The station reports that the proposal would have eliminated football conferences in favor of a regional district system that would group schools by size and location. Member schools shot-down the proposal by a vote of 395-212.
Opponents didn’t like the fact that the new system would have eliminated rivalry games and restricted schools from scheduling their own games.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.
WREX-TV reports that the Illinois High School Association has voted against a proposal that would have overhauled the state’s football scheduling system.
