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[rockyroad]

Off topic question here...for those of you in States where the players are required to wear masks, are you given any directives on enforcement by your State? Looking at the team in white, not a single one of them really has his mask "on"...so are you asked/required/directed by the State to deal with that at all? We won't have any basketball here until May, so we haven't heard anything yet.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

... States where the players are required to wear masks, are you given any directives on enforcement by your State?

Connecticut. Masks (not gaiters) must be worn over both the nose and mouth at all times except during four mask breaks (at approximately the 4:00 mark of each period). Mask breaks (water is allowed) are not to be used by coaches for instruction or coaching, and players may not gather around the bench area, but must be spaced out on the court.

Officials are expected to remind players to wear their masks properly if the masks accidentally slip off. Players who intentionally pull their masks down (or players whose masks frequently "accidentally" slip off) will be warned (not a written warning) the first time it happens. Second time the player will have to sit out a tick. Third time the player will have to sit out a tick. Fourth time the player will have to sit out a tick. And so on and so on. And scooby dooby dooby. Oh sha sha. No technical fouls.

COVID protocol issue problems are to be reported to our assigner, who, depending on the severity of the problem, will contact the school athletic director, the school principal, or our state interscholastic sports governing body.

I've had to remind one coach not to coach during a mask break (he thought it was a timeout), and I've sat down two players for a tick. Also asked a visiting scorekeeper not to sit at the table (not enough room for six feet apart with home scorekeeper and timer). Filed one report with my assigner for a school that didn't deem it necessary to sanitize the ball during timeouts, intermissions, and mask breaks (as required by our state interscholastic sports governing body).

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Off topic question here...for those of you in States where the players are required to wear masks, are you given any directives on enforcement by your State? Looking at the team in white, not a single one of them really has his mask "on"...so are you asked/required/directed by the State to deal with that at all? We won't have any basketball here until May, so we haven't heard anything yet.

It is not our job to tell players what they should do with their masks. Up to the schools and administrators to manage.

Peace

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It is not our job to tell players what they should do with their masks. Up to the schools and administrators to manage.

Peace

While it is the same here in Oregon, that is likely a state-by-state thing.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

While it is the same here in Oregon, that is likely a state-by-state thing.

I agree. I am just sharing what they told us to and not to do. We were kind of told to not constantly tell players to pull up their masks. As a matter of fact I have had ADs or other administrators remind players of their masks during the game. In other places, that might not be something we are not asked to do.

Peace