Football Shutdowns

[Voice of Reason]

With COVID rising rapidly nearly everywhere, I believe we will see more and more schools shut down their season to stay safe and prepare for the playoffs.  Several schools made this move already.  What would you do if you were a coach or AD? Would you cancel your last game or 2 and put your team in a bubble to prepare for the playoffs?

[Fake Tom Brady]

Yes I would.  At this rate I'm afraid we might not even get to finish the playoffs.  Should KHSAA step in and shut down regular season after tomorrow night and start playoffs while they still can?

[nkypete]

If your county turns "red", doesn't that shut down the season for your team anyway?

[gchs_uk9]

3 minutes ago, Fake Tom Brady said:

Yes I would.  At this rate I'm afraid we might not even get to finish the playoffs.  Should KHSAA step in and shut down regular season after tomorrow night and start playoffs while they still can?

Probably should have followed a similar policy as Ohio. Play five games to start season, begin playoffs mid-October with every team qualifying. If/when you lose in the playoffs, you're allowed to play one more game if you want. Over half of the teams in Kentucky would have likely finished playing last week.

I actually wrote an entire post about it at the end of September.

 

[KY Outsider]

I would guess that no playoffs will happen this year.

[Tigerpride94]

I would play on just as other teams are doing now. The difference between being orange county or red county is not that much difference to shut things down. Maybe if got to 100 cases per 100,000 would shut it down.

[Voice of Reason]

1 hour ago, nkypete said:

If your county turns "red", doesn't that shut down the season for your team anyway?

I believe it is a school district decision. For example, Fayette County is red and Pikeville just scheduled a game for Friday at Lexington Christian.

[nkypete]

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

I believe it is a school district decision. For example, Fayette County is red and Pikeville just scheduled a game for Friday at Lexington Christian.

Yeah, not sure how that worked.  I though "red" meant sports took a "pause" in that county.

[BrosefStalin]

Here's what I would do:

* Eliminate this final week of the regular season

* Then Eliminate Week 1 of the playoffs. Sorry to 3rd place finishers but...

* Get rosaries out, pray, and hope we can get this done in four weeks. 

I hate this on all levels for all of these players, coaches, families, communities....I HOPE and PRAY it doesn't come to this type of decision..but it's coming. 

[Brcatz]

Scott Vs Dixie just Cancelled Varsity and JV games.  Covid.

[Cheese]

I would continue to play it till the season is finished because most teams are almost finished anyways. Sure positive rates are out the roof, but most hardly have any noticeable symptoms. 

[LongTimeReader]

I would keep playing. Just never know when the someone is going to shut it down for good, so stopping now waiting for the playoffs doesn’t guarantee anything. 

[theguru]

1 hour ago, Brcatz said:

Scott Vs Dixie just Cancelled Varsity and JV games.  Covid.

Does that mean both Scott and Dixie are shutting down their varsities too?

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Conner vs. George Rogers Clark is called off.

Hearing Conner and Dixie will play tomorrow instead. 7:30 kickoff at Dixie.

[KY Outsider]

36 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Conner vs. George Rogers Clark is called off.

Hearing Conner and Dixie will play tomorrow instead. 7:30 kickoff at Dixie.

Isn't Kenton County Red now as well?