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There wouldn’t be any competitive school football, cheerleading or unified basketball in Massachusetts this autumn under a new proposal for fall sports guidelines and released Tuesday evening.
And districts located in communities designated by the state as high-risk, based on having more than 8 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 residents, must postpone their sports seasons, since they will be learning remotely at the start of the season, according to the long-awaited new guidelines.
The guidelines must be approved by board of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association and could change throughout the year, according to an announcement from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shared by the MIAA. The MIAA’s board of directors will meet Wednesday to review the recommendations.
The guidelines would allow low- and moderate-risk sports, like soccer, fall swimming and cross-country, to go ahead with their seasons this fall starting Sept. 18.
But football, cheerleading and unified basketball are classified by the state as high risk, so they can only hold practices, not take part in games, and the practices must follow established social distancing guidelines.
There are other high-risk sports under the state’s classification set for winter and spring, like basketball, hockey and wrestling. Those will be evaluated based on coronavirus conditions closer to the start of their seasons, according to the draft schedule.
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