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Stop us if you’ve heard this before Florida is going to go ahead with sports, even if the medical advice points the other way.
According to Buddy Collins of the Orlando SentinelThe Florida High School Athletic Association voted to proceed with the current schedule for high school sports, which includes soccer practice starting next Monday.
The FHSAA board voted 10-5 to keep things as originally scheduled, rejecting three proposals that would have delayed the start date by two weeks.
The group’s sports medicine advisory committee recommended that soccer and women’s volleyball be delayed indefinitely due to their increased risk, but some board members did not receive the report until Monday.
“Our position is that returning to the competition for high-risk sports in soccer and volleyball is not medically safe,” said Dr. Jennifer Maynard, a Jacksonville physician at the Mayo Clinic who chairs the committee.
The board agreed to another meeting next week, but at this time, soccer will start as scheduled at one of the nation’s hot spots for COVID-19.
“Right now, whether you want to acknowledge it or not, we are the epicenter,” said Miami Riviera Prep sports director Mark Schusterman. “The truth of the matter is that this is spreading across the state. Unless we help stop it, we are putting our children in danger. “
Other states, including California, are making schedule adjustments, including returning soccer to spring. Florida has been the most welcoming of states to bring back sports and big events, host the NBA and MLS bubbles in Orlando and volunteer to host a major political convention in August.
The Buccaneers and Dolphins delayed rookie reporting for two days (it was scheduled to start today), but otherwise, NFL training camps also appear to be starting on schedule.
