Seems to be some confusion over Dr. Acton's order. Has anyone been in contact with a local school system and found out if they are opening their outdoor facilities for baseball/softball?
Everyone waiting for the official OHSAA statement on the no contact period.
No contact period will be lifted on May 26th, per the Ohsaa email sent out to adminstrators about an hour and a half ago.The no contact period ties to the stay-at-home order, or whatever the pravda group at our state government rebranded it to being.
No contact period will be lifted on May 26th, per the Ohsaa email sent out to adminstrators about an hour and a half ago.
But nobody knows what ending the No Contact period actually means. I have seen some local leagues decide not to have their leagues this year based on the regulations placed on face masks. Their reasoning is they can not afford them. Now is this a way to grow public support or at least donations to provide them...who knows?
If 7-12 yr olds play in municipal/county parks and they have been open during most of this crisis why would they need the health department to okay play on the fields? One of our local little leagues owns their own facility and I don't believe anything beside the order that is to be lifted on May 26 can prevent them from playing. One of our local private high schools plays in a city park as well and they have authority on use of the field. I personally have heard of numerous teams getting together to practice over the past 3 weeks or so. Now I have no idea to what extent practices were conducted.
If the kids' parents are okay with it I guess I don't see the harm.
Youth baseball and softball is HUGE money in the summer. A lot of folks are doing and saying what ever they need to appease the Supreme Leader and Dr. Doom.Not one member from the OHSAA or a member school was included on DeWine's Sports Advisory Group.
One would think that because of the heavy use of facilities, someone would say, "hey, what about the schools?"
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Youth baseball and softball is HUGE money in the summer. A lot of folks are doing and saying what ever they need to appease the Supreme Leader and Dr. Doom.
OHSAA bagged everything for the spring so aren't on the hook untill football season.
$$ is the driving force for June and July, hence why all the jockeying from those groups.
I believe they came up with whatever regulations they thought the state wanted to hear to get sports started.Which is also the argument, those groups came up with regulations they could make work for their own organizations. Without everyone else's say
I believe it has been turned over to the local boards based on what the Lt. Governor said last week. What I really hope is not happening is that the OHSAA is trying to hide behind the state board when the city field already have been cleared for May 26 in a way to screw up the club teams. That would be over-reaching their authority.
Clearly, there have been many decisions that have not completely thought through in terms of long term consequence or even coordinated upon execution at all. I remember when the Lt. Governor's face went white after the first week's unemployment numbers came out after the shut down and I though to my self, "how can they surprised at the results and consequences of their chosen courses of action." That all should have been modeled for them before they hit the "emergency stop" button. I think the judge today was upset by the apparent inconsistent application of judgement on what stays closed and what stays open for example: why can a bar be open with limited capacity and mitigation and a gym cannot? In my opinion, all orders should be signed off by Governor. Dr. Acton operates in an advisory role and as such cannot be held accountable by the public for her actions nor should she. She is not elected. On the other hand, in a few years, all Ohio will hold a referendum in the Governor's performance. Understanding that we are treading new ground here, I would say "so far, so good."Here's the biggest problem with this whole thing. There's no communication. Nobody knows who's in charge. If aThings got further confused today when the courts ruled gyms could open but every single republican seat voted against limiting her power to order quarantines. I'd love to see the copy of the memo giving County Health Boards the authority to make that decision. Should be open record but don't want to search
I believe it has been turned over to the local boards based on what the Lt. Governor said last week. What I really hope is not happening is that the OHSAA is trying to hide behind the state board when the city field already have been cleared for May 26 in a way to screw up the club teams. That would be over-reaching their authority.