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LittleDiva
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School sports...low risk?
What makes a sport considered “low risk”?
I don’t know how soccer is considered low risk but football isn’t?? Soccer....they wear zero protective equipment and are on top of each other (high school soccer is actually pretty physical AND they use their hands at certain points). Football....they have helmets (which can have a shield) and gloves?! Same with boys lacrosse.
How exactly do they decide which is low, moderate, and high? It’s like they had non-athletes make the decisions.
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ave1024
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School sports...low risk?
I think if you polled 100 people, the majority would say that tackle football has more close contact than soccer. The fact that football players wear helmets really don't mean anything. JMO.
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MrsS2005
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Re: School sports...low risk?
Posted by ave1024
I think if you polled 100 people, the majority would say that tackle football has more close contact than soccer. The fact that football players wear helmets really don't mean anything. JMO.
I agree. There’s certainly close contact in soccer, but not nearly to the same degree as football. That being said, I would think football or other outdoor sports with close contact is lower risk than indoor soccer or any other indoor sports.
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| Posted 8/24/20 6:51 PM |
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MK2010x2
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Re: School sports...low risk?
Maybe I am naive, but I don't think they are making these decisions based on a gut feeling or personal preferences for a sport.
When reading about the team reviewing all decisions (at least in New York) - it sounds to me like they are basing everything on the science.
Frustrating, but I'd rather they decide that way and get everything back to normal faster.
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| Posted 8/24/20 7:04 PM |
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ali120206
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Re: School sports...low risk?
Posted by MrsS2005
Posted by ave1024
I think if you polled 100 people, the majority would say that tackle football has more close contact than soccer. The fact that football players wear helmets really don't mean anything. JMO.
I agree. There’s certainly close contact in soccer, but not nearly to the same degree as football. That being said, I would think football or other outdoor sports with close contact is lower risk than indoor soccer or any other indoor sports.
Same - I mean soccer it may be two people close together at a time and in football it’s a pile.
I’m surprised they let sports at all - my kids need to be 12 ft apart during gym so I thought there was no hope for sports at all.
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| Posted 8/24/20 9:10 PM |
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tourist
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Re: School sports...low risk?
I think everything they say is high risk made sense- footbal & wrestling were the first ones that came to mind ( had no idea there was HS rugby in NYS, but that makes sense too) before they even read the list. I wouldn't move any of those to the safer side. However, I probably would have added soccer to the high risk list.
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Mrs213
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Re: School sports...low risk?
Posted by ave1024
I think if you polled 100 people, the majority would say that tackle football has more close contact than soccer. The fact that football players wear helmets really don't mean anything. JMO.
Exactly. No one is tackling one another during soccer. I ts less risk
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| Posted 8/24/20 11:45 PM |
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LittleDiva
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School sports...low risk?
Maybe football wasn’t a good comparison. There were a ton of sports considered moderate or high risk that are more physical and face to face than soccer. Why can they practice but not play games? My heart just breaks for these athletes who literally wait for their junior years to be recruited. Or the ones who aren’t going to play in college and look forward to their senior year to play. Everyone has been “playing” unofficially. Other states are allowing it.
What is really sad is that some of our lower income schools have some of the best athletes when it comes to these high risk sports like football and basketball. They don’t do these expensive private leagues. School ball is their only shot to make it to college and he is holding them back.
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Blazesyth
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Re: School sports...low risk?
Posted by LittleDiva
Why can they practice but not play games?
Because it's a larger set of people from different locations. Practice means it is all the people from your team playing against one another. Playing games means that you are travelling to another town and being exposed/exposing another different set of people.
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ChilisWife
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Re: School sports...low risk?
We have been playing baseball and softball all summer with no issues. We only play NY teams though. I consider these low risk sports but I think on the NYS website is says they are medium risk.
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