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School districts will be mandated under new law to provide low-cost electrocardiograms to student-athletes in Grades 9-12. The tests can detect deadly heart conditions.
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The yearslong dispute is about whether the school should have been barred from offering a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before an FHSAA football championship game.
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The school will ask the high court to overturn a decision last year by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that sided with the FHSAA over a prayer on a stadium loudspeaker before a football game.
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The case stemmed from a 2015 game at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium where the FHSAA blocked Cambridge Christian from praying over the public address system.
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The panel concluded that announcements over the loudspeaker at the 2015 game were “government speech.”
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The FHSAA approved the change in June to allow compensation for use of athletes’ names, images and likenesses.
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The Florida High School Athletic Association is slated Tuesday to consider allowing student athletes to earn money through endorsement deals under what is known as a name, image and likeness, or NIL, policy.
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The State Board of Education approved the changes as Florida challenges a Biden administration rule that would help carry out Title IX.
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The Florida High School Athletic Association held a discussion about a potential change to the organization’s bylaws that would allow student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness under what is commonly known as an NIL policy.
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The Florida High School Athletic Association could potentially sanction competitive video gaming, or esports, as an official sport, amid growing interest from member schools.
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If approved, Florida will join more than 30 states that allow NIL deals in high schools. A driving force in the proposal was Tampa Catholic basketball player Karter Knox leaving the state.
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The Florida High School Athletic Association revealed its plans.