Anonymous
Post 07/11/2020 00:09     Subject: Yes or No: Do you trust your teammates parents re: Covid?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I trust parents a lot more than coaches. I am watching kids practice right now. They are scrimmaging. No distancing. These rules and guidelines are simply unenforceable. Either keep your kid home or don’t. There is no legitimate middle ground. It is up to you to take the risk for you and your family. If you don’t trust others than stay home with your kid. They will miss out but be safe. It’s a choice. Make it one way or the other. It really is that black and white.


There is a legitimate risk that comes from playing the game and then there is a bit more.

On our team last year we had a player who was a dirty, poor-tempered kid who, with the encouragement of his parents, set out to physically hurt other players. Late tackles, studs up, intentional elbows and literally shoving players when the coach wasn't looking. He was really a nightmare and eventually the club caught on and they suspended and later kicked him off the team.

In this case, should parents have just "stay home--miss out but be safe" when there is a kid and family going outside the rules and raising the potential of harm? No, of course not.

Now with COVID, we have club rules and procedures, and the issue is what do we do a) when everyone obeys the rules and b) when people don't obey the rules. There is a risk most of us are willing to take, within the rules, to continue to play the game. But should people "stay home--miss out but be safe" because some families feel the rules don't apply to them? They don't care if their kid has a fever or a cough?


Did you actually read what I wrote? What if the coach is breaking the rules? My point is your thought that other’s will adbide by all these nonsensical rules is naive. Either accept the risk or stay home. No one is going to play by the rules. Accept this is fact, then make your decision.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2020 13:04     Subject: Yes or No: Do you trust your teammates parents re: Covid?
Oops: dirty -> dirty player. typo
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2020 13:03     Subject: Yes or No: Do you trust your teammates parents re: Covid?
Anonymous wrote:I trust parents a lot more than coaches. I am watching kids practice right now. They are scrimmaging. No distancing. These rules and guidelines are simply unenforceable. Either keep your kid home or don’t. There is no legitimate middle ground. It is up to you to take the risk for you and your family. If you don’t trust others than stay home with your kid. They will miss out but be safe. It’s a choice. Make it one way or the other. It really is that black and white.


There is a legitimate risk that comes from playing the game and then there is a bit more.

On our team last year we had a player who was a dirty, poor-tempered kid who, with the encouragement of his parents, set out to physically hurt other players. Late tackles, studs up, intentional elbows and literally shoving players when the coach wasn't looking. He was really a nightmare and eventually the club caught on and they suspended and later kicked him off the team.

In this case, should parents have just "stay home--miss out but be safe" when there is a kid and family going outside the rules and raising the potential of harm? No, of course not.

Now with COVID, we have club rules and procedures, and the issue is what do we do a) when everyone obeys the rules and b) when people don't obey the rules. There is a risk most of us are willing to take, within the rules, to continue to play the game. But should people "stay home--miss out but be safe" because some families feel the rules don't apply to them? They don't care if their kid has a fever or a cough?
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2020 19:56     Subject: Yes or No: Do you trust your teammates parents re: Covid?
I trust parents a lot more than coaches. I am watching kids practice right now. They are scrimmaging. No distancing. These rules and guidelines are simply unenforceable. Either keep your kid home or don’t. There is no legitimate middle ground. It is up to you to take the risk for you and your family. If you don’t trust others than stay home with your kid. They will miss out but be safe. It’s a choice. Make it one way or the other. It really is that black and white.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2020 13:40     Subject: Yes or No: Do you trust your teammates parents re: Covid?
Anonymous wrote:The thing is, even if you trust your teammates, many (most?) folks with COVID are asymptomatic so parents could be sending their kids to practice in good faith while unknowingly, potentially, help to spread the virus.

That being said it's all about your risk tolerance level. Our club is taking high risk mitigation measures with regards to distances, coaches wearing masks etc. etc.

Is it as safe as locking yourself in your room, probably not, but it's about as safe as going outside, or perhaps to a grocery store.

Bottom line, if you don't think it's safe for your child at this time to participate, just don't go. It's not hard. If you coach is a dick and punishes your child for it - maybe sh/she isn't right for you, there are lots of options out there.


The question isn't about whether or not there is risk attending practice. Most grounded people accept that, I think the question of trust comes in when you may have a parent or two on the team who feel that there is little to no risk and are living their lives to that standard. That kind of behavior significantly increases the risk for the rest of the team.

These are the parents who want everything open but drag their feet on abiding by social distancing practices that, even if nothing more than symbolic in their minds, would go a long ways to being team players in this.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2020 13:23     Subject: Yes or No: Do you trust your teammates parents re: Covid?
The thing is, even if you trust your teammates, many (most?) folks with COVID are asymptomatic so parents could be sending their kids to practice in good faith while unknowingly, potentially, help to spread the virus.

That being said it's all about your risk tolerance level. Our club is taking high risk mitigation measures with regards to distances, coaches wearing masks etc. etc.

Is it as safe as locking yourself in your room, probably not, but it's about as safe as going outside, or perhaps to a grocery store.

Bottom line, if you don't think it's safe for your child at this time to participate, just don't go. It's not hard. If you coach is a dick and punishes your child for it - maybe sh/she isn't right for you, there are lots of options out there.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2020 12:42     Subject: Re:Yes or No: Do you trust your teammates parents re: Covid?
No, they will say anything coughing is due to allergies.