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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our parents told our club no tournaments this year. It's not worth it. [/quote]

Not worth what?  Local tournaments cost $50-$75 per kid.  If you are spending $2,000 on a season, seems silly not to try to do tournaments.  Or are you afraid of COVID-19?  You are ok with practice and league games, but not tournaments?  I don't get it.

BTW, not a loudoun parent.[/quote]

Do you really not understand the difference in the level of risk of transmission between team practices and league games compared to tournaments?

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I honestly don't know the difference in risk of transmission between a tournament vs league games.  What is the difference?[/quote]

Huge.

[b]League Game:[/b]
You play a team from your region (generally) that is likely at the same phase of recovery.
You have 18 kids + parents vs. 18 kids + parents.
You arrive and walk to the field, generally not interacting with many others.
You arrive, warm up, play and leave.
Kids generally eat before or after the game away from the field.
One or two portapotties.
You are separated from the other team's parents.
You have a 5-7 day incubation period after the game so if either team has an infection clubs can notify the other to take precautions.
Managers, clubs, coaches are in pre-existing communication with one another if needed.
Contact tracing, if needed, is generally in one county or region and rarely cross state lines.

[b]Tournament[/b]: 
You play teams from other areas of the region or country that may or may not be at the same level of recovery.
You have 18 kids + parents  vs. 18 kids + parents  vs. 18 kids + parents  vs. 18 kids + parents.
You arrive, negotiate through a massive crowd of other people and teams to get to your field. 
You arrive, warm up, play, leave, all at the same time as many other teams are doing the same thing in a limited area.
Between games, kids hang out at the tournament, eating and interacting with others or often go to a nearby restaurant to kill time.
Portapotty overload.
You and the other team's parents are often squeezed between two fields along with parents watching games on other fields.
If there is an infection discovered on one team, all four teams are now suspect after a tournament.  
Managers, clubs and coaches need to go through tournament officials to communicate if needed.
Contact tracing can more likely be across jurisdictional lines.

FWIW: I haven't heard of any public health officials give a wholehearted "go for it" to youth sports tournaments just yet. Most phased recoveries call for limited social gatherings until almost Phase 4 (vaccine). I really think a number of clubs, due in large part to the financial pressures, are putting the cart before the horse here and trying to get some pressure to move forward with these tournaments eventhough public health officials are not fully on board. I foresee a few of these tournaments not being able to get permits. 
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I don’t think Loudoun are struggling for capital [/quote]

Yeah... like no one has forgotten about their recent robbery.

Class action lawsuit didn’t happen now, did it? Haven’t heard anything about it. [/quote]

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