Advisory for 2009 football season
The FHSAA is reminding schools with football programs the protocol for cancellation/rescheduling of regular season games.
Per the 2009 FHSAA Football Manual:
109.03 / 204.02(3) – Every district game shall be played and completed by week 10 of the season. This shall be accomplished even if it requires the rescheduling or cancellation of non-district games. It therefore is important that all district games cancelled due to hurricanes or other inclement weather be made up not later than Monday, November 2, 2009. The FHSAA office is committed to protecting the integrity of the state series. Many schools reschedule games on Monday nights. This is an option that every school should consider. Schools do not have the option to cancel a district game by agreement unless a forfeiture is involved.
107.04 – Each contracted regular season game shall be played as scheduled unless it is canceled due to inclement weather. A school that fails to play a contracted game as scheduled shall forfeit the game and shall become ineligible to participate in the state series that season or a future season. Should this occur, all district games played by the school shall be considered non-district games, shall not count in the district standings, and shall be removed from the football district for the remainder of the classification cycle.
The FHSAA’s first priority is the health and safety of the student-athletes. The Association encourages athletic directors and principals/headmasters to work together in the best interest for their student-athletes in all interscholastic contests.
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