Pilot Program Allowing Boys Flag Football Will Have A Second Season In City Section

For nan 2nd consecutive year, nan City Section is allowing a aviator programme of precocious schools forming a boys emblem shot convention arsenic its fame grows.

This year’s group of precocious schoolhouse participants is expected to double successful size betwixt 8 and 16 teams, City Section commissioner Vicky Lagos said. All will beryllium mini charter schools. Last year, respective teams that temporarily dropped 11-man football, Sotomayor and Torres, had emblem teams successful a convention that was played successful nan fall. Sotomayor and Torres will person 11-man teams this season.

When Lagos mentioned nan aviator boys emblem shot convention astatine an 11-man coaches gathering this month, location was clear skepticism voiced by coaches. If boys emblem shot ever gets approved, Lagos said schools would person to take betwixt having an 11-man squad aliases a emblem team. When Lagos mentioned having nan emblem play successful nan spring, location was interest it would return distant participants from way and section teams.

This rumor figures to travel up astir nan authorities arsenic schools successful nan California Interscholastic Federation person akin discussions. Flag shot is apt to summation a boost successful vulnerability erstwhile it is played astatine nan 2028 Olympic Games successful Los Angeles.

Lagos points retired that boys emblem shot participants would beryllium different than 11-man. Middle schoolhouse students prosecute successful emblem shot and pull students whose parents don’t want them to play 11-man tackle shot for fearfulness of caput injuries.

Girls emblem shot is successful its 4th twelvemonth and rising fast. Adding boys emblem shot is simply a statement and rumor that will request to beryllium addressed successful nan future.

Ron Nocetti, executive head of nan CIF, said a conception must first bring up adding boys emblem shot arsenic a athletics earlier existent discussions tin begin.