what are we gonna do now?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how they expect this to work, people driving 90 minutes each way to sit in their cars for 8 hours straight? Unlikely.

These performative rules are an unnecessary pain in the neck. Bars and restaurants are still open but these tournaments are going to prevent a single parent spectator outdoors which presents basically zero COVID risk.

Yeah, it really is stupid. How is it "safe" to be indoors at a bar/restaurant, but somehow less safe to be outdoors watching a sporting event? In both scenarios, one can socially distance (in fact, it's much easier to maintain social distance outside) ... some reasonable limit like 1 or 2 spectators per play would be more than enough to keep folks very spread out.

Our governor is stupid so nobody should be surprised that his COVID order is stupid.

I think Northam has been great. It is not Northam creating these Tournament policies. It would have made more sense to stick with no Tournaments and avoid this mess but sponsoring clubs could not resist the money and everyone wants the dog and pony show. Now there is this pressure to just do something to show you are concerned (while still collecting all the money) and here come the nonsensical policies.

I think Northam is an idiot.

Northam has been really favorable to youth sports. His office issued clear guidance back in the summer that they would allow soccer games even when the COVID hysterics were out in full force. His administration has worked with other youth sports to give them a path forward.

The 25 spectator limit for outdoor sports is a misfire but I am sure he will be open to adjusting it. These November tournaments are a cluster f@ck and that is way more on the youth soccer organizations than Northam. They serve little purpose and it would have made more sense to stick with the league games and scrimmages with no tournaments for this Fall.

Our games are still on with only minor changes in time.

Schedule’s back up, with a lot of changes. Looks like the tournament is still on.

Our TM forwarded us an email from the tournament director at 3pm that the tournament was still on.

I just heard it’s cancelling.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how they expect this to work, people driving 90 minutes each way to sit in their cars for 8 hours straight? Unlikely.

These performative rules are an unnecessary pain in the neck. Bars and restaurants are still open but these tournaments are going to prevent a single parent spectator outdoors which presents basically zero COVID risk.

Yeah, it really is stupid. How is it "safe" to be indoors at a bar/restaurant, but somehow less safe to be outdoors watching a sporting event? In both scenarios, one can socially distance (in fact, it's much easier to maintain social distance outside) ... some reasonable limit like 1 or 2 spectators per play would be more than enough to keep folks very spread out.

Our governor is stupid so nobody should be surprised that his COVID order is stupid.

I think Northam has been great. It is not Northam creating these Tournament policies. It would have made more sense to stick with no Tournaments and avoid this mess but sponsoring clubs could not resist the money and everyone wants the dog and pony show. Now there is this pressure to just do something to show you are concerned (while still collecting all the money) and here come the nonsensical policies.

I think Northam is an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:Better yet how can we live stream the games? So it appears no spectators as of now. We have to accept. lets focus on plan b.

I’m the poster who questioned sitting in cars for 8 hours. If they live stream the games, that would be great. Otherwise I suspect what’s going to happen is (1) lots of carpooling, thereby increasing exposure if anyone does have the virus; and (2) families getting together to hang out elsewhere during the tournament to kill time, thereby also potentially increasing exposure.

Agreed. I heard some parents may do a social in parking lot. How is this different?

I wonder if the Bethesda tournament being canceled this weekend will impact this one?

Anonymous wrote:Brackets and schedules being redone with 30+ teams opting out

Great maybe we no longer will have a crack of dawn game and an evening game in the same day requiring multiple one hour trips.

Brackets and schedules being redone with 30+ teams opting out

They may just be updating the schedule.

Looks like some of the Pennsylvania and Maryland teams dropped out

Schedules are gone. Something up?

There seem to be a lot of entitled parents on this forum who think that youth soccer is about the them. Pro Tip: it isn't. It's about the kids, so this "rise up" BS is exactly that.

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