Posted on 08/04/2020 9:42:28 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The Friday night lights will be dark and high school stadiums quiet across Illinois this fall because Gov. J.B. Pritzker imposed new COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions on sports for the upcoming school year.
The new rules are stricter than in neighboring states.
After discussion with the governor’s office over the guidelines, the Illinois High School Association decided to move higher-risk sports such as football, volleyball and soccer to the spring. Golf, tennis, cross country and swimming will begin on schedule in compliance with the COVID-19 guidelines Pritzker announced July 29.
Nationally, Illinois and five other states were the only ones to move football to 2021. Most Midwestern states are making no changes – including Illinois’ next-door neighbors, except two that are delaying football.
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Those senior athletes will miss an entire year of focused training, with their fellow teammates. Getting together at a park to play from time to time won’t cut it.
There are perhaps some really talented athletes out there who will never be able to play college or pro sports because of this.
One of our younger relatives is always in great due to his wrestling exercises. He has 2 friends, who are/were great high school athletes with several scholarship offers. His college sent him home during the pandemic, and he helped these 2 guys to stay in shape this spring and summer.
He returns to college next week, and there is no one to keep these 2 guys in top shape.
Also, all of their college scholarships are basically gone for now. There are no local college sport programs left in California.
These kids will become known as Generation C.
Many/Most/ of these kids had their college spring semesters cancelled and were sent home.
How many never got into online learning due to their home environments?
Lacrosse is high risk while basketball is medium risk?
I guess they’ve never seen the big guys play around the basket.
My wife’s youngest bro was an excellent 6’8” center. It was a couple of months post season, when the bruises all over on him finally disappeared. That was just from playing in high school.
Our grandson got an internship in a construction job this summer and made the same pay as your grandson did and free Bart tickets. They also fed him lunches. They even furnished his steel toed boots and helmets.
Not to brag too much, but he’s a good conservative kid and the locals who were hiring knew my grandson would show up and work. He’s one of those that can sit and talk with men 40 or 50 years old as well as he can with teenagers.
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