Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced restrictions to recreational sports that would suspend activities like football, basketball, soccer and volleyball competitive matches in the coming months to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The sports restrictions go into effect Aug. 15 and apply to all youth and adult recreational sports, including schools, recreational leagues and park district programs.
As a result, the Illinois High School Association is shifting football, girls volleyball and boys soccer seasons to the spring with the hope that the pandemic’s grip will have lessened by 2021.
“I think most people realized you would not have a contact sport like football taking place now,” Barrington High School Athletic Director Mike Obuszt said. “It (spring football) will be something different happening, but I like it. Rather than just say, ‘We are canceling football this year,’ they found a spot in the calendar where they can give it a try.”
Read more here. The new sports guidelines (subject to change) are as follows:
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