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Apr 28, 2009 8:22 am US/Eastern

Board Votes To Slash High School Sports

TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) ― Florida high school athletics are the latest victims of the budget axe as schools look for ways to cut costs.

On Monday the Florida High School Athletic Association voted to reduce the number of varsity games by 20 percent and junior varsity games by 40 percent over the next two years.

"It's written in the proposal to have a sunset after two years. That's it. We really mean two years," board president Greg Zornes said in a statement. "We fully intend to restore what we had until today at the end of the two-year period."

The only sport not affected by the reduction will be varsity and junior varsity football.  The cutback will mean that high school teams will have a 20 to 25 game limit. 

"These are unprecedented times," Zornes said. "People are losing their jobs as schools are cutting millions and millions of dollars from their budgets. Our job is to look out for all the schools."

Critics of the reduction in game schedules say it will reduce opportunities for students and cost some schools money they gain by hosting games.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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