The CIAC has confirmed it will pause football activity for a week until August 24, based on the Connecticut Department of Health’s recommendations on the fall season.
The CIAC will use that time to invite the DPH to meet with them to discuss their options for 2020.
The Department of Health announced in a letter to the CIAC on Thursday that it was recommending pushing higher risk sports like football and volleyball to the spring due to coronavirus concerns.
The CIAC’s Board of Control officers reviewed the recommendations and the Board met Friday morning and afternoon to discuss the next course of action. Football cohort practices were set to begin on Monday.
“Following today’s CIAC Board of Control meeting, the board extended an invitation to DPH to meet in the coming week to discuss its recommendations for interscholastic athletics,” the release stated. “CIAC will look to emphasize the value of the integration of athletics with the return to education and concerns of equity and consistency between interscholastic athletics and other athletic opportunities. Based on DPH recommendations, the board took the action to pause all in-person interscholastic fall sport activity including conditioning programs which are already underway until Monday, August 24. Coaches are encouraged to promote virtual safe contact and conditioning with their athletes during the pause so as to not lose the conditioning gains and socialization benefits made during the summer.
“CIAC welcomes continued collaboration and input from experts while emphasizing that the safety and health of students is the focus of all decisions,” the release continued. “The importance of safely conducting interscholastic athletics remains paramount. Connecticut COVID health metrics show students have been safely participating in athletics across the state throughout the summer and that participation in private or town programs would likely continue throughout the fall if interscholastic opportunities are cancelled. While outside programs have had minimal issues thus far, CIAC believes its collaboration with health experts and relationships with its member schools has lead to a plan providing the best alignment with COVID mitigating strategies and creates the best opportunity for a safe and equitable fall sports season.”
The decision by the CIAC comes after both New Haven and Bridgeport effectively ended all notions of playing fall sports like football and volleyball with a pair of simultaneous decisions on Friday afternoon.
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Jaden Shirden accounted for 257 yards and 5 scores to help St. Joseph win its Class LL semifinal game with New Canaan. St. Joseph’s Jaden Shirden runs for more yardage in the rain against New Canaan in the CIAC Class L Semi-final game at Bunnell High School, Monday December 9, 2019
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Jaden Shirden accounted for 257 yards and 5 scores to help St. Joseph win its Class LL semifinal game with New Canaan. St. Joseph’s Jaden Shirden runs for more yardage in the rain against New Canaan in the CIAC Class L Semi-final game at Bunnell High School, Monday December 9, 2019
lessJaden Shirden accounted for 257 yards and 5 scores to help St. Joseph win its Class LL semifinal game with New Canaan. St. Joseph’s Jaden Shirden runs for more yardage in the rain against New Canaan in the
... moreFirst, the New Haven Department of Health that it was banning games and practices for high risk and moderate risk sports, citing the State’s Department of Health recommendations to the CIAC.
Less than an hour later, Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Michael J. Testani announced in an email that the city, with unanimous support from the Board of Education, would be postponing its 2020 football and volleyball seasons.
Bridgeport will, however, continue with soccer and cross country. “The decision is final,” Testani wrote.
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