One way or another, it looks like the 2023 Georgia high school football championships will include the use of instant replay. Last week, the Georgia High School Association announced that it would work on hammering-out a plan that the organization’s…
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is revising its intentional grounding rule and “chop block” rules as two of seven changes for the 2022 high school football season. Rule 7-5-2 EXCEPTION 2 will now allow a player…
The Nassau County football committee is recommending that the Nassau Athletic Council adopt a 35-point Mercy Rule for the 2022 season. If the Council approves new rule, it would eliminate its current sportsmanship rule. The current rule required coaches to…
The Illinois High School Association is changing the way its seeds its high school football tournament in Classes 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 1A. The IHSA recently announced that is will be using a 1-32 seeding format in those six…
The University Interscholastic League is moving forward toward the resumption of summer workouts on June 8. Friday, the UIL released its guidelines/rules players, coaches and schools must follow as we move forward with high school sports during the coronavirus pandemic….
Postseason instant replay is coming to high school football this year thanks to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). The NFHS added a note to Rule 1-3-7 to permit state associations to create instant-replay procedures for state…
A week after Alabama agreed to use instant replay for all high school football games with the proper equipment, the University Interscholatic League is announcing that it will use instant replay for its state championship games. The UIL, which uses…
Recruiting Rules Changing High school football student-athletes will operate under a new set of recruiting rules if the Collegiate Commissioners Association follows the NCAA Division I Council’s lead to overhaul its recruiting model. On Friday, the council voted 14-1 in…
The California Interscholastic Federation has taken the power of ruling on transfers out of the hands of section commissioners. On Friday, the CIF Federated Council voted 100-38 in favor of allowing students to transfer for any reason, including sports. Under…
The CIF state Federated Council will vote Friday on a proposal that would dramatically change transfer rules across California. On Wednesday, leagues in the state’s most powerful section, the CIF-Southern Section, voted 63-12-1 in favor of the proposal that would…