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Nebraska to vote to create girls wrestling for 2019

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – The NSAA will vote in April whether to create a separate sport for girls wrestling, it is possible to see it in 2019. In order for a change to be made statewide for the NSAA, it needs to go through certain steps. First, and most obviously, it needs to be proposed. If a proposal passes a vote in any district in November, it moves to a vote in all the districts. Then, if the vote passes in three of the six districts, it gets sent to representative assembly in April. At rep assembly, the proposal needs three-fifths of the available votes (51, in this case), to be realized.

In November 2018, creating girls wrestling as a solo sport was proposed in three of the six state districts; it passed in all three. In January 2019, four of the six districts voted in favor, including District II, the largest district, located in Omaha. Now, if the proposal passes at rep assembly in April, girls wrestling will become a sport for the 2019-20 season. For the first two rounds of voting, each school gets to cast a vote. In rep assembly, districts are given votes based on their student enrollment. Rest of the story and details at https://www.knopnews2.com/content/news/NSAA-to-vote-to-create-girls-wrestling-for-2019-505289472.html?mc_cid=845a9825b1&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

March 25, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized