIF is not aware of any college games nor should they care. CIF finals schedule never makes any sense. The logical thing to do would have the D1 game right before the Open final, but they never do that and make it impossible to see both in person without being there all day.
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That might make sense for neutral fans but I can see that causing problems for fans of the teams playing second that didn’t go to the first game.
This is spot on. CIF typically are not water polo people and have no clue. This is across all sections.
Last I heard it was Kristine Palle in charge. She has water polo connections. Has that changed?
USC vs UCLA is in fact Saturday 14th at 1 pm
However CIF has a lot of different games and sports to schedule, along with winter sports that are about to start, where transfers and schedules need to be monitored, and the NCAA games should be the least of their concerns when scheduling their events, specially since it’s not even MPSF championship weekend yet
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Does anyone know if the CIF games are streamed and where to find that stream?
On the NFHS Network
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