MSHSL plans to pursue August start date

MSHSL plans to pursue August start date

The minnesota state high school league held a special meeting today to discuss the outlook for sports this fall.

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Than a month is when the first teams taking part in week zero football games would be allowed to practice.

After today's meeting... the board has said it plans to pursue that date... as well as august 17th for all other teams.xxx we're all working really hard and we all want this to happen for the kids.

Summer 2020 has been a season of hope and only hope for minnesota athletes... many of whom have spent countless hours preparing for a season that might not happen.

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The board of directors decided to pursue an on?

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There are, though, contingency plans ranging from full participation... to no particpation.

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It won't necessarily be an all or none proposition you nkow we're going to take a look at each sport individually versus a whole season so if something is allowed for one sport but not another or a different contingency for one but not another ?

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The league had expected revenues of nearly 815?

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Face a deficit of 466?

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Take away winter sports too... and that deficit climbs to 3.2 million dollars.

State tournament events.... tv contracts... and membership dues all generate revenue.... but paying the bills depends on events actually taking place.

The venues that we play our state tournaments in are some of the best in the world and that's not even an exageration.

We play state soccer and football in u.s. bank stadium and xcel energy center and those are great, but of course there are expenses that go along with those and so that's where it's important to get those played from a financial piece (?

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Spends nearly 650 thousand dollars a year on insurance for students who take part in sanctioned activities.

One way the league is looking at offsetting costs is doing away with printed programs at state tournament events... saving nearly 200?

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