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