With Mississippi’s private high school football teams (Mid-South Association of Independent Schools) starting the regular season next week and practice starting Monday for the Mississippi High School Activities Association, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is limiting crowd-size at games.
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Reeves has issued an executive order limiting the number of guests to two per student participant.
Tate said, “Twenty-two players on a field is not going to overwhelm local hospitals or overly stress our health care system, but 2,000 people in the stands will.”
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The limit is in effect until August 31, but it can be extended.
