BIG News regarding 2018 fall season

[KCHI]

Don't know if I'm supposed to announce this yet but I got this in an e-mail today from notes about a recent MSHSAA Media Committee meeting. Never thought I'd see this change

"THE FALL SPORTS SEASONS WILL BE MOVED BACK BY A WEEK BEGINNING WITH THE 2018-19 YEAR. THAT MEANS THAT ALL FALL SPORTS SEASONS WILL BE MOVED BACK A WEEK LATER THAN WHEN THEY ARE NOW. IT MEANS THE MSHSAA 8 MAN AND CLASS 6 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL NOW BE ON EITHER THE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY OF THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND BEGINNING WITH THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR. THE CLASS 1 THROUGH 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE HELD ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE WINTER SPORTS SEASONS WILL STAY THE SAME. THAT MEANS THERE COULD BE A TWO WEEK OVERLAP BETWEEN THE FALL AND WINTER SPORTS SEASONS."

 

[KHSDOGS]

It was on their website in May

 

[freezeoption]

I cant believe it. Will 8 man and class 6 be in springfield this year.

 

[KCHI]

It was on their website in May

well darn..I should check their web site lol Thought I had breaking news here LOL

 

[Cats Coach 12]

Don't know if I'm supposed to announce this yet but I got this in an e-mail today from notes about a recent MSHSAA Media Committee meeting. Never thought I'd see this change

"THE FALL SPORTS SEASONS WILL BE MOVED BACK BY A WEEK BEGINNING WITH THE 2018-19 YEAR. THAT MEANS THAT ALL FALL SPORTS SEASONS WILL BE MOVED BACK A WEEK LATER THAN WHEN THEY ARE NOW. IT MEANS THE MSHSAA 8 MAN AND CLASS 6 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL NOW BE ON EITHER THE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY OF THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND BEGINNING WITH THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR. THE CLASS 1 THROUGH 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE HELD ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE WINTER SPORTS SEASONS WILL STAY THE SAME. THAT MEANS THERE COULD BE A TWO WEEK OVERLAP BETWEEN THE FALL AND WINTER SPORTS SEASONS."

Probably not a popular opinion, but they need to move the start of winter sports at least for the boys to either mid-November or December 1.

 

[LombardiHalas]

blame the member schools who voted for this ridiculous move. The calendar will roll back in a couple years and the start date would be back to normal first week of August. I know it looks bad to start football on July 27th but after that it rolls back to August 6th or 7th. I blame M$H$AA for not educating the member schools well enough. We have it backwards in our state. We can go full tilt with full pads and then when we start practice we have to acclimate for the heat again and go back to helmet then shells. Makes zero sense. I know Sports medicine and lawyers are dictating a lot of the heat acclimatization during the season but no one gives a shit what happens in the summer.