MHSAA starting fall sports w/ a 2 week delay.

[Walter White.sixpack]

[FONT="]This should be interesting. I really hope it goes well.


[/FONT][/CENTER][/COLOR][/SIZE][CENTER][COLOR=#8899A6][FONT="]MHSAA executive board approves proposal for fall schedule https://t.co/eOfnQnHWZG pic.twitter.com/UdCssPd3cZ— Misshsaa (@misshsaa) July 14, 2020 [/FONT]​

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Per MHSAA Executive Committee vote Tuesday, the start of the Fall Sports season is delayed two weeks. Practice for volleyball, cross country and swim starts Aug. 10 with first meets/matches Aug. 24. Football practice begins Aug. 17. Opening games for football start Sept. 4.— Misshsaa (@misshsaa) July 14, 2020


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[Jeffreauxdawg]

Moving it back seems like a worse idea. Cold and flu (aka respiratory virus) season isn't in August. Why delay?

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

They are only playing 8 games so will still be finishing up when normally would and will probably be a abbreviated playoff season I would guess.
Also give them time to see how being in school and what the outbreak is late August into early September.

 

[DoomSlayer]

Teams are practicing right now.

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

Many have been training & practicing since early June.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

I think it’s because

Moving it back seems like a worse idea. Cold and flu (aka respiratory virus) season isn't in August. Why delay?

If leaders don’t do something different than normal, they will be viewed as not taking the virus seriously.

 

[Maroonthirteen]

They start to early anyway, in a normal season. It's usually 90 degrees first two weeks.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Playoffs are exactly the same. We just open up with our week 3 opponent; everything else is the same.
All this does is buy the MHSAA some time to see how school openings go to let them decide whether or not to completely shut it down before the 17th

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I still think they should have switched the Spring and Fall Sports... most Baseball/Softball/Soccer fields are in the best shape now....most of your better players are already playing or have played this Summer (USSSA, Legion, etc)... that would have let the schools get the kinks out on how to handle fan attendance before Basketball and Football started in Spring.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

While I want our season to happen, even if it means going to the spring, it would be right to the spring sports kids. They lost their seasons last year, their shots at winning a championship. If we move them to spring again and it’s delayed or cancelled, that’s two seasons in a row.