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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We decided to let our kids play based on the mask requirement. I'll be so pissed if they change it AFTER games are underway.[/quote]

This is a good point. I would hope leagues would stay consistent on this. [/quote]

Our team decided the opposite - that kids playing in games with masks isn't safe, so I guess they won't be playing games because they didn't register?[/quote]

Exactly. You guys made your decision based on the guidelines and we made ours. Whatever rules they made should stand for the season. Our team was on the fence until the mask mandate was put into place. Once it was in place we decided to play. If they change it, we may loose 5 or 6 kids and not have enough to play games.[/quote]

PP here - totally get it.  Super frustrating.[/quote]

Just to be clear what the argument is now. Not science, expert guidance (someone listed multiple credible authorities), or even plain logic. We are just down to "impeding our kids' breathing while doing strenuous activity was promised to us, based on which we agreed to participate in soccer; now it must not change in the face of any evidence, guidance or common sense, regardless of what every other county in our area is doing, as that will be a breach of (what exactly?)". Is this qualitatively any different from "thou shalt not ask us to don masks in indoor public spaces because of liberty, life, whatever"?

Even this argument cannot stand on its own legs. Did MoCo ever commit that the same guidelines will be in place for the entire season, impervious to evidence, science, or even the rate of community transmission of the virus? Instead, from what I recall, the mask rule while playing games was "clarified" as an afterthought in a press conference, 3 days after the county council in its revision of previous rules did NOT include mask-wearing during games. Like all rules, it is expected to be re-visited periodically. None of this, of course, precludes your team insisting on mask-wearing for all its players, in all teams in the league it plays in, for the entire season. Or starting a masked league with like-minded parents.[/quote]

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