[Lyn Turpin]

Don't get me wrong, I am all for football. I have a son that plays both football and baseball and loves them both.

But, baseball already has the shortest season. It is only roughly 8 weeks from the first game to district tournament. If you make it to state, you get to play about 10 weeks. Baseball will never be a fall sport anywhere in the US except for the die hards that play it year round. I know it doesn't bring in the money for the schools but baseball gets the least overall time devoted to it of any of the major sports. Out basketball players can't even go to the field house and take controlled batting practice until they are eliminated from tournament play.

They are actually talking about dropping the baseball season to 30 games and
not allowing a start until around March 20 or so. Probably not a bad idea.

Football has a 10 week regular season plus an off week. If you can manage to win one playoff game, your season will last 13 weeks. Football already has spring practice and a spring game that no other sport gets to do out of season. Plus, if you want to progress, you have to lift weights in the off season as well.

Basketball is roughly the same, about 13 weeks, and the coaches want their players in the gym all summer.

I do agree that kids need to get used to helmets over the summer. July 22 is too late.