Sources: JPS cancels fall football

Jackson Public Schools coaches say they have been told that fall football has been canceled.

SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVE THAT COULDHAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON SOME OFIT'S STUDENTATHLETES THIS FALL.16 WAPT'S NICK NIEHAUS JOININGUS IN THESTUDIO...NICK... MEGAN SEVERAL COACHES TOLD MEJPS DECIDED THAT THERE WILL BENO FALL FOOTBALL THIS YEAR...IWAS TOLD THAT ALL OFTHE JPS HEAD FOOTBALL COACHESWERENOTIFIED TODAY THAT THEIR FALLFOOTBALLSEASON WILL BE CANCELLED..

NOW THIS OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE AHUGE IMPACT ON THE STUDENTATHLETES, SOME WHO WERE JUSTTRYING TO ENJOY THEIR LAST YEAROF HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION, ANDOTHERS, WHO WERE TRYING TO GET ASCHOLARSHIP AT THE COLLEGE LEVELTHROUGH ATHLETICS...I CAUGHT UPWITH THENUMBER ONE FOOTBALL PLAYER INTHE STATEDEION SMITH WHO ATTENDS PROVINEHIGHSCHOOL, TO HEAR HIS REACTION ANDTO SEEWHAT HIS NEXT MOVE IS IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE IT'S MYSENIOR YEAR AND I DIDN'T WANNAGOOUT LIKE THIS FOR MY SENIORYEAR,SO NOW, GOTTA TRANSFER BUT IT'SCRAZY BUT YA KNOW I'M GONNAGO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AND DO THESAME THING I WOULD HAVE DONEAT PROVINESO HE ANNOUNCED TO ME THAT THEBEST PLAYER IN THE STATE WILL BETRANSFERRING SCHOOLS, A MOVE IEXPECT SOME OTHERSTO FOLLOW...SMITH TOLD ME THETHREE SCHOOLSHE'S INTERESTED IN, JACKSONPREP, MADISONRIDGELAND ACADEMY, AND MADISONCENTRAL JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL LEADERSANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THEY WOULDOFFER ONLY VIRTUALCLASSES FOR THE ENTIRE FALLSEMESTER.

AND JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO..JPSRELEASED A STATEMENT ON SPORTSANDEXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INTHE FALL..SAYING...THERE HAS BEEN NOOFFICIALDECISION OR ANNOUNCEMENT YETREGARDING ATHLETICS ANDEXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FORTHE FALL SEMESTER IN JACKSONPUBLIC SCHOOLS.WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED...