New Rules 2020

[The_Rookie]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

There will be an upcoming change in the NFHS Mechanics Manual:

Surprised no rules on player and officials safety in the era of coronavirus

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

Surprised no rules on player and officials safety in the era of coronavirus

What exactly did you expect to see? Can't legislate away germs and bacteria in athletic competition.

[LRZ]

There are policies and guidelines about blood, blood on uniforms, players who appear concussed. It is not so farfetched for NFHS to promulgate policies about players who are coughing, say, or appear feverish. Perhaps not in the real world, but it is, not so farfetched for NFHS, in its infinite wisdom, to think it can legislate.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by LRZ

There are policies and guidelines about blood, blood on uniforms, players who appear concussed. It is not so farfetched for NFHS to promulgate policies about players who are coughing, say, or appear feverish. Perhaps not in the real world, but it is, not so farfetched for NFHS, in its infinite wisdom, to think it can legislate.

What are you expecting—a regulation stating that an athlete who appears sick or ill cannot participate? That will be easily enforceable.

[LRZ]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

What are you expecting—a regulation stating that an athlete who appears sick or ill cannot participate? That will be easily enforceable.

I was not proposing such guidelines, which I would not like to see. I was simply suggesting that we can't put anything beyond the NFHS wizards. Hence the blue font, which, I thought, meant sarcasm.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by The_Rookie

Surprised no rules on player and officials safety in the era of coronavirus

I would not be surprised if states come up with some policy about things that would be appropriate for what takes place considering the virus. This was still early in the process when they met. And I do not see them coming up with a policy when each state and jurisdiction has their own concerns and likely issues with the virus. I do not know what policy is going to prevent the spread if we do not even know if how to get a handle on this situation as a whole.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I would not be surprised if states come up with some policy about things that would be appropriate for what takes place considering the virus.

Agree. If policies are needed, the states will take care of it.

I just recalled that several years ago, during a really nasty flu season, I had a partner who, after coaches and captains hand-shaking, took a small bottle of hand sanitizer out of his warm-up jacket pocket and cleaned his hands.

I guess he was years ahead of his time.