Three days after a marathon meeting ended with many still wondering what the plan is for high school sports, the Florida High School Athletic Association’s board of directors will try again on Thursday.
And this time the 16-person board will be staring at pressure to follow advice from its FHSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee and a threat that Miami-Dade County schools will withdraw from the association.
Steve Gallon III, Vice Chair of the Miami-Dade school board, announced Wednesday he plans to propose during an Aug. 12 school board meeting that his district to consider breaking away from the FHSAA in protest of its decision to not change Monday’s start date for fall sports practices.