With numbers rising and the Delta Variant becoming a major concern - is anyone concerned about how protocols from team to team may clash and cause games to be postponed or cancelled. It seems right now even in everyday life that is up to each person to make their own rules and guidelines for themselves, and the same will hold true for sports teams, states, colleges, etc.
Recently - the CDC just announced masks should be worn indoors for all people, regardless of vaccination. So how will this effect game attendance - assuming that is still what the CDC is preaching come basketball time? I gotta imagine it limits capacity or eliminates attendance last year as I can't imagine we just say - pack the arena, just wear a mask.
Also - with different vaccination mandates from school to school, how will teams interact with each other in terms of positive cases? What if UR, a school which I think requires the vaccine, plays a school that doesn't - do they need to share their player information with us before the game? Who is vaccinated, who last tested negative/positive, etc. And what if a player tests positive? What now? The CDC also recommends now that even if your vaccinated, you need to get tested if you have been exposed to the virus.
A month ago - it looked like numbers were low and a true basketball season could be had. But now that numbers are rising again - not so sure. And I think the biggest issue might be protocols from team to team and how they differ.
Recently - the CDC just announced masks should be worn indoors for all people, regardless of vaccination. So how will this effect game attendance - assuming that is still what the CDC is preaching come basketball time? I gotta imagine it limits capacity or eliminates attendance last year as I can't imagine we just say - pack the arena, just wear a mask.
Also - with different vaccination mandates from school to school, how will teams interact with each other in terms of positive cases? What if UR, a school which I think requires the vaccine, plays a school that doesn't - do they need to share their player information with us before the game? Who is vaccinated, who last tested negative/positive, etc. And what if a player tests positive? What now? The CDC also recommends now that even if your vaccinated, you need to get tested if you have been exposed to the virus.
A month ago - it looked like numbers were low and a true basketball season could be had. But now that numbers are rising again - not so sure. And I think the biggest issue might be protocols from team to team and how they differ.