anotherparent posted:The whole reason that the high school and college seasons have been cancelled is to break chains of virus transmission. If summer teams start practicing, that will completely undermine and make a mockery of all of the sacrifices that have already been made.
There is NO NEED for baseball team practices. Sure the players will probably be fine even if they get it, but they will carry it back to their families. The whole point of the 10-person ban that the White House has recommended is to reduce the rate of transmission.
Not going to debate whether the feds/state are handling the problem appropriately. Purpose is to decrease and minimize the transmission and avoid hospitalizations and worse. I'm sure there will be leagues that will start sooner than recommended, "secret" practices/games that one can find or participate in. In a way one can find any medical diagnosis to support what you want to hear instead of the majority of docs (it's just a muscle strain vs tear). Just be careful and make a wise decision. It's easier to read about those that unfortunately passed away due to complications from the virus than to have it hit closer to home (a parent, grandparent, neighbor) who MAY have been exposed to the virus from your son who was exposed to the virus from a player from Team ZZZ. JMO