# Question for the New Yorkers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 24, 2014, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-new-yorkers/686853 "2014-04-24T09:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-new-yorkers/686853/21 "2014-04-25T12:02:47Z")
Homecoming really doesn’t have anything to do with playing games away and then returning home. As far as I can tell, it represents the fans/alums coming home to see a game and have a big celebration. My college pushes Homecoming Weekend as a way for the extended alum community to come back to campus for a big celebration. Even in HS it was a weekend for former students to come back and watch a game. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-new-yorkers/686853/22 "2014-04-25T16:08:31Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Homecoming really doesn’t have anything to do with playing games away and then returning home. As far as I can tell, it represents the fans/alums coming home to see a game and have a big celebration. My college pushes Homecoming Weekend as a way for the extended alum community to come back to campus for a big celebration. Even in HS it was a weekend for former students to come back and watch a game. That’s more of homecoming at the college level. Rarely do high schools have it where alumni come except some of the private schools and heck, those places never miss a chance to hit up alumni for money. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-new-yorkers/686853.md?page=1)