Ladies flag soccer is one step nearer to turning into a UIL-sanctioned sport.
The UIL legislative council accredited a proposal to start a women flag soccer pilot program, starting within the 2028-29 faculty yr with not more than two conferences. The proposal wants closing approval from the Texas Commissioner of Schooling.
As of fall 2027, 25 states can have sanctioned women flag soccer. A superintendent survey carried out by the UIL this fall discovered that 52% of Class 6A and 5A superintendents help the adoption of flag soccer as a sanctioned sport. The survey additionally discovered that 165 colleges at present supply the game.
The Houston Texans and the Dallas Cowboys have been advocating for the addition of ladies flag soccer as a sanctioned UIL sport for a number of years.
Flag soccer is rapidly rising throughout the nation in any respect ranges. The NCAA added flag soccer to its Rising Sports activities for Ladies program in January, which supplies the game a pathway to turn into an NCAA-sanctioned exercise. Sports activities like rowing, seashore volleyball and water polo have beforehand gone by this system and at the moment are NCAA-championship sports activities.
Our Woman of the Lake launched a ladies's flag soccer program this faculty yr, turning into the primary San Antonio space college to take action. The NAIA is about to call a flag soccer nationwide champion for the primary time in spring 2027. Flag soccer, each males's and ladies's, can also be set to make its Olympics debut in 2028.
In accordance with the Houston Chronicle's Jon Poorman, participation within the Texans and Cowboys' packages is anticipated to succeed in greater than 270 colleges and round 6,000 athletes by 2027. The 2 NFL groups hosted the primary women flag soccer state championship at DATCU Stadium on the College of North Texas campus from June 13-14, 4 years after piloting their very own packages. Rockwall-Heath took down Houston Memorial, 25-6, for the state title.
Monday's UIL proposal didn’t specify the place women flag soccer would fall into the tutorial calendar, and the timing for the flag soccer season varies throughout the nation.
Some states which have already sanctioned women flag soccer, like Georgia, have their seasons within the fall. This yr's Georgia women highschool flag soccer championships might be held on Dec. 8 at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. New York's flag soccer season is held within the spring. Final yr's New York state championships had been held from June 6-7.
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