The local news in Phoenix definitely seems to be focusing on the large events and the influx people from out of state.
I don't think the games themselves are an issue, it's the parents and spectators. Soccer isn't the issue at all, and I think we all know that.
There was another news story in Phoenix explaining how the tournaments get around the Arizona Executive Order limiting gatherings to 50 people. They are treating each game as a separate event so even though they may have 11 fields with 50 people at each field they are treating them as separate gatherings. This has put tournaments under greater scrutiny as any other gatherings are now not permitted but these large tournaments are being allowed to proceed. The public in Phoenix seems to be turning against these events and the local news is helping raise the level of concern.
This was published yesterday:
Cases are climbing exponentially even before a projected spike after Thanksgiving. Team leader says youth sports contributing to new infections
www.12news.com
An excerpt is shown below:
Hundreds of youth sports teams from all over the country are descending on the Valley this week for tournaments.
Are those gatherings safe?
“A lot of cases are happening at kids’ sporting events,” LaBaer said.
“Everybody gets together on the sidelines, and you see a lot of clusters of people chatting with each other, not maintaining social distancing.”
The evidence, LaBaer said, comes from contact tracing.
“We’re hearing that from our contact tracers,” he said. “The contact tracers are tracking down clusters of outbreaks, and they’re tracking them back to these sporting events.”
If we could keep all the spectators away ( play locally) we could all get back to playing. Wouldn't that be nice.