High School Football Programs Look To Colleges For Guidance

Sports Director Lynden Blake spoke with coaches on how the college decision to cancel their season affects high school sports.

New at five - college football is up in the air for most conferences, as sources report the big 10 will announce tuesday they won't play this fall.

Sports director lynden blake spoke with coaches on how the college decision affects high school sports.

High schools to the sec as a model of how to play football.

But if the conference cancells football this fall, not every high school coach wants to follow suit.

Pkg: north jackson head football coach chandler tygard looks to the two power houses in the state for direction... "we look to alabama and auburn to give us guidance as a state association."

But tygard says he doesn't believe cancelling college football automatically ends the high school season.

"part of me thinks colleges are looking to see how high schools work since we get started on the 21st."

I reached out to the alabama high school athletic association, asking if they plan to play, if college doesn't.

No one was available for comment.

Tygard says to his knowledge the ahsaa follows state orders.

"you know our state is going to how the governor goes and i know a lot of sec governors want to play."

And so do his players.

"yeah all of our players want to play, all of our coaches want to play, it's so obvious right here football in our town is such a big deal."

Tygard says cancelling high school football puts his players at risk for more than the virus.

The former vols defensive quality control coach said during quarantine a lot of his players missed meals and didn't always have a place to stay.

He says having players on campus lets his staff monitor the athletes in all aspects of life.

"we need to understand that's going to cause major repercussions with our football players and sports down the road."

Tag on cam: decatur head coach jere adockc tole me off camera if the sec does cancel the season, it will be a big blow to high school football in alabama.

Sec commissioner greg sankey tweeted monday he doesn't know if the sec can play college football, but the conference hasn't given up yet.

A big statement coming from the sec as the country waits for the official word from the big 10.

Reporting for waay31 im lynden blake.

The college football season is uncertain after several conferences and leagues in the n-c-double-a cancelled their fall seasons.

It's unclear