Muddy, the reason the fields are empty is because of the lawyers. In florida, unless you are at a sanctioned event, you get run oft the fields. I coached last winter and tried to have a pick up practice over the holidays and was asked to leave the county fields because I did not have permission from the school board. I seems that someone was playing on the field, got hurt, sued the county, and won a stupid law suit. Now unless it is a game or official practice, no one is allowed on the fields.