Delaware changes its mind and returns high school football to the Fall

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher September 17, 2020

The Delaware Board of Education is allowing the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to move high school football back to the Fall sports season. Thursday night, the DBOE voted in-favor of moving the sport back to 2020, which reverses an August 6 decision to play the sport in the Spring of 2021.

The DIAA & DOE have approved fall sports which means the Cavaliers are BACK! More information will be provided soon!#BlueHeartDNA pic.twitter.com/3dj2loEufn
— Ⓜ️⚔️Cavaliers FootballⓂ️⚔️ (@MiddletownFB) September 18, 2020

According to details released last week, the DIAA’s new plan calls for a seven-game regular season followed by playoffs involving four teams in the state’s two divisions. Regular season games will begin October 23.

Read: Delaware moving toward bring football back to 2020

Delaware is the third state in the last ten days to reverse an earlier decision to play football in the Spring of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Colorado and Michigan are the other two states moving football back to the Fall sports season.

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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.