Any word on the new NVSL rules for the summer?

[Anonymous]

I'm a DP- I'll officiate B meets without a mask. I won't do A meets masked. I would agree with 'minor inconvenience' last summer. Now, based on what we know now about 1) outdoor transmission; 2) current community spread; and 3) vaccination????? This is just fearful theater and I won't play along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can we alert NVSL board of our disagreement and request the decision for vaccinated officials and volunteers be masked to be re evaluated?

Looks like VDH and FCPS athletics have changed or are changing policy for vaccinated coaches, refs, athletes.

People need to pivot and get with the times, not cling to Feb 2021 ideas.[/quote


I assume our A meet reps could communicate this to NVSL?

There doesn’t seem to be a pipeline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a DP- I'll officiate B meets without a mask. I won't do A meets masked. I would agree with 'minor inconvenience' last summer. Now, based on what we know now about 1) outdoor transmission; 2) current community spread; and 3) vaccination????? This is just fearful theater and I won't play along.

Agree. Absolutely ridiculous. We are vaccinated and outdoors and not required to wear masks anywhere else!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then I guess these teams will lose officials. I’m not going to volunteer if I have to wear a mask while outside and vaccinated.

Hopefully you're at a pool that doesn't require volunteers otherwise your kid won't swim. I'm vaccinated and will hate having to stand on deck wearing a mask, but my children love summer swim and they need parent volunteers for it to work. Minor sacrifice and inconvenience for my kids.

There are plenty of other volunteer options you can do before or during the meet (not on deck) that would hopefully not require masks. I won't volunteer either if it's required. We're always short a timer or two in good times. This will be a disaster.

And our pool "requires" volunteers but no one keeps track or says anything if you don't.

[Anonymous]

I’m pretty sure our team reps will not require masks for practice and team events. Meets get trickier if they can fight it for us.

Will the vaccinated announcer have to wear a mask sitting alone at a table?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure our team reps will not require masks for practice and team events. Meets get trickier if they can fight it for us.

Will the vaccinated announcer have to wear a mask sitting alone at a table?

It is crazy theater on the part of NVSL to require everyone on deck to wear masks at A meets.

Ask to see vaccination status. That simple. Follow science.

[Anonymous]

Given that swimming is one of the most serious and precise sports we have witnessed, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. NVSL is representing every crazy NOVA person that wants to “believe in science” yet do the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Cdc just changed their guidelines for kids...masks optional outside

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cdc just changed their guidelines for kids...masks optional outside

Woohoo!!!

Come on NVSL. Get with the program!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cdc just changed their guidelines for kids...masks optional outside

Are you talking about the camp guidance?

At camps where not everyone is vaccinated, the guidance says, unvaccinated people should wear masks outdoors in crowds or when close to others for prolonged periods.
But because it may not be possible for organizers to know who is vaccinated and who is not, the CDC notes that camps may simply choose to apply its previous guidance: Masks for all.

[Anonymous]

"In general, people don't need to wear masks outdoors. That includes unvaccinated and fully vaccinated people due to the really low risk of transmission outside," said Erin Sauber-Schatz, head of the CDC's Community Interventions and Critical Populations Task Force, which wrote the guidance.

[Anonymous]

And... One important exception to outdoor mask recommendations: They should never been worn during activities in which they could get wet, such as swimming or canoeing.

"A wet mask can make it difficult to breathe and might not work as intended," the CDC's guidance states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"In general, people don't need to wear masks outdoors. That includes unvaccinated and fully vaccinated people due to the really low risk of transmission outside," said Erin Sauber-Schatz, head of the CDC's Community Interventions and Critical Populations Task Force, which wrote the guidance.

In general, sure. That has been the guidance for months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And... One important exception to outdoor mask recommendations: They should never been worn during activities in which they could get wet, such as swimming or canoeing.

"A wet mask can make it difficult to breathe and might not work as intended," the CDC's guidance states.

As restrictive as the NVSL rules may end up being, they certainly won’t require masks while swimming.

[Anonymous]

No, not while swimming. But I worked high school meets and the kids got out, and put on a dry mask that was instantly wet. They had a hard time catching their breath after swimming.