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Jan 26, 2012 - 6:55 p.m. CST

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has come out in strong opposition of Illinois Senate Bill 2550 and is urging its member schools and the communities they reside in to speak out against this potentially dangerous legislation.

Senate Bill 2550, which was filed by 53rd District Senator Shane Cultra (R) on January 11, would allow for a local school board to provide a waiver for a student-athlete to participate in a high school football contest, even if that the student-athlete has failed to meet the IHSA mandated 12 practices prior to the first contest due to involvement in military training. Football is the only IHSA sport that has a minimum number of practices required before game participation.

“This is very dangerous and counterproductive legislation,” said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. “First and foremost, this is an issue of student health and safety, not an issue of patriotism. We all applaud and support young people who choose to serve our country. However, deferring this decision to a school board, which, generally speaking, has no medical training, is irresponsible at best. While students who receive military training will have some level of conditioning, they are not in football playing condition as defined by medical professionals. Our Sports Medicine Advisory Committee has consistently maintained that all students need to have 12 days of football practice prior to participating in an interscholastic football game.”


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Published 01/20/2012 - 12:46 a.m. CST

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has officially begun accepting State Final Hosting Bids for its Football State Finals and Dance State Finals, respectively, as the IHSA released the Site Proposal Specifications for both events to interested venues on January 18.

The IHSA Football State Finals annually play out each November with eight championship games on the Friday (1A-4A) and Saturday (5A-8A) of Thanksgiving weekend. The University of Illinois has hosted the games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign since 1999, but a change in the Big 10 schedule has prompted the IHSA to find a host for the title games in odd years beginning in 2013. The Site Proposal Specifications seek a host for five seasons (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021). Memorial Stadium will continue to host the games in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.

The IHSA will hold its inaugural Dance State Final on Friday and Saturday, January 25-26, 2013. The IHSA is seeking a five-year hosting contract for Dance as well, spanning from 2013 through 2017.

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Published 01/20/2012 - 12:15 a.m. CST
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