It sometimes seems to me that there is a certain type of parent who believes that school exists to provide a place for their kid to excel in sports. Virtually all the high schools in my county have decided to cancel or postpone the fall sports season as result of the pandemic. And yesterday, a group of parents from those schools held a rally to oppose that decision, arguing we were one of only two sports districts in Pennsylvania to do so. (Of course, the fact that both of those districts are in the most densely populated areas, with some of the highest incidence of infections, seems to have escaped them.)
I have to wonder what these parents would do if the schools had decided to go forward with football, soccer, field hockey, cross country, etc. and a large number of student athletes had contracted COVID. And then those student-athletes spread that infection to their families.
I have something to say to those parents: If playing football (and I firmly believe it's mostly that segment that is involved) is the most important part of school for your child, then you have a bigger problem than a cancellation or postponement of his season.
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