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I made a post regarding this topic weeks ago but now the subject has came up and it's been hot & heavy in the last week.  The 2020 high school football season is something that many school districts are going to want to see pushed back due to the fact that some districts haven't had an opportunity to do anything all summer.  We have one more week and then the two week 'Dead Period' will follow.  On July 6th football workouts are scheduled to resume with hopes of playing the 2020 season beginning on Friday August 21st.  

If there's a delay in the season it's going to have to be pushed back to the week of September 4th.  This is the absolute "worst case scenario" to where we could fit the entire season & playoffs in before Christmas.  

Anything other than this would result in eliminating games and/or number of playoff qualifiers from each region.  

COVID-19 2020 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON:  EMERGENCY PLAN

Week 1:  9/4

Week 2:  9/11

Week 3:  9/18

Week 4:  9/25

Week 5:  10/2

Week 6:  10/9

Week 7:  10/16

Week 8:  10/23

Week 9:  10/30

Week 10:  11/6

Week 11:  11/13

 

Round 1:  11/20

Round 2:  11/27 (Thanksgiving Weekend)

Quarterfinals:  12/4

Semifinals:  12/11

State Championships:  12/17, 12/18, 12/19

 

The following two weekends would be Christmas on 12/25 and New Year's on 1/1 and those are both out of the question.  Anything after this would not work because of the threat of severe weather and it would run into the second semester of the school year.  

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I would not bet that metro Nashville,  Clarksville,  and Memphis will begin July 6. Not sure schools will be open fully. Metro has acquired 80,000 laptops and hotspots for internet. I think this is the plan for school. No normal school,  no sports. 

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Lots of school districts will not make the decision on being in school or on-line until late July.  If they are waiting that long to make that decision they may wait just as long to make a decision on football.  If that is indeed the case pushing the season start date back two weeks would make sense.

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5 hours ago, fb247 said:

I would not bet that metro Nashville,  Clarksville,  and Memphis will begin July 6. Not sure schools will be open fully. Metro has acquired 80,000 laptops and hotspots for internet. I think this is the plan for school. No normal school,  no sports. 

Did you also hear about the Metro Nashville kids going to school for 4 days?

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2 hours ago, FBfan26 said:

Did you also hear about the Metro Nashville kids going to school for 4 days?

 I have I have even heard going to school on alternating days to cut down on the number of students and allow for social distancing on top of that I heard they will not be going back until January 2021. No school,  no sports.  Memphis is behind Metro in their plans to reopen.

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24 minutes ago, mondo44 said:

Just saw where Columbia has cancelled all workouts. Had a player test positive. According to the article player came into contact with someone who had it and then came to the workout. 

It’s a non issue, especially now...just before the dead period begins. However, because fear and panic have thoroughly gripped our society, this could be an issue for football programs and schools in general before school is set to begin. Very unfortunate.

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1 hour ago, mondo44 said:

Just saw where Columbia has cancelled all workouts. Had a player test positive. According to the article player came into contact with someone who had it and then came to the workout. 

You might want to get used to this type of thing happening.  It is a good example of what we will most likely see during the season.

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1 hour ago, mondo44 said:

What would bother me as a coach is that a parent brought this to the attention of the coach not the kid. Kids need to be honest about this and let the coaches when they have been exposed.  

Yep, identical to the flu! Be honest and protect your teammates. Don’t try to be a hero. This has zero to do with COVID-19, but everything to do with common sense whenever you become symptomatic with any contagious illness.

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