The Observation Deck

State of Ohio

1,863,180 - Total Tested

109,923 - Total Cases, 861 New Cases, 21-Day Average is 1,116
3,871 -Total Deaths, 39 New Deaths, 21-Day Average is 23

12,436 - Number of Hospitalizations, 117 New Cases, 21-Day Average is 96
2,805 - Number of ICU Admissions, 19 New Cases, 21-Day Average is 15


United States

71,781,573 - Total People Tested

5,625,057 - Total Cases, ↑ 13,030 (0.23%)
174,191 -Total Deaths, ↑ 475 (0.27%)

17,291 - Number of ICU Admissions

2,475,168 - Active Cases
2,975,698 - Recovered

DeWine On Sports

"Any sports organized by anyone…"

Contact sports spreads COVID faster than non-contact.
School starting up will cause an increase in COVID.
School sports are extremely important for a child and their parents pride and education.
Students will be doing something with their time if not sports.
All children are different.

State Guidance (?)
We hope all would play safe in this era of COVID-19
With all that in mind all sports contact and non-contact will go forward.
Schools that want to move sports to the spring, can do that. If they do not want to they do not have to.
No one can guess what the future will be, who knows how far we can get into the season.
This order allows sports to move forward.
We cannot see the future, but we can hope for those wanting a season in the spring.

Spectators
We must let the young one play, and they should have someone there for them. So family members or those very close to each particular child can attend
If there is drill team or marching band, then they will be allowed to have family members and close friends there.

Our hope to have a season will inspire the young people to be as careful and safe as they can.

Our hope is coaches will focus on this opportunity on what is really at stake with COVID.

Students athlete will have to self discipline.

So once again Gov. DeWine has made rules with no boundaries.
Friends of those playing sports seem as restrictive as businesses will know if they are essential.

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School sports are extremely important for a child and their parents pride and education.

That’s the issue.

And $$$$$

This would be easier to comprehend and perhaps accept if there were strict safety protocols. For example, frequent rapid results tests for contact sports, and masks, if they are practicable. Distancing and masks for non-players.

Bridget Conant wrote:That’s the issue.

And $$$$$

Actually, there is no money in high school sports.
Unlike college or pro, there are no billion dollar TV contracts.
Unlike college, there are no big money bowl games.
Even if a school makes the playoffs, 80 percent of playoff game ticket money goes to OHSAA.
Most (if not all) schools lose money on sports.
Yes, even the big Catholic schools.

This is about Dewine and OHSAA being too timid to incur the wrath of:
1. Trump
2. Trumpers
3. Rabid high school football fans in places like Steubenville and Massillon.