High School Football: Beloved Fall Tradition Or Unnecessary Coronavirus Risk?
Athletic associations in more than 30 states allow high school football to be played during the coronavirus pandemic. Parents, boosters and fans say it's needed. But is playing safe?
by Tom Goldman
Sep 04, 2020
4 minutes
A semi-full slate of college football games is scheduled for this weekend as a season unfolds....anxiously.
Already, two of the five major Division 1 conference have decided not to play this fall because of the coronavirus.
At the same time, high school football is happening in more than 30 states this fall. And so is a debate over whether it's right, or reckless, to let teenagers play a game considered high risk for COVID-19 transmission.
Six feet apart
With the required tip of the cap to Texas, high school football is a really big deal in Alabama too.
Last week's game between Spain Park and Briarwood Christian, outside
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