Is there a correlation between what's happening with high school football in some states and what's happening in high school rugby?
Really, it's too early to tell. There is isn't Fall 7s in every state, and often it seems that the states where HS football is serious business also seem to be states where rugby doesn't quite have as much traction as you'd hope (with some exceptions, such as Texas).
So we do see a number of states where the football season is going on as planned but that doesn't affect rugby because there's not a lot of rugby there.
Below we try to list what every state is doing, thanks to some online research and with help from a piece by Jeff Fisher at High School Football America.
In the list below, NA means Not Applicable, which generally means either the state doesn't have much in the way of HS rugby at all, or doesn't play fall 7s among high school teams. We are looking at HS 7s in total, boys and girls, but clearly football has more influence on boys rugby in terms of player availability.
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What we are seeing is that some states are more caution about activating rugby even as football is starting somewhat normally.
We could see fall 7s in Utah, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Idaho, with one or two other states perhaps getting something in late in the fall.
Meanwhile, seven states have moved football to the spring, with another, Virginia, perhaps canceling it altogether.
Here's the list.
What Has Changed About HS Football, And How They Reflects in HS Rugby | |||
| State | Football | Fall Rugby | Spring Rugby |
| Alabama | No Change | NA | NA |
| Alaska | Workouts shut down | NA | NA |
| Arizona | Practice delayed | Likely no rugby | No Change As Yet |
| Arkansas | On hold | NA | |
| California | Moved to Spring | SCIRF start pushed back 4 months | Could be delayed or struggle for players |
| Colorado | Moved to Spring | Likely no rugby | No Change As Yet |
| Connecticut | Delayed | Likely no rugby | No Change As Yet |
| DC | Moved to spring | NA | Football in the spring could force a delay for rugby |
| Delaware | Undecided | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Florida | Delayed 1 month | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Georgia | Delayed 2 weeks | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Hawaii | Delayed | TBD | No Change As Yet |
| Idaho | No Change | 7s Expected to Start on Time | No Change |
| Illinois | Moved to Spring | Likely no rugby | Football in the spring could force a delay for rugby |
| Indiana | No Change | Mixed reports but rugby unlikely | No Change As Yet |
| Iowa | No Change | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Kansas | No Change | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Kentucky | Delayed | See Indiana | No Change As Yet |
| Louisiana | No Change | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Maine | Delayed | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Maryland | Delayed | Very unlikely | No Change As Yet |
| Michigan | No Change | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Minnesota | Unsure-might be changes | Very unlikely | No Change As Yet |
| Mississippi | Delayed 2 weeks | NA | NA |
| Missouri | Inching toward regular schedule | Very unlikely | No Change As Yet |
| Montana | No Change | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Nebraska | No Change | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Nevada | Moved to Spring | Very unlikely | Football in the spring could force a delay for rugby |
| New Hampshire | TBD | NA | No Change As Yet |
| New Jersey | Delayed | No Rugby | No Change As Yet |
| New Mexico | Moved to Spring | NA | Football in the spring could force a delay for rugby |
| New York | Delayed | Maybe late in fall | No Change As Yet |
| North Carolina | Delayed | Maybe late in fall | No Change As Yet |
| North Dakota | No Change | NA | NA |
| Ohio | No Change | Maybe late in fall | No Change As Yet |
| Oklahoma | No Change | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Oregon | On hold | No Rugby | No Change As Yet |
| Pennsylvania | No Change | Delayed/Iffy | No Change As Yet |
| Rhode Island | Delayed | NA | No Change As Yet |
| South Carolina | Delayed | NA | No Change As Yet |
| South Dakota | No Change | NA | NA |
| Tennessee | No Change | 7s Fall Season Starting as Scheduled | No Change Expected |
| Texas | Largest divisions delayed | NA | Might start late |
| Utah | No Change | 7s Fall Season will be held | No Change Expected |
| Vermont | Delayed | NA | NA |
| Virginia | No football in the fall | NA | Football in the spring could force a delay for rugby |
| Washington | Football moved to spring | No fall 7s | Football in the spring could force a delay for rugby |
| West Virginia | Delayed | NA | NA |
| Wisconsin | Delayed | NA | No Change As Yet |
| Wyoming | No Change Yet | NA | NA |
