Working Through the Summer

A lot of people think our jobs are like school teachers -- gee, must be fun to have all summer off. Not so much, as one of my assistants would say. Coincidentally, the same one on an airplane to Sacramento for the NCAA track meet. There is a lull in the game action from mid-June to August, but that only allows time to reorient for the report of soccer, football and volleyball.
Among the things happening in the summer are press guide layouts, and it gets earlier and earlier each year. I will keep nameless the SEC school that asked with a straight face for rosters, stats, preview and photos for their women's basketball guide . . . on May 5.
Plus, there is the perpetual press guide concept that's growing among administrators and SIDs. The always updated website version that if given free reign will consume time like nothing ever seen before for SIDs.