JackBender - that's exactly my point - let's play some hockey - for those who are willing to do it.
Those stick times/lessons/wanna-be-practices/camps are pretty full - people/kids are longing to have some sort of a season - and I think most of them understand
that some restrictions will be imposed and that would not be your normal season; some are reluctant to do much travel (especially by air)
but still to stall everything for the sake of those who would play only if... what - vaccinated? - does not seem right at all.
I can't relocate just because of hockey or just out of the blue - it's just crazy - there should be some sort of resolution locally...
And on the other point - about coaches knowing 90% of the team - when core stays - yes, when coach stays - yes. But there's some movement in both coaching and
players camps - so some teams might not be formed even 50%+ - again, if there is no season all that does not matter - but if there is it's better be some resolution around the corner.
I would simply say,
Worst thing is uncertainty - let's create return to play plan - CAHA/SCAHA - common!!!
[/size]Not a bad idea?. The real issue is litigation. In a State where contact based indoor youth sports has not been approved, people are pushing to still have games - its prohibition time - but its not for the sake of booze - its for the sake of sports - and your kids will become bullets in the game of Russian roulette. Not all sports are created equal as well. I would imagine something like golf, or tennis, will be allowed before soccer, which will most likely be allowed before football, basketball, or indoor hockey. Mass. rates indoor hockey as the highest risk youth sport in terms of COVID along with others - the LAST sport to bring back - not the first.
There is little doubt kids will be fine with COVID - they bounce unlike adults. Unsuspecting parents may not be so well off. Parents that have been told not to worry and that things are really over blown - its just a flu - lets play hockey!! As an interesting side node, there are cases where parents and teachers have died due to infection. They were walking around just fine 30 days ago and now they are dead and never coming back - ever. If you talk to the relatives and friends of these families who had gone through that - you may find a vastly different perspective on priorities. They may view our group as part of the problem - and in no way contributing to beating this thing.
On paper, its a game of red light / green light. All our state had to do was play 'red light' for about 30 to 45 days - the virus cannot survive outside of people. And the only way to keep it going is through people. As you can see - we played the game horribly. A simple game - and we could not even get that right. Here we are over 100 days later, still contemplating a complete lockdown.
I digress though. Back to the civil and litigious aspect of this. In the end, you may be right - little harm - no foul. But in the off chance that a group of people test positive for COVID, and it results in a couple of deaths as a direct result of your "team activity" - that is not currently condoned by the state - you, the team, the coach, the rink, and all other parents involved - will be in the direct line of fire legally, I hope you have very very deep pockets at that point. Even if you feel that you did everything by the book
Some people think that their insurance will cover them (umbrellas for all). But you will find out that insurance companies will NOT cover any scenario like this. They will not touch this with a 20 foot pole
This should tell you something about the real risk that people are ignoring.
Also, if the fatality rate (seems to be 1% to 3%) does not bother you. You are the type of person that will happily fly an airline where 1 out of every 100 flights crashes and burns. Or where an intersection of traffic kills 1 out of 100 people that cross it - you will be right there - crossing it multiple times a day.
I feel my kid will be just fine, hockey is off the table until heath officials give us the green light - in the mean time - we do family things. Read books. Barb-q in the back yard. Play cards. Playing hockey games is looooooow on the list of things needed to get done at the moment.
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