For the third straight year, there will be no shot clock coming in the Texas high school basketball landscape.
The UIL recently met in their Legislative Council meeting and either denied, rejected or took no action on the shot clock.
Currently, eight states (California, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland and Rhode Idland) have a shot clock in place. An additional 10 states (Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Minnesota, Iowa, Arkansas, Georgia and Florida) have recently added a shot clock for their future use or have recently started playing with one.
The UIL rejected the proposal to not allow freshman to take part in varsity sports.
The UIL took no action on moving soccer from the spring to the fall and the shot clock.
1A might see more numbers in athletics as the UIL will study sixth graders to take part in athletics. More study will be brought to the 5A format for football, with the suggestion to ban opt-ups. Golf will potentially have two coaches in the course in the tournaments but will further be studied to allow the assistant coach to coach along with the head coach.
Baseball might get a shakeup for the 6A and 5A playoff games, where all playoff series will be best-of-three, unless by both coaches mutual agreement, but will be further studied.
The UIL will continue to monitor junior high track meets to officially have a start time.
Summer strength and conditioning and sport-specific training adjustments from the pandemic will be permanent with the UIL passing this topic.
