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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is the club fault, expel the parent who doesn’t want follow the tournament rules. [/quote]

As was mentioned earlier. Arlington soccer had every right to ask the parents to mask up or leave and if necessary disqualify. Arlington apparently didn't when it should have[/quote]

Not an Arlington parent, but give me a freaking break.   The Arlington parents show up for shifts to work at the tournament.  They are not official soccer staff, and most likely expect outside parents to act like adults.  We did not see unmasked parents at Long Bridge during our games.[/quote]

+1.  From a practical standpoint, what do people expect volunteers to do here?  First off, we have to acknowledge that confronting someone like that over their lack of mask involves some right to the volunteer's personal safety.  But even if they do it anyway, how does it play out?  They have no authority to eject that individual from the tournament site, only local law enforcement can do that and they're unlikely to come out over some people not wearing masks outside if the locality isn't strictly enforcing masking protocols.  ASA could have disqualified the team over it, not only does that punish a bunch of kids who had nothing to do with it, but it also doesn't ensure that the parent in question leaves the tournament site.  Someone who is that determined to make a statement might very well continue to stay at the field, mask off, for the sole purpose of disrupting subsequent games in retaliation for their own kid's team being disqualified.

Let's be realistic here - compliance with masking protocols needs to happen at the individual and team/club level.  Parents need to follow the damn rules.  If they won't, other team parents and/or the coach need to be willing to speak up and tell those parents to put their masks on. [b] You can't just turn a blind eye to what's happening next to you and then blame the tournament organizers.[/b][/quote]

Tournament personnel were notified [/quote]

Did you read the rest of the post?[/quote]

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