Nor Cal Return to Play

Jar!23 said:
We have been practicing with masks so our players seem used to it for now. Players who can’t play with masks on can’t play. We will be playing with masks and will ask opposing teams ahead of time to confirm they will be also.
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Will your team forfeit if the other team opts not to wear them?
 
Kicker4Life said:
Will your team forfeit if the other team opts not to wear them?
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"Sally, you can't play the soccer game today. I'm so sorry but the other team are rule violators and they wont wear a dam mask." "But mommy, I want my halftime orange slices and then after game snacks." Is this what is truly happening to our youth? This is the most insane thing I've read so far in the last 12 months. Next season it will be the VOL league. VOL= Vaccine Only League. Basically, no one can live free. What a bunch of control freaks and yes, I'm talking to the parents.

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I’m just excited to see my child play her first league game in a year! From what I’m hearing each club has their own game day rules. I have no problem following their protocols.
Anyway-big day for NorCal! Excited to see some scores from around the bay!
 
A kid needing to pull down their masks to catch their breath is an entirely different situation than the entire team deciding not to wear masks for the game. I’m surprised this is an issue though, didn’t most cities/facilities require mask wearing to use their fields? Don’t most clubs around here practice with masks?
 
Spfister said:
My son is a referee and Norcal referee group came out and said referees are not to be mask enforcing, it is not their job. The guidance is very vague says as tolerated. So they don’t need to wear masks. That said, players sitting out, coaches, spectators, etc. should all wear be wearing masks.
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I just hope the county doesn't use it as an excuse to start shutting stuff down again.

It may be different if you are in Placer or Fresno. I am in SCC. We already had clubs lose field access over violations of the practice distance rules. I don't want us to lose the season over this.
 
dad4 said:
I just hope the county doesn't use it as an excuse to start shutting stuff down again.

It may be different if you are in Placer or Fresno. I am in SCC. We already had clubs lose field access over violations of the practice distance rules. I don't want us to lose the season over this.
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Nobody does Covid Theatre like SCC.
 
dad4 said:
Just don’t tell me my kid can’t play because a team full of nitwits decided they were going to get cute with the rules.

It may be Covid Theatre, but for now, it’s also the warm-up act for my favorite show.
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I'm definitely rooting for your "favorite show". It's been a long time.
 
Jar!23 said:
We have been practicing with masks so our players seem used to it for now. Players who can’t play with masks on can’t play. We will be playing with masks and will ask opposing teams ahead of time to confirm they will be also.
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We would say nope. Not wearing. Guess you guys would have to forfeit.
 
dad4 said:
I just hope the county doesn't use it as an excuse to start shutting stuff down again.

It may be different if you are in Placer or Fresno. I am in SCC. We already had clubs lose field access over violations of the practice distance rules. I don't want us to lose the season over this.
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If facility requires it’s a non issue. Must wear.
 
I really think this depends on numbers- we're in Placer and had our second games this weekend. I can only speak for my kids' age groups but didn't see a single player while on the field wearing a mask- on the bench? Yes. All spectators, coaches? 100%.
 
Kind of wondering what folks saw this weekend. In my kid's game, about 25% of the kids started with a mask. The parent sideline was actually very subdued. Putting muzzles on the parents wasn't the worst thing in the world.

Norcal sent this out on Instagram, which may indicate there were some issues. I'm wondering if it was along the lines of @Jar!23 indicated. If one club is committed to masking and the other isn't, hopefully they'll talk ahead of time.

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tjsoccer said:
Kind of wondering what folks saw this weekend. In my kid's game, about 25% of the kids started with a mask. The parent sideline was actually very subdued. Putting muzzles on the parents wasn't the worst thing in the world.

Norcal sent this out on Instagram, which may indicate there were some issues. I'm wondering if it was along the lines of @Jar!23 indicated. If one club is committed to masking and the other isn't, hopefully they'll talk ahead of time.

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You need to follow the rules boys & girls. My team is all about safety & health so we play with no mask on because their so bad for the kids. Another team's coach is afraid and is making the kids wear mask or he wont coach. One team is so bad, they will do whatever it takes to not play the best team. Good luck NoCal soccer, I mean that. This is now a divisive wedge issue regarding mask or no mask and WHO is stuck in the middle? The kids..........
 
STX said:
I don't like McCarthy, or Trump, or you. Basically I don't like name-calling bullies who refuse to engage in open-minded, reasonable discourse.

I do know in the past 12 months there have probably been well over a million mask-less outdoor youth sport games in 48 other states and there has yet to be a single documented case of player to player on-field transmission, much less any single super spreader event.

Stay away from soccer fields until this all passes if it makes you feel better, but there is plenty of overwhelming evidence that contradicts your stance.
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The American Association of Pediatrics says you’re wrong. Disregarding what they are saying and trashing any sports entity that follows their guidance, as about 10 posters did before I said anything, is hardly “open-minded reasonable discourse”. Too bad that you’re ok with “open-minded reasonable discourse” so long as it is the opposite of that. So here I am.

If you’re living in fear of wearing a mask, although there is no documented evidence that one has ever killed a single person, you and your kid can stay away from soccer fields until all this passes. Between all the anti-vaxxers and all the other trumpanzees who fight every single effort to get Covid under control, it has already taken too long, and will still take linger than it should. Almost 600,000 are dead in the U.S. now.
 
In our game this weekend most of the players wore masks and it didn't seem to be an issue on the field. One visiting family was not only maskless, but seemed to want to start up some trouble. They kept walking up and down the fence line and approaching different people, generally obnoxious. Nobody took the bait, but it looked like it could start a fight if they kept it up. I'm used to some of that, but I think the mask issue adds a new dimension of crazy to the games. I wish those clowns would just shut up and wear their masks so we can have our games. If you want to be a freedom fighter, go do it at walmart or the parking lot, but don't mess up the games.
 
PechoFrio said:
In our game this weekend most of the players wore masks and it didn't seem to be an issue on the field. One visiting family was not only maskless, but seemed to want to start up some trouble. They kept walking up and down the fence line and approaching different people, generally obnoxious. Nobody took the bait, but it looked like it could start a fight if they kept it up. I'm used to some of that, but I think the mask issue adds a new dimension of crazy to the games. I wish those clowns would just shut up and wear their masks so we can have our games. If you want to be a freedom fighter, go do it at walmart or the parking lot, but don't mess up the games.
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What league is this Pecho Frio?
 
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