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Anonymous wrote:Why would games be allowed if it wasn't safe?

Because of the tremendous economic pressure to reopen the economy and the political pressure from voters who just want to play soccer or gamble or whatever assuming that they will be fine.

I don't think the return to youth sports is due to economic pressure. It's just not that big a part of the economy as a whole.

The fact is the risk to kids - especially otherwise healthy youth athletes - is extremely low. The risk from kids is really the concern. If I had an elderly relative living in my household, I don't think I'd let my kids play. There is still the risk of increased community spread generally, but in context, this is a relatively small group of people (# of youth athletes playing team sports as a percentage of kids overall) who will be in contact with each other in outdoor settings (where the dispersal rate of the virus is exponentially higher, so the viral load exposure is exponentially lower) for relatively brief amounts of time (< 2 hrs a day, max).

I would be much more concerned about a bunch of kids sitting in a classroom for six hours at a time. Even with masks and reduced class sizes, I think the risk of transmission from reopening schools is much higher.

To the extent we are seeing spikes, 2nd wave, prolonged 1st wave, whatever you want to call it, it's going to be from adults going to restaurants. bars, stores, etc, ... not complying with masking and social distancing policies. It's not going to be from youth sports.

There's certainly significant risk to kids in older age groups. If you have a kid in 16-18 age groups, you should not assume that the risk is low. Here's an article explaining how a beach week-end resulted in 150 Loudoun teens infected. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/loudoun-county-myrtle-beach-spike/65-a1f055bf-8035-41a0-8dfa-ca76cf1cf639

Anonymous wrote:This just came from one of the referee assignors.

"US Soccer has decided to allow STATES to determine when to start play.

Virginia has decided to allow league to start ANYTIME they are ready, so it is time to PLAY ON!!

As soon as leagues start to give me schedules I will let everyone know

SAD NEWS: Springfield South County Youth Club will NOT be hosting THE VIRGINIAN this year (was going to be Aug 30/31) because too many teams are undetermined about their willingness to travel at this time."