[charlie22]

8th graders do not need to be practicing in spring ball. In fact spring football should be done away with. It's done very arbitrary. The window opens when both boys and girl teams are eliminated? That's ridicules. What does girls basketball have to do with football? Some teams window will open within a week yet others open a month or more from now. Is that a level playing field? Instead the state should permit full equipment practice after the dead period in July and open up June for passing leagues. Let the kids play spring sports.

You do realize that the schools approved a change to the spring football timing, don't you? The change doesn't go into effect this spring (the change has to be approved by the State Board of Education and a General Assembly committee, but is expected to be approved and go into effect next year). Once approved, it will eliminate the mandatory 3 weeks to get in 10 practices right after the boys and girls basketball teams are eliminated, and will allow the schools much greater flexibility to schedule spring football.

I agree on letting the kids play spring sports but if they want to play spring football, why take that away from them? To me it seems if some adults and coaches want to do away with spring football to force the kids to play baseball or run track. Those folks are as bad as those football coaches pressuring kids to play spring football.

I do think that any football coach that attempts to pressure a kid wanting to play baseball to not play and come out for spring football instead should be warned and then fired if he continues such behavior.