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<blockquote data-quote="IlliniKat91" data-source="post: 1878401" data-attributes="member: 9133"><p>I can tell you don't work with the youth of America.</p><p></p><p>If I told you even a quarter of careless things my athletes did, you'd understand why I made my comment. They're high school kids and very few of them are DI athletes. They're going to screw around. It's what kids do. I understand not wanting it done in a brand new, multimillion dollar facility.</p><p></p><p>You're also vastly overestimating the intelligence and capability of high school administrators. Failing up is a thing in our industry. </p><p></p><p>There are two other factors why we likely don't let anyone use Ubben. One, both the men's and women's teams are gearing up for NCAA runs. They get first dibs. Two, if any of those kids gets injured on Illinois property, the university is liable. I wouldn't want the DIA paying out because a coach lost track of an athlete.</p><p></p><p>Finally, if a high school team is walking through in a parking lot, some one in their DA's office failed to secure practice space for them. I don't think it's the DIA's responsibility to clean that up, either. That's not our bad look, it's the high school's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IlliniKat91, post: 1878401, member: 9133"] I can tell you don't work with the youth of America. If I told you even a quarter of careless things my athletes did, you'd understand why I made my comment. They're high school kids and very few of them are DI athletes. They're going to screw around. It's what kids do. I understand not wanting it done in a brand new, multimillion dollar facility. You're also vastly overestimating the intelligence and capability of high school administrators. Failing up is a thing in our industry. There are two other factors why we likely don't let anyone use Ubben. One, both the men's and women's teams are gearing up for NCAA runs. They get first dibs. Two, if any of those kids gets injured on Illinois property, the university is liable. I wouldn't want the DIA paying out because a coach lost track of an athlete. Finally, if a high school team is walking through in a parking lot, some one in their DA's office failed to secure practice space for them. I don't think it's the DIA's responsibility to clean that up, either. That's not our bad look, it's the high school's. [/QUOTE]
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