CA youth sports
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Football and baseball changes but no mention of soccer just yet.
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Here's the latest. Yesterday, Governor Newsom said that with Covid numbers trending in the right direction new youth guidance will be announced "in the coming days," which probably means towards the end of next week. The assumption is we are going to see a relaxation of the rules, and allowance for competitive games sometime in the near future. How soon? That we don't know, but many high school football teams are now planning to resume practices, with a March 19th target for the start of their season.
We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves, as the Governor has been reluctant to bend on youth sports for quite some time, so we are weary of what to expect. This may also be something that's geared toward high school tackle football, who has a drop dead date coming up before they have to cancel the whole season. They have already done away with pre-season and playoff games. However, if tackle football is allowed to resume, the belief is all high contact outdoor sports will also be reopened.
Until we have more details we do not want to set any exact target date, but if rules are relaxed we are most likely looking at a late-March/early April start.
We are suggesting to all players looking to play in the Spring that you don't wait too much longer to register. These new guidelines will potentially come with field limits and gathering restrictions. The challenge for a league like ours is the large amount of games taking place at one time creates a tournament like atmosphere, which we know will not be allowed. Significant adjustments will need to be made, and we will need to set a cap much lower than we have in the past.
That's where we are at. It feels like there is momentum to get kids back on the field, and we remain cautiously optimistic. We will e-mail everyone when the next update comes out.
Any questions please call Ryan Leinart at 949-422-5864.
Here's the latest. Yesterday, Governor Newsom said that with Covid numbers trending in the right direction new youth guidance will be announced "in the coming days," which probably means towards the end of next week. The assumption is we are going to see a relaxation of the rules, and allowance for competitive games sometime in the near future. How soon? That we don't know, but many high school football teams are now planning to resume practices, with a March 19th target for the start of their season.
We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves, as the Governor has been reluctant to bend on youth sports for quite some time, so we are weary of what to expect. This may also be something that's geared toward high school tackle football, who has a drop dead date coming up before they have to cancel the whole season. They have already done away with pre-season and playoff games. However, if tackle football is allowed to resume, the belief is all high contact outdoor sports will also be reopened.
Until we have more details we do not want to set any exact target date, but if rules are relaxed we are most likely looking at a late-March/early April start.
We are suggesting to all players looking to play in the Spring that you don't wait too much longer to register. These new guidelines will potentially come with field limits and gathering restrictions. The challenge for a league like ours is the large amount of games taking place at one time creates a tournament like atmosphere, which we know will not be allowed. Significant adjustments will need to be made, and we will need to set a cap much lower than we have in the past.
That's where we are at. It feels like there is momentum to get kids back on the field, and we remain cautiously optimistic. We will e-mail everyone when the next update comes out.
Any questions please call Ryan Leinart at 949-422-5864.
There’s a monkey wrench about to be thrown in all this. The new cdc guidelines on schools have been leaked. They specifically mention sports and extracurriculars. Depending on how restrictive the new tier systems are it may give California cover to keep doing what it’s doing. Don’t want to go into politics so I posted the article in off topic.
But won’t stop the recall pressure.....
Wait, so the CDC is part of Newsom’s conspiracy to intentional sabotage the economy for his own personal gain?
If 47 other states weren’t playing and/or have a more functioning, open economy you may have a leg to stand on.....but....
If people were dying at the same rate as people in the U.S. you may have a leg to stand on....but....
A function of State policy. See we agree....
As Newsom mentioned he is working on a deal. Since sports are tied to school reopenings, I'm sure he needs the time to work out a deal with the large school unions. He now has pressure to push back against the unions because of the recall reaching the signature requirement and what's happening in other union controlled areas like Chicago, were Mayor Lightfoot has aggressively fought the unions (kudos to her for finally drawing a line). There will be a recall vote, but if he can pretend that he reopened schools and sports he may prevail in a recall election.
Don't hold your breath for anything material changing after two weeks. I hope it does, but...
Funny not so funny thing about that is I mentioned a monkey wrench yesterday in one of my posts thinking about the "comprise" yesterday not even knowing about the leaks or this cdc guidance.
Governor has talked about football and wanted to find a path for baseball but seem to be down on the risk of soccer with some of his statements. If the tiers are still applied to schools and conditional on sports Athletics equally that's going to be a bummer for public school sports programs going forward and could delay things even more.
Biden administration releases school reopening guidance with color-coded zones
CDC director says guidance is "free from political meddling."
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Governor has talked about football and wanted to find a path for baseball but seem to be down on the risk of soccer with some of his statements. If the tiers are still applied to schools and conditional on sports Athletics equally that's going to be a bummer for public school sports programs going forward and could delay things even more.
Biden administration releases school reopening guidance with color-coded zones
CDC director says guidance is "free from political meddling."
I keep hearing that the UK variant is going to be the predominant strain and could grow significantly in April. What does this do to the openning? Is it just fluff and fear from the media or is this really something to be concerned about.
Dad4 had a good breakdown of the math in the bad news thread. It basically depends how bad of an outbreak you’ve had previously and how quick they roll out the vaccine. They are in a race now in some areas to vaccinate v a third wave. The wave probably won’t be as bad as winter and the ifr will be much lower because of the elderly. But as long as things are tied to cases (as in California and as the new cdc guidelines for schools seem to be headed) it means no return to normal for months maybe even several years to come
The real bad news is we have some strains like the South Africa variant which prior covid or vaccination provide only minimal protection against.
Well they've done it. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but contact sports are banned even on the blue tier. Page `17
Hmm.. my understanding is at the CDC blue/lowest tier (which basically corresponds the California’s red tier) they are to maintain 6feet distance whenever possible, but it isn’t requires. Then again maybe I’m just an optimist.
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You are not reading it correctly.
How’s it to be read? Not being argumentative here...really want to know
Depends on what they mean by “the greatest extent possible” for keeping 6 feet apart.
It isn’t absolute. CDC yellow says “required”. Blue says “to the extent possible”. If they both meant required, they would both use the same language.
Means the CDC is saying no contact sports until under 1.4 cases per 100K per day. And no credit for extra testing. Ugh. But it’s not a ban.
Annoying that it draws no distinction between indoor and outdoor contact sports. CA guidelines are better in that respect.
If CA tightens to match CDC, I’ll start tracking the time until we hit 1.4.
Depends on what they mean by “the greatest extent possible” for keeping 6 feet apart.
It isn’t absolute. CDC yellow says “required”. Blue says “to the extent possible”. If they both meant required, they would both use the same language.
Means the CDC is saying no contact sports until under 1.4 cases per 100K per day. And no credit for extra testing. Ugh. But it’s not a ban.
Annoying that it draws no distinction between indoor and outdoor contact sports. CA guidelines are better in that respect.
If CA tightens to match CDC, I’ll start tracking the time until we hit 1.4.
Well the other concerning thing is it’s the “best” tier. Like California there is no return to normal