GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida High School Athletic Association has postponed the start of fall sports from Aug. 17 to Aug. 24.
The board approved the move in an 11-4 vote. The decision came Thursday second emergency meeting to consider recommendations for high school sports in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The board must now reconvene on Aug. 17 to decide whether or not to still move forward with the new date.
BREAKING: Fall sports now postponed in Florida until August 24th. The motion requires @FHSAA board to reconvene on August 17th to make a decision about whether to still move forward with August 24th. Approved 11-4. @WFTV
— Deanna Allbrittin (@deannaTVnews) July 23, 2020
RIGHT NOW: @FHSAA having its second emergency meeting in four days. This week, the association voted to allow practices for fall sports to begin practice on July 27, but many schools have opted to start their fall seasons later.https://t.co/lrexH51tnf pic.twitter.com/YobkWrgDB3
— Deanna Allbrittin (@deannaTVnews) July 23, 2020
The initial motion to resume sports on Aug. 14, and practices as early as July 27, reflected a recommendation from the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, which would require schools to meet three requirements including the county staying under 5% average positivity rate.
However, that would leave all counties starting at widely different times.
Watch the meeting here.
The meeting agenda is available here.
WFTV’s Deanna Allbrittin is monitoring the meeting and will provide live updates on Eyewitness News at 10 p.m., and on WFTV Tonight at 11 p.m., as well as constant updates on social media.
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