For Class 6A and Class 5A, the UIL pushed the start of practice, slated to begin August 3, to September 7. The first week of Texas high school football video games will now take place on September 24-26, 4 weeks behind the original August 27-29 start date.
< Its a spectacular announcement from the UIL, who usually firmly insists on dealing with all categories equally. This move has significant effects to all extra-curricular activities throughout the state of Texas, most notably football. The playoffs for the two biggest categories, which were initially slated to begin on November 12, will now begin on Thursday December 3. The UIL state championship games were arranged for December 16-19 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington; they are now transferring to a date TBD in January. Taking a look at the athletics calendar as a whole, this move by the UIL to press back the start of the season may be the last offered move to ensure a football season gets played in this school year. There might not be another possibility to delay the season further; however due to the size of our state and the varying conditions in specific locales, if the season does move forward with its recently arranged September 7 start, theres an opportunity that some school districts wont be able to field football teams this year if the local health circumstance does disappoint improvement.. The situation remains fluid, and TexasFootball.com will continue to follow the story. The University Interscholastic League made a significant and rather shochking announcement on Tuesday, delaying the start of all fall activities for the states two biggest categories, including Texas high school football, by five weeks. The statement does not alter the schedule for the smaller categories. Untouched for now, though, is Class 4A, 3A, 1a and 2a, which will continue as scheduled-- practices will start August 3, games will kickoff August 27-29, playoffs start November 12 and the state champions stay set up for mid-late December. In these two areas, extra-curricular activities (sports included) cant begin till in-person learning starts. Will these schools see an even shorter season (or perhaps no season), or will the school districts seek to relax those guidelines around practicing throughout the virtual knowing sessions?
