CALENDAR PROPOSAL

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WELCOME
CALENDAR PROPOSAL
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EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH CALENDAR

• 1. School district calendars have changed
  recently
  
• The school year starts earlier in the fall and
  ends earlier in the spring
  
• Solution FHSAA athletic calendar should
  change similarly

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EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH CALENDAR

• 2. Basketball state series overlaps with FCAT
  testing
  
• This impedes academic progress of these
  student-athletes
  
• Solution Move up the basketball season

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EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH CALENDAR

• 3. Scheduling difficulties brought about by
  shortened regular seasons
  
• Open date in football eliminated 4 years ago
• Volleyball season shortened due to changes in
  state series format
  
• Solution Add 1 week to certain sports regular
  seasons

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EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH CALENDAR

• 4. Cross country and swimming diving
  championships on the same weekend
  
• This forces student-athletes to make an
  unnecessary choice, especially in mid-size and
  smaller schools
  
• Solution Separate these two events

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FALL SPORT CHANGES

• Footballstart practice one week earlier
• 2-a-day practices could be possible
• Preseason classics one week earlier
• First playing date one week earlier
• Extend regular season to 11 weeks (10 games)
• State championship games for 6A, 5A, 4A, and 3A
  held the same weekend
  
• State championship games for 1A, 1B, 2A, and 2B
  may be held one week earlier
  
• These classifications have only 8 districts

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FALL SPORT CHANGES Contd

• Volleyballstart practice one week earlier
• Preseason classics one week earlier
• First playing date one week earlier
• Extend regular season one week (previously
  shortened in 2004)
  
• State series remains unchanged

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FALL SPORT CHANGES Contd

• Swimming Divingstart practice one week earlier
  
  
• First contest date one week earlier
• Extend regular season one week (previously
  shortened in 2002)
  
• State championship meets remain unchanged

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FALL SPORT CHANGES Contd

• Cross Countrystart practice the same week as
  current calendar
  
• First contest date one week later
• State series (district, region and state) all one
  week later
  
• Golfstart practice one week earlier
• First contest date one week earlier
• State series (district, region and state) all one
  week earlier state will now have advantage of
  being played in Daylight Savings Time.

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FALL SPORT CHANGES Contd

• Bowlingremains unchanged
• Fall Soccerstart practice one week earlier
• First playing date one week earlier
• Changes to the state series brought about by
  change to recognized sport status
  

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WINTER SPORT CHANGES

• Basketball, Winter Soccer and Wrestlingstart
  practice one week earlier
  
• Preseason classics one week earlier
• First contest one week earlier
• State series (district, region, state) all one
  week earlier
  
• Exception Girls Weightliftingsame as current
  calendar
  
• Otherwise, sectional qualifying meets would be
  the first week back after winter break

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SPRING SPORT CHANGES

• Baseball and Softballstart practice one week
  earlier
  
• Preseason classics one week earlier
• First contest one week earlier
• State series (district, region, state) all one
  week earlier
  
• Trackstart practice one week earlier
• No change to first contest date or state series
  dates
  
• Tennis, Boys Weightlifting, Boys Volleyball,
  Girls Flag Football, Water Poloremain unchanged
  
• These sports all finish well before the end of
  the school year

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IN SUMMARY
FHSAA Board of Directors FHSAA Staff Input from
stakeholders
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THANK YOU For Your Consideration!