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Post by peano on Aug 10, 2020 17:39:23 GMT
why, when school administrations are twisting themselves inside out trying to figure out a Covid plan of learning and classroom social distancing are they going full speed ahead with football? Tennis sure. Cross country distanced maybe. But full contact football? Am I the only one seeing a disconnect here?
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Post by christine58 on Aug 10, 2020 17:40:33 GMT
not here in NYS....no fall sports yet
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Post by katlady on Aug 10, 2020 17:41:08 GMT
I don’t think they’ve decided yet. I know one college conference has cancelled their season. I am sure others will follow. For high school, I don’t know.
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Post by michellegb on Aug 10, 2020 17:41:10 GMT
Simple: football = income and teaching our kids doesn't. Priorities.
It's a messed up world.
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Post by snyder on Aug 10, 2020 17:43:13 GMT
Our local schools have moved it to Spring.
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Post by elaine on Aug 10, 2020 17:45:08 GMT
I don’t think that there will end up being any college football this Fall. And as a huge college football fan, it makes me sad, but I wouldn’t want it any other way.
I don’t know about high school football in thousands of districts around the country.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 17:45:22 GMT
CIF postponed all fall sports until at least Jan. And even then it may not happen.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 10, 2020 17:46:46 GMT
Big Ten college football is cancelled. Our local HS football has been moved to Spring.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 17:47:01 GMT
I don’t think that there will end up being any college football this Fall. And as a huge college football fan, it makes me sad, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. I don’t know about high school football in thousands of districts around the country. I have read where players want to play but how can you keep that many people safe? I also worry about NFL...I am so excited for my Chiefs but do have doubt the season will go on in full. Look at Baseball and Basketball and they have fewer players/people... |
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Post by finaledition on Aug 10, 2020 17:48:50 GMT
PAC 12 is cancelled too.
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Post by mom on Aug 10, 2020 17:56:51 GMT
Big 10 canceled all games today. I suspect other conferences will cancel as well - even if they originally said they'd play.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 10, 2020 17:58:10 GMT
I’m in Texas. School districts and administrators don’t have very much choice. The TEA is deciding. The state attorney general has blocked every attempt by counties and districts to do anything different.
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Post by christine58 on Aug 10, 2020 18:11:07 GMT
I don’t think that there will end up being any college football this Fall. And as a huge college football fan, it makes me sad, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. I don’t know about high school football in thousands of districts around the country. My nephew coaches D3 football here in NYS...his season has been moved to the spring. HS here in NYS is supposed to start on September 21st...with practices...we'll see. BUT we have had under 20 cases total in this county for 2 months OH and we have a friend who is an NFL ref--he told my brother on Saturday that there's a high likelihood of NO NFL. |
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 10, 2020 18:14:55 GMT
Football got moved to a spring sport here.
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 10, 2020 18:56:54 GMT
Our school just shut down all fall sports. Even the low risk ones sanctioned by the state. Every other school in our county will have sports. But not our tiny school. No rationale has been given other than that was the directive of the return to schools committee headed up by a mysterious group of people. My husband coaches one of them. He is losing his shit.
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Post by Hayjaker on Aug 10, 2020 19:01:43 GMT
Not here in Oregon either.
No high school sports at all until January at the earliest.
edited to add: high school sports are still scheduled. The seasons are each 7-ish weeks and later. Football won’t happen until Spring
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Post by Merge on Aug 10, 2020 19:08:35 GMT
I’m in Texas. School districts and administrators don’t have very much choice. The TEA is deciding. The state attorney general has blocked every attempt by counties and districts to do anything different. In TX, I fully expect riots without high school football. Priorities. Texas has, at this point, postponed the start of high school sports for all schools, with even later starts for large schools in urban metro areas. I expect it’s possible these may end up being postponed further if things don’t improve. www.uiltexas.org/press-releases/detail/modified-uil-activities-calendar-and-covid-19-guidelines-for-2020-2021(I’ve heard stories about sports parents in wealthy schools renting out private facilities for students to begin practicing ahead of the official date. The coaches can’t legally be there, but student leaders can oversee practice. Sometimes, even when the state does the right thing, idiots gonna idiot.) |
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Post by peano on Aug 10, 2020 19:13:56 GMT
I was specifically talking about HS football which is going ahead with practices starting in my town. I was reading last week that 10 colleges suspended pre-season training because of Covid.
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Post by kernriver on Aug 10, 2020 19:18:20 GMT
It’s because football is a moneymaker. College football means big bucks for the school.
high school football is typically the big, main sport for high schools.
i don’t get it at all.
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Post by huskermom98 on Aug 10, 2020 19:18:26 GMT
Nothing is official for the Big 10 yet. Believe me, Nebraska is fighting for a chance to play.
Why are some schools proceeding with football...because not everyone thinks we all need to be living in a bubble for the next 2 years. At some point we need to start learning to live with Covid. With the proper precautions and safety measures life can happen...believe me, it's happening...
Iowa just finished their high school baseball and softball seasons (have always played in the summer)--95% of the teams finished the season with no interruptions, the teams that did have Covid positives didn't have any seriously ill participants. We had to sign waivers for our son to play baseball, and to start football and marching band--we know the risks and were willing to take them. We don't have health issues and are not around others that do, but when we are out & about we take precautions.
No one is being forced to play and people want to play. There are kids from Colorado and Illinois that are moving with their families to Iowa so they can (hopefully) play fall football.
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Post by elaine on Aug 10, 2020 19:19:26 GMT
I was specifically talking about HS football which is going ahead with practices starting in my town. I was reading last week that 10 colleges suspended pre-season training because of Covid. Thanks for the clarification! I couldn’t tell what level you were talking about in your OP.  |
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Post by jlynnbarth on Aug 10, 2020 19:23:36 GMT
Our state high school sports board has made it optional for Golf, Tennis, slow pitch softball and Cross Country to start in Sept.
Football is being moved to Feb which is crazy for our side of the state as Feb is usually a really cold and snowy month for us. I can see many games being postponed due to travel issues with the buses if we do have snow.
Basketball, Gymnastics, Wrestling are set for Dec (I guess we will see)
Volleyball, girls Soccer, (slow pitch softball if not already finished back in Sept dates) will begin in March
Track, Baseball, Fast pitch softball, boys soccer, will begin in April.
Golf, Tennis, will finish up in April dates if not finished in Sept dates.
All of it sucks! I feel bad for those students that need sports for possible sports scholarships. I hope that it isn't all eventually canceled.
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Post by Country Ham on Aug 10, 2020 19:24:22 GMT
Our state so far has postponed high school football for now. The only green lighted fall sports are golf and cross country. We had one boy test positive on the football team but he is done quarantine and none of his family or other team members have tested positive.
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Post by breetheflea on Aug 10, 2020 19:35:38 GMT
I think our high school football season has been moved to spring. I think the only fall sport still happening was cross country, but that could have changed since I heard about it a month ago...
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Post by scraphop on Aug 10, 2020 19:38:32 GMT
In Arkansas the Department of Ed is calling the shots. Local school administration does not have a say in the decision.
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Post by PEAcan pie on Aug 10, 2020 19:40:06 GMT
why, when school administrations are twisting themselves inside out trying to figure out a Covid plan of learning and classroom social distancing are they going full speed ahead with football? Tennis sure. Cross country distanced maybe. But full contact football? Am I the only one seeing a disconnect here? Yes! My High Schooler started (two-a-day) practice today. I am deeply concerned, there is no SD. I have considered pulling him but he would be devastated if they ended up playing. I wish I did not have to make this decision. |
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 10, 2020 19:50:58 GMT
Our local schools have moved it to Spring. Same thing with DD’s university. |
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Post by tracylynn on Aug 10, 2020 19:51:08 GMT
I don’t think that there will end up being any college football this Fall. And as a huge college football fan, it makes me sad, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. I don’t know about high school football in thousands of districts around the country. I have read where players want to play but how can you keep that many people safe? I also worry about NFL...I am so excited for my Chiefs but do have doubt the season will go on in full. Look at Baseball and Basketball and they have fewer players/people... NBA actually isn't that big of a problem. They are in a bubble though, down in Florida. No outside contact. MLB is not in a bubble and having major issues. NHL teams are in one of two bubbles - all in Canada. One bubble is in Toronto, one bubble is in Alberta. NFL is not in a bubble, and I honestly think that there are going to be issues. Seattle only has 1 person that they just put on the Covid list and that was because he told the team yesterday that he came into contact with someone who came into contact with someone who tested positive. So it was with extreme caution that he is currently on the list and not allowed at the facility. The right thing to do for sure. But I still don't think that a full NFL Season will happen honestly. Which makes me bummed. Golf is in a semi-bubble and doing pretty well as well. We'll see how soccer does. |
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Post by Country Ham on Aug 11, 2020 3:14:05 GMT
The only green lighted fall sports are golf and cross country. .. and now our cross country team is quarantined for two weeks except 2 kids (who I think fibbed) and the coach who was up front speaking to the kids and not close. They had ONE meeting to plan training and give them the meet schedule. one kid there tested positive this morning. My kid is the only one wearing mask but it doesn't stop him from having to stay home now for 13 days. Welcome to 2020. My daughter can still go to school though. Such a crazy time. |
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Post by artbabe on Aug 11, 2020 11:47:28 GMT
My nephew is in marching band. They got rid of sports/band one day and then two days later changed their mind. I know marching band is still practicing but I don't know about football. At least with marching band they are experts at social distancing.
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