ORLANDO, Fla. – In a highly contested vote, the Florida High School Athletic Association’s Fall Sports Task Force voted to recommend moving back the start date for high school practices to August 10th at the earliest.
The FHSAA previously listed July 27th as the start date for practices. The recommendation is now expected to go to the FHSAA Board of Directors. "Unfortunately, across the state we have seen a rise in cases," FHSAA President-Elect Lauren Otero said. "Hopefully they will not be the ongoing trend and they will start going down which is all what we wish for.
But we do need to cross the bridges that are before us." The task force will also look further into a system where individual school districts can determine when sports.