In a marathon emergency board meeting that stretched deep into the night, the Florida High School Athletic Association board of directors voted to retain its fall sports start date of July 27.
In a marathon emergency board meeting Monday afternoon that stretched deep into the night, the Florida High School Athletic Association board of directors voted Monday to retain its fall sports start date of July 27 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A motion from Wewahitchka athletic director Bobby Johns, passed 10-4, held the opening to the fall calendar at July 27 and takes the following actions: —For any schools not moving on to the state series, the motion instructs staff to work with those schools to help them to schedule additional regular season games through the conclusion of the state series, which ordinarily would close on Dec. 12.
Dr. Jennifer Maynard, sports medicine consultant at Mayo Clinic, issued the recommendation of the committee that football and volleyball be delayed for weeks. The sports medicine advisory committee, Maynard said, also recommended students would need to fill out a questionnaire and a waiver. All of its measures had passed 10-0.
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