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Disclaimer: I understand COVID-19 is a serious virus and understand anyone who is taking an abundance of caution to prevent contracting and spreading it.

That being said, I don't understand why the TSSAA shut down the girls' tournament. 

With 12 teams left and two days to play, it makes more sense to me to just finish it out. You already have these kids up there. If they were going to be exposed to the virus being up at the tournament, then they likely have already been exposed. I thought it was smart to limit the fans in the arena, as was the original plan, but don't know why that suddenly wasn't sufficient.

Based on the things I've read from the TSSAA there were to factors at play: pressure to postpone because other major sports organizations were and pressure from MTSU to shut it down. 

With the NCAA, NBA, MLB, NHL, etc. all shutting down, I can see how there would be some pressure to continue to cancel the rest of sports. However, there is a big difference between crowds for the State tournament and 80,000 people in an arena to watch the Final 4. There is a difference in driving to Murfreesboro (or already being there) and making multiple cross country trips a week in the NBA. The TSSAA already addressed the crowd size with their previous mandate, 

It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of this is on MTSU. With cancelling classes and extending spring break, I think they were getting a lot of questions about why they were letting the TSSAA play on campus. With the NCAA shutting down all sports, it wouldn't surprise me if the TSSAA was pressured by the school to shut it down, or told to shut it down. If this is the case, I don't put the blame on the TSSAA. 

The article in the Tennessean mentioned that KY and OH had already cancelled their tournaments. However, what it failed to point out is that those states have also shut down all schools for the next 3-4 weeks, TN has not. Now we will be sending players home to go back to schools filled with 300-2000 kids. If crowds are that big of an issue, why are schools staying open? There is a lot of mixed information out on what the protocol should be with this virus. Better safe than sorry is becoming the approach, which isn't the worst thing; but at some point, we need to get some clear direction on what needs to be happening.

It makes more sense to postpone the boys' tournament, since we don't know what the state of things will be a week from now. This prevents these teams from having to travel over, if the risks have increased. It also prevents people from making plans that end up getting cancelled. However, I think they should have let the girls play out, given they were almost complete.

My heart breaks for these kids that have worked, not just this year but many years, to try and achieve a state championship. In reality, no one is to blame, as much as we like to pile on the TSSAA. It is just unfortunate that these circumstances have come about. Having competed in state championships during my career, I understand the work that goes in for kids in all of these sports. To put in that work and have something completely out of your control take it away stinks. I hope they can find a way to complete the tournaments at some point, but even that has its own issues. If they have to wait multiple weeks to play this thing out, what effect will that have on these programs? 

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I don't think they should give any team the title of state champion this year.Its sad for all the teams.Some  players and teams may never get this chance again.I personally think Greenfield is the best team in the state but who knows if they'd beat Clarkrange or Loretto on a given day?Dont think its fair to give it to a team based on rankings. Had this happened in football,then Lake Co was ranked 4th all year and proved without a doubt they were the best team in Class A.So I don't think it would be fair based on that.

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1 hour ago, mrbigster said:

I don't think they should give any team the title of state champion this year.Its sad for all the teams.Some  players and teams may never get this chance again.I personally think Greenfield is the best team in the state but who knows if they'd beat Clarkrange or Loretto on a given day?Dont think its fair to give it to a team based on rankings. Had this happened in football,then Lake Co was ranked 4th all year and proved without a doubt they were the best team in Class A.So I don't think it would be fair based on that.

Just leave it vacated. Sad day in Tennessee HS sports.

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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!!

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4 hours ago, Play 4 Fun said:

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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!!

Id like to see them finish with just the players ,coaches,school officials,family unless a player actually comes down with it. 

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They did have a confirmed case in Rutherford county today. This kinda reminds me of schools closing for snow. They will call it off the night before and nothing happens and people go nuts that the schools are closed. On the other hand they wait till 6 am to close school and people are upset that they had no time to plan on where there kids would go that day. I think the TSSAA is making the right call. Can you imagine the S*** storm if a lot of people that went to the tournament ending up sick!!! I hate it for all the kids and hope it can be rescheduled at a later date. 

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