NJCAA LIKELY TO MOVE BUC SPORTS TO SPRING
Multiple outlets are reporting the National Junior College Athletic Association is expected to approve a proposal that would move its football season to the spring.
The decision, first reported by The Athletic, will affect 54 football-playing members, including the Blinn Buccaneers.
If the vote passes, other fall and winter sports also will be adjusted. Men and women’s basketball will start practice on Jan. 11 and start their seasons later that month. Volleyball will start on Jan. 4. There is no word on when the soccer season would begin.
According to the NJCAA president Dr. Christopher Parker, "This plan gives our student-athletes the best opportunity to have as much of a quality season in the spring for all sports, while also allowing some time and engagement when allowed by their individual institutions in the fall," Parker said.
Under the NJCAA Presidential Advisory Council's proposal, football practice would begin on March 1, 2021, with games beginning on March 25. There would be a maximum of seven games allowed, with play wrapping up by May 15 and the NJCAA championship and bowl games beginning on June 3.
The California Community College Athletic Association also approved a vote on Thursday to move all of its 24 sports to the spring.
The NJCAA board of regents will vote on the proposal during an emergency board meeting at 2:30 Monday afternoon.