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At one time KHSAA controlled all athletics 6-12th grade just like WVSSAC in West Virginia. That changed 10-15 years ago.

There is now concern in the state among various agencies (KHSAA, KDE, etc.) that there is just way to much football being played by 11-15 yr old kids. Some schools are playing 2,3, even 4 games a week, sometimes back to back, sometimes 3 games in 3 days.

I don't care who you are, that is way to much. There is now talk that they will start to regulate football in MS for athlete safety.

First off, the rules of KHSAA are dictated by the schools, not the KHSAA. If there are MS's playing 2,3,4 games, then the problem is with the schools themselves. As for the Department of education, there is nothing that they can do about this. This falls into extracurricular activities, which are not governed by the KDE. It would still be voluntary for a Middle School to join and still would have no tie-in with the High School in any way.

I'm not taking either side. I do not support schools playing contact sports more than once per day, but I also coached youth football, and I do know that before HS, no matter what sport you play, the number of games is tremendously higher than it is in HS.