The UIL Standing Committee on Athletics voted Wednesday to continue studying separate proposals to add girls' flag football and a shot clock for basketball, rather than passing or rejecting them outright.
This spring, the Dallas Cowboys launched a high school girls' flag football league with 86 participating high schools across the State of Texas. Girls' flag football has gained popularity across the United States. Fourteen other state high school athletic associations have sanctioned it, and the sport will be added to the 2028 Olympics. Dave Campbell's Texas Football even partnered with the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans to livestream the first-ever Texas Girls Flag Football Championships.
"Our goal is to get flag football for women sanctioned in the state of Texas," Dallas Cowboys co-owner and Chief Brand Officer Charlotte Jones said.
High school basketball coaches have pushed for shot clocks to discourage other teams from stalling with a lead, but the UIL has to weigh the costs school districts would incur. The Dallas Morning-News reported that 31 states and Washington D.C. will use shot clocks by the 2026-27 season.
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