COVID-19 will postpone/cancel tourney

[Jokur]

This will end up postponing or even canceling the TSSAA tourney. 

[tradertwo]

5 minutes ago, Jokur said:

This will end up postponing or even canceling the TSSAA tourney. 

Can't argue that. Where/when will it end? NBA suspends season... 1'st college player that tests positive and NCAA will probably follow suit... HS baseball/softball seasons just beginning, do officials refuse to attend?.. fans stay home?.. athletic programs refuse to show up? When the first domino falls for baseball/softball it'll happen in a hurry.

[Southtowner]

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/preps/story/2020/mar/11/health-concerns-force-tssaa-discuss-whether-suspend-girls-state-tournament/517978/#.Xmmf04I_Cjc.twitter

[TribalEmpire]

On the Virginia side, they have already taken action with state championship games being played Friday and Saturday in Richmond to only be played with immediate family and credentialed media.

Not sure why this action wasn't taken to the four championship games being played today.

[BigOrangeBaller]

But if the state tournament is cancelled, it is taking what these kids have worked for away from them when they didn't do anything wrong. I can not believe all the up roar over something that is no more than just another string of the flu. The only people that have unfortunately passed away from this were folks with weakened immune systems already, the same people that would typically fall victim to the flu. Baseball and softball seasons should be effected since they are played outside anyways. I hate this for the kids that this is causing such an over reaction. 

[SayWhat]

I can see the TSSAA cancelling it altogether. No way they miss out on the money and just allow fam and media in but I guess that possible. They may try and push it back a week or 2? Thoughts?

[802Tomcat]

4 minutes ago, SayWhat said:

I can see the TSSAA cancelling it altogether. No way they miss out on the money and just allow fam and media in but I guess that possible. They may try and push it back a week or 2? Thoughts?

I agree they would loose a lot of money next week

[HawkGuy06]

Just in... https://tssaa.org/article/tssaa-announces-new-admittance-policy-for-state-tournaments

[uknoit2]

Suspended 

[HawkGuy06]

https://tssaa.org/article/tssaa-tournaments-suspended

[BruceColetrain]

21 hours ago, BigOrangeBaller said:

But if the state tournament is cancelled, it is taking what these kids have worked for away from them when they didn't do anything wrong. I can not believe all the up roar over something that is no more than just another string of the flu. The only people that have unfortunately passed away from this were folks with weakened immune systems already, the same people that would typically fall victim to the flu. Baseball and softball seasons should be effected since they are played outside anyways. I hate this for the kids that this is causing such an over reaction. 

We didnt even know this country had Swine Flu. Which was worse than this.

61 million infected

575k dead

0 sports cancelled

Shows how powerful the media is.

[Play 4 Fun]

ReedM@hcboe.net,
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david_meske@webbschool.org,
dgoodwin@dcawildcats.org,
grant.swallows@whitecoschools.net,
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michel.sanchez@mnps.org,
ricky.catlett@chestercountyschools.org,
scottg@milanssd.org,
srussell@fayetteacademy.com

 

Above is the email for each member of the TSSAA board of control as well as the executive director, Mr. Childress. Please consider sending an email in support of moving the state tournament to a new location, allowing parents, players, and coaches only and FINISHING the tournament. The fact is the kids deserve the closure of playing the boys and girls state tournament out and seeing where they fall. If they don't finish it, they will always wonder what if. It will always be in their mind and never go away. I urge people, whether they have a team left of not, to please take the time to send a group email to the above emails and ask them to reconsider. 

 

Mr. Childress has said in an email to me that they will make a decision on tuesday on a conference call. PLEASE let them know that the kids should be allowed to finish and Tennessee should set the example for the rest of the country that we will not be pushed into a state of panic and fear!!