That would be my advice to the embattled Florida High School Athletic Association and its board of directors, which meets again on Friday with a red-hot spotlight dangling overhead. I say burn one more time out before football games even start.
Maybe consider letting bowling, cross country, golf and swimming start up the fall sports season with the current prescribed practice date of Aug. 24, or shortly after that.
But keep football, with its stuffy, crowded locker rooms, elbow-to-elbow bus rides and almost inevitable bear hugs and huddles, on the sideline for at least another month.
I cherish the fresh smell of Friday night football in the fall, especially after we get past the stormy stretch.