Should be ALL non football playing schools having the early start date, but again, why is everything else postponed for schools that have football? This is giving a distinct advantage to those schools without football even if it's just basketball teams allowed to begin earlier. Sometimes it is really hard to believe that the NCHSAA puts out these kinds of rules and procedures, because it is counter productive to what they're attempting to do, which is create a fair competitive environment. This comes off as having a partiality to basketball, and helps the basketball teams in schools where there isn't a football team in operation by giving them a couple extra weeks of practice. What's fair in that scenario?