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frazzled

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4. Here are the restrictions
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:11 PM
Jul 2020

The full, official guide is provided at the link:

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state will be "restricting youth and adult recreational organized sports," including school-based sports, beginning Aug. 15. The restrictions do not include professional or collegiate sports.

Pritzker said each sport will be categorized under three "risk levels" - high, medium and low - determined by "the amount of contact between athletes and their proximity during play." .... Though he did not list every sport, Pritzker noted that tennis, golf and baseball would be lower risk, while basketball, soccer and volleyball fall under a medium risk. Higher risk sports include things like football, hockey and lacrosse.


Under the guidance, each risk group will be limited to certain levels of play:

Level 1: No-contact practices and trainings only
Level 2: Intra-team scrimmages allowed, with parental consent for minors; no competitive play
Level 3: Intra-conference or Intra-EMS-region1 or intra-league play/meets only; state- or league-championship
game/meet allowed for low-risk sports only
Level 4: Tournaments, out-of-conference/league play, multi-team meets, out-of-state play allowed; championship games allowed

Under the state's current coronavirus conditions, here's a look at the levels allowed for each risk group:

• Lower-risk sports can currently play at Levels 1, 2, and 3
• Medium-risk sports can currently play at Level 1 and 2
• Higher-risk sports can currently play at Level 1

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-announces-new-restrictions-for-recreational-sports-including-at-schools/2313384/



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