OK, let’s dispense with the idea that this rule is an old rule really no big deal.  The sudden “to the letter” enforcement is a big problem for anyone who wants to be able to play some of our country’s top lacrosse programs.  This isn’t just about the Vero Beach Girls.  This is idiotic.

This is from TheBaltimoreSun.com

By Katherine Dunn

The Baltimore Sun

After the St. Frances football team started last season with a 48-7 win over Nease (Fla.) at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Kissimmee, Fla., Panthers coach Messay Hailemariam and his players were eager to make another trip south Viagra to play Cocoa (Fla.) Saturday night.

Instead, a Florida high school athletics rule that was somehow overlooked last season forced the cancellation of the game.

Florida High School Athletic Association bylaws state that member schools cannot play opponents that do not belong to the National Federation of State High School Associations or are not “members in good standing of associations that are members of the NFHS.”

St. Frances, like all Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association programs, is not a member of the NFHS. The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association — which governs public school athletic programs — is a member of the NFHS.