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Not looking good for football starting on time..they can do work outs and 7v7 will be allowed after June 15th with certain rules in place and the competitions will need to send in for approval of their plan by the gov first.. I don't see NCC sports being able to organize and get that done but you never know... Many states are looking at pushing back the start of football a few weeks with no out of state games and some with conference games only... DIAA was waiting for the conference today to make a ruling on what sports can start and what they can do.. It's spelled out here (well sort of) no contact sports during phase II
IMO week zero games vs OOS will more than likely get scrapped at the least..
More low-impact sports guidance was issued Friday by Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the Division of Public Health. While "a lot more thought," is needed for big group, close-contact sports programs like indoor basketball, hockey, ice hockey, football, wrestling, or rugby, other, safer sports will begin with the start of Phase II of Delaware's rolling reopening on June 15.
"We just haven't figured it out yet," Rattay said. "We'll be working with others to put attention to these sports in the not-too-distant future, but at this point, individuals in these high-risk sports can certainly do conditioning, they can do practices, but they need to maintain social distancing at all times."
Sports permitted to begin again will require social distancing and face masks, but specific requirements for team sports include no sharing equipment or hand-shaking at the end of a game or hanging out with other players to avoid cross-contamination across geographic regions. That includes staggering arrival times for different teams.
Sports-specific recommendations included:
- Baseball/Softball: Moving batter's box up, or face covering for catcher
- Soccer: no body checking or headers
- Lacrosse: coin toss instead of face-off
- Basketball: outside only
- Field hockey: Social distancing during penalty corners
- Volleyball: limiting number of players
- Flag football: limiting number of players
While competition between two teams will be permitted, tournaments won't be introduced in Phase II,
https://governor.delaware.gov/wp-co...20/06/Delaware-Economic-Reopening-PHASE-2.pdf
The Division of Small Business and the Division of Public Health will develop guidelines in consultation with youth athletic organizations on an individual sport basis on how each sport can resume safely at a non-collegiate, amateur level.
Competitions for individual sports may resume upon submission and approval of a plan by Division of Public Health and Division of Small Business that provides guidelines of how the sports may be played while maintaining social distancing.
Swim lessons and swim team gatherings may resume if they can do so while maintaining social distance, with the exception of life-saving activities, and comply with lap swimming guidance. Shared equipment must be disinfected after each use. Participants should bring their own drinks. Use of shared water fountains is discouraged.
Program coordinator must make hand sanitizer or handwashing stations readily available for all employees and participants. Coaches and staff must wear cloth face coverings in accordance with the State of Emergency Order
