IESA cancels all fall sports
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This is sad, but perhaps somewhat of a benefit for some youth football varsity levels. Many smaller towns have kids that have to choose either middle school baseball or youth football, or try to play both. Those kids can now focus on football...
"We know that there will be many people within the school system who will applaud this decision and there will be many who will be strongly opposed. At the forefront of the Board decision is that the activities must be conducted within the current limitations that have been placed on the schools by the IDPH. In particular, the mandate that there can be no physical contact between athletes and that students must be socially distanced (6 ft. of separation) makes the administration and conduct of games and contests very difficult and in some cases impossible to adhere to the mandates. While there are plenty of youth league baseball and softball teams playing games and tournaments this summer, many are not adhering to the same stringent guidelines. Because summer leagues and travel ball are taking place, this may make the decision of the IESA Board of Directors seem odd. The difference is that schools will be held to the IDPH mandates and the youth summer contests are not. It would make little sense for IESA to move forward with these activities that would require schools to be in direct conflict with mandates by state agencies that have regulatory control over the schools."
Ok so here's something I find very interesting in the above paragraph from IESA. They state schools have to adhere to IDPH guidelines (no contact, 6 feet, etc) but youth/travel does not. Since when? Did IDPH not publish the youth sport guidelines in phase 4 with restrictions? This to me kind of says IDPH isn't enforcing youth/travel guidelines, even though they also put out the guidelines for them too. Which one is it? If IESA meant to say that they have to adhere to the ISBE guidelines for schools (coming down from IDPH and CDC) then they should make that correction. Just saying IDPH has no authority over travel versus school is incorrect, as every entity had to adhere to IDPH in all the restore phases.
Ok so here's something I find very interesting in the above paragraph from IESA. They state schools have to adhere to IDPH guidelines (no contact, 6 feet, etc) but youth/travel does not. Since when? Did IDPH not publish the youth sport guidelines in phase 4 with restrictions? This to me kind of says IDPH isn't enforcing youth/travel guidelines, even though they also put out the guidelines for them too. Which one is it? If IESA meant to say that they have to adhere to the ISBE guidelines for schools (coming down from IDPH and CDC) then they should make that correction. Just saying IDPH has no authority over travel versus school is incorrect, as every entity had to adhere to IDPH in all the restore phases.
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IDPH was still not even getting back to IESA. I wonder if they are playing the same game with IHSA. How unprofessional.
IDPH was still not even getting back to IESA. I wonder if they are playing the same game with IHSA. How unprofessional.
The thing is the travel programs do not adhere to the guidelines. No social distancing, kids crowded in dugouts etc.
Yes that's my point. They are supposed to be adhering to them because IDPH put the phase 4 guidelines for all youth/travel to play. So if they aren't adhering to them, why isn't action being taken place? IDPH not caring? No enforcement? You have IDPH allowing travel to play under certain guidelines (and they aren't being followed) and then HS, under same IDPH can't do anything. Who's actually in charge if IDPH doesn't care if youth doesn't follow their rules, but they only care if a school team doesn't? And it cant be ISBE because they just said they can't govern anything over IHSA.
Who do they got to police these actions, no one. They leave it up to the coaches and people in charge. In the case of travel ball the coaches and organizations don't give a rats ***. It's all about the cash. Let's use Rhino baseball as an example ( I'm not picking on Rhino), they all fall under the same stuff. If mommy and daddy's check clears they find a place for little Johnny to play , They need to get the games in to make it worthwhile for mommy and daddy's check.
I know that the coaches were complaining about umpires calling ball's and strikes from behind the pitcher. When the umpires were told to go behind the plate , a good portion of them told them they would not umpire. The TD's told the coaches to live with it. They need the umpires, this is making the shortage even worse. I for one will not go out there in this.
You would never believe the emails I have seen about what is going on out there, places wanting waivers to be signed. Umpires told not to touch baseballs. It's unbelievable. But hopefully eventually we will get past this.
I know that the coaches were complaining about umpires calling ball's and strikes from behind the pitcher. When the umpires were told to go behind the plate , a good portion of them told them they would not umpire. The TD's told the coaches to live with it. They need the umpires, this is making the shortage even worse. I for one will not go out there in this.
You would never believe the emails I have seen about what is going on out there, places wanting waivers to be signed. Umpires told not to touch baseballs. It's unbelievable. But hopefully eventually we will get past this.
My youngest daughter is going into eighth grade this year. In class 1A she qualified to go downstate in both sixth and seventh grade for IESA cross country.
Her small northside Catholic grammar school is kind of a weird statistical cluster with a lot of good runners, and they really need that statistical weirdness because there are a couple really good grammar school cross country programs around here. In some years the teams that finish one and two in our regional also finish one and two in state. Tough competition.
This summer she’s been running every other day in preparation for the season in the hopes that she could medal. It is a real shame. Most of the kids that go downstate don’t medal, but they’re all very proud of achieving it and they all buy the IESA cross country sweatshirts showing they made it downstate.
Now I have to go break the bad news to her.
Her small northside Catholic grammar school is kind of a weird statistical cluster with a lot of good runners, and they really need that statistical weirdness because there are a couple really good grammar school cross country programs around here. In some years the teams that finish one and two in our regional also finish one and two in state. Tough competition.
This summer she’s been running every other day in preparation for the season in the hopes that she could medal. It is a real shame. Most of the kids that go downstate don’t medal, but they’re all very proud of achieving it and they all buy the IESA cross country sweatshirts showing they made it downstate.
Now I have to go break the bad news to her.