Stay tuned. As I said... there are teams that are not reporting and/or keeping quiet.
Covid and Iowa high school football.
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The Iowa City schools are having their sports shut down for two weeks because they are planning for 100% online schooling. The Governor's mandate shut them down.
Why aren't all efforts being put into primarily protecting the high risk population?
Did I miss something?
Did I miss something?
There are likely many, many sports teams across the country that are agreeing internally to not get tested for COVID as the rules in place stating 1 positive case effectively shuts down entire teams. So you have HS teams in other states where the entire team agrees to go online only school (where it's allowed) so they aren't taken out by the arcane rules that require automatic 14-day quarantine for anyone in proximity to a positive test. They don't want to have their season cancelled due to a random student in social studies they happened to sit next to test positive.
I'm not saying that this approach is wrong or right, but people will do what they can to be able to have their seasons.
It's too bad. I'm sure from the governor's side they would argue that the school's decision to go online only is what shut them down. But now it's semantics. either way, they should be figuring out a way to let sports teams play. If it is ultimately about the kids, then do what's right for them.
what!?! I thought you died instantly. Oh wait that’s just what some people want us to believe.
Thank you for the actual list.
By my count, there are 331 high schools that play football in the state of Iowa.
Except it is local county public health determining everything. If reported to public health. So as we saw with summer sports. each county has different rules to this
Insofar as Mason City is concerned, our ‘shutdown” consists of not playing this week’s and next week’s game. Our situation was exposure amongst a subgroup of the coaching staff (no kid are positive or were exposed). The ill are in isolation, while the non-exposed are leading practice. Plan is to resuming competitive play in 2 weeks, subject to no new positives.
The difference is school is in session now so lots more kids are getting in close proximity now in school.
Yep. Des Moines announced last night that today will be the last week for awhile.
Personal story.....a certain relative of mine, who is a varsity football player at an Iowa high school, was sent home from school on Tuesday for being in the same class as a kid who showed sympthoms and eventually tested positive. At that time was told no practice /games for 14 days. OK... makes sense. Something like 60 students and 10 volleyball/football players in the same boat.
Then after a few parents started raising holy hell, the County BOH gets involved. Then the State BOH gets involved. By Thursday afternoon, vast majority all return to school and practice with no restrictions and life goes on.
My point.... this is a giant CLUSTER$#@% and is apparently being handled differently at each high school. The high school office is in chaos and the phones are ringing off the hook with questions from parents asking who's calling the shots and who's in charge?
Then after a few parents started raising holy hell, the County BOH gets involved. Then the State BOH gets involved. By Thursday afternoon, vast majority all return to school and practice with no restrictions and life goes on.
My point.... this is a giant CLUSTER$#@% and is apparently being handled differently at each high school. The high school office is in chaos and the phones are ringing off the hook with questions from parents asking who's calling the shots and who's in charge?
The school is supposed to work with the county department of health to contact trace. And it depends on how that particular school is handling classes. Are they full in person every day? Are they A/B day with half each day? Do they require masks? Are they spread out?
If it is not safe to be in school part time it isn't safe to be playing sports. Sorry that Iowa City thinks they can have it both ways.
Not accurate. City and West play tonight. An appeal is in to allow ICCSD High schools to continue after tonight’s game.
I saw Des Moines Public Schools, which start Tuesday online, will have no more football after tonight, unless they get back to in person or hybrid school at some point.
As far as the in class verses on-line, guess the governor is pulling an old rule from the iahsaa book. Don’t know if it is still a rule or not, but in order for an athlete to participate in that evening’s event, the athlete HAD to be in class during that school day. The exception was a Saturday event which meant that the athlete had to be in class on Friday.
I would disagree. Would you rather sit in my class with 35 kids breathing the same recycled air for 45 minutes or would you rather be outside? There have been studies done showing how unlikely it is to contract the virus outside with the spread of droplets and the lack of in person contact for more than 15 minutes at a time. It also gives kids an insentive to follow protocol and social distance. It would also do wonders for social/emotional health of these athletes and families. Finally, there are kids going to online school all over the state that are playing sports in the hybrid model.
Sorry, I know that. I thought the original poster was refering to COVID in the program, not the legislation. Unfortunately, we will not get the results of the lawsuit until next week. At this time the games, meets, etc... are still being played until we have further notice.
That was a decision that they made. They could have played this Friday still. Des Moines has been really conservative in it's approach to handling COVID. They seem t
You really think if Reynold's reps are strong arming the Athletic Associations that it will be public record?
I can almost guarantee it was likely a personal meeting or something that wouldn't leave a trail. You forget who Kimmy's mentor was.
Off the subject, but NP is the one person that triggers the cons and yet still can intimidate the WH. Arguably, the most powerful person in D.C.
It has to do with the fact that the poster to whom I was responding had previously responded to another poster who said, "
By stating
"Well, they are.........."
Except allowing 80 year olds into salons without masks while banning 20 year olds from entering those same salons is clearly not putting all efforts into protecting the high risk population. In fact, it's the exact oppostie.
Try to follow along next time.
Go to Page one and reread the topic being discussed.
Then follow your own advice.
TIA.
Not really, I thought it was an effing joke that Pelosi's name could find it's way to a discussion of Iowa high school football.
Try again.
Results from over 140 games already posted from last night. Volleyball tournaments being played today as well.
Here is the part that I want the IC Board to explain. You think it is so unsafe to have any kids in school. You have been bitching for 2 months that you just can't go back because it is not safe. Now IC is blowing up with COVID because of the university. So tell me why it would be safe to have kids playing sports coming into contact with others when you think it is life and death with school? If it is not safe then you can't play that simple. Explain your way out of it. I think IC could have found a way to do the part time school with the online and play sports. They don't want to even try so no sports because of the safety factor.
I suspect the various differences will be noted as a starting point. A couple hundred kids in sports the majority of which are played outdoors versus nearly a couple thousand students confined indoors in fairly close proximity. A couple of hours of practice time per day versus seven hours a day in classrooms. Learning can occur remotely versus sports being impossible in a remote environment. That’s where I’d start anyway.
quit being a little bitch. Wear a mask if the place asks. Sorry if that was blunt but man, you sure seem to believe this will end with normacly
Did the schools tell them "you, the parents are in charge"?......
Bet that'll shut them up........or really piss them off.
So you are saying it is safe. Also your points don't add up. If school is not safe then sports are not safe either. It is also nor fair to have any kids ruled ineligible because if they are not really in school how can they ineligible for any reason?
