Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa: 'I'm starting to have second thoughts' about being able to open schools Aug. 17 due to coronavirus, and 'I seriously doubt' there will be high school football in Texas this fall.
The superintendent of public schools in Dallas said Thursday the coronavirus pandemic could spike prep football this fall in Texas, where the sport reigns supreme on Friday nights.
Michael Hinojosa, who runs the Dallas Independent School District — with 23 high schools that field football squads — said he has serious reservations about putting student-athletes on the gridiron with cases of coronavirus on the rise in the Lone Star State. Asked point blank he thinks there will be a 2020 football season, Hinojosa told MSNBC:"I seriously doubt it."
“That’s a true contact sport, I don’t see how we can pull that off," Hinojosa continued."There’s been some discussion of moving it to the spring, but we’ll have to wait and see. I seriously doubt that we can pull that off.” A student athlete runs a drill during a strength and conditioning camp at Arlington Martin High School on June 18, 2020, in Arlington, Texas.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.
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