They had their meeting with Governor Wolf. He was still sticking with his recommendation of no HS sports until at least January 1. Also I am hearing that if districts decide to go against his recommendation, it would be a 10 week regular season only.
Fans?
Rugg from the OHSAA said the 60 player limit on the sidelines csne from Husted and he is adamant about it. I would expect that to be the rule. It will be interesting to see who will actually have JV games this season. With the added expenses and headaches it would surprise me if schools or even the state shut down JV and freshmen games, which would suck. I really do think bands are going to be in for some dissapointment too.
I heard someone suggest jv teams would consist of frosh/sophs and their games would be played at 5:30 at the same site as the varsity games rather than alternating sites. No frosh Thursday games. Jv games would be shortened to eight minute quarters. Take that for what it’s worth. I don’t know how teams can get to distant games by 5 but that’s just the word I have heard by more than one person.
I’m fine if Bands don’t travel, but if they allow football and don’t allow home bands to play, good luck with that. All hell will break lose.
I guess one Covid death is equal to 100 flu deaths : https://people.com/health/over-100-children-have-died-from-the-flu-this-season-cdc-says/
This is utterly false. 50% of children will not suffer permanent heart damage. Hardly any will suffer heart permanent heart damage. Stop spreading lies.
They can cheer or play instruments at their own events.
In Utah there were no bands for the two games I went to. No hell broke loose. Though there was a fire tornado in California today...
What added expenses?
I've heard four league commissioners say they plan to have at least home team bands and cheerleaders.
Is this a rhetorical question?
Have heard the same . Band would be limited .
That is a good plan. I really hope there are JV games.
I am talking about bussing if need be, sanitizer(it may not seem like much but it will add up and it is going to be hard to get) plus getting refs on board for added games. JV needs to happen, especially with limits on rosters, I hope all schools that play varsity play JV but not sure how it will play out.
And there's a lot of older officials that are going to have to make that decision themselves as well. If it's just one game a week.... Is it worth it? Both the pay and the risk?
Well they travel by bus anyway and yeah there will be a small expense to sanitize the bus.
I know that some officials are taking the year off. I personally do not know any.
No it is a legit question. This was in the church bulleting this morning, Quote : Gov. DeWine issued a state wide order that mandates the wearing of masks or face coverings while indoors except at your place of residence and outside when you cannot physically distance 6 feet or more. So are masks effective against Covid or not. If they are, anybody should be allowed into the stadiums as long as they have a mask. Also could sell masks at the door extra money for the boosters. If masks are not effective than don't lie to the public that they are.
Well the problem with varsity games is that they’re done via crews, typically you have a few guys that do every game or rotate covering a county or neighboring districts for less than varsity.
Honest question, does your job have restrictions on other things that you would do outside of work? Like taking vacations or going to functions like weddings, grad parties etc? If not I'm curious as to why they deemed reffing more dangerous than other activities?
This is the issue we face right now. Outright lies and information is passed off as fact. People believe it and policies are set that affect everyone.
He is just that important..............
