Is that what I really said? You may want to go back and read my post. I used my own health issue as an example of a child's support system that can be at risk. This was to counter simply looking at death statistics for kids as the only factor when assessing risk for guidelines. But you've seemed to latched onto that and twisted into me saying "I want shut all down!" and "Throw coaches on the street!". In terms of moving things to 2021, I was specifically referring to competitions such as large tournaments and league play. Last I checked Surf Cup, CSL,Presidio, and SCDSL don't give a cut of their income to coaches...
I don't agree with that logic. For starters, this is August, a lot of clubs have already collected a good chunk of club dues from parents. Things like Surf Cup and Albion Cup come out of separate team fees paid by parents, not the club. Just because there aren't summer tournaments and a fall league doesn't mean clubs should just stop paying coaches. Nevermind the fact many of these clubs received PPP, which is specifically designed to maintain payroll. Making an announcement that competitions will resume in 2021 with the fall focused on team and private training, I don't see it as such a cataclysm as you do. My son and daughter played in DA/DPL and the fall season was always a bit light with things really ramping up in the spring. Due to scheduling my son's team last year had only about 3-4 games the entire fall, yet the coach still got paid and the kids kept training.
Instead of dangling the carrot of tournaments the entire fall, just let clubs focus on training and coming up with unique ideas to keep training interesting this fall. We also have no idea how hard flu season will hit with COVID. If we end up having 20-30% players or whole teams siting out for various reasons, are we really even having meaningful competitions anymore?
Again, that was your takaway from what I said? My post was all about my daughter and my health? That overly long post had 8 paragraphs and only about 2-3 sentences were about my daughter and my health.
And as I said before, using other states as an example when we are the largest state in the union with several huge metropolitan areas, we can't just blindly follow Kansas or Pennsylvania. With our population if things go bad, it can be catastrophic and very difficult to unwind, so yes we can look at data from other states but we have to come up with our own unique California solution.
Even if tournaments are postponed until 2021, I do think the players will look forward to the team distanced and other forms of small group training. Remember most schools will either be virtual or distanced learning with PE being unlikely and no fall HS/Middle school sports. Even without tournaments, players can still get a lot of value from their team and have something to look forward to this fall. if we start measuring their expectations now, it'll be an easier adjustment. It'll also keep the playing field relatively even for those teammates who choose to train at home/indoor/privates/futsal outside of their team training if there's health concerns.
And you never know, if we get our act together on timely testing, results, and tracing we might be able to resume scrimmages in local "green zones" (ie. areas with low case count) earlier than expected.
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