TAPPS moving season---more to follow

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TAPPS has announced they are moving back their fall seasons.

Obviously this needs more time to figure out the impact. UIL will add something soon, especially for the larger divisions.

I will work on how this affects schedules later once a plan is really developed.

Let's keep this on topic. No politics (there's other topics for that), but facts on the mechanics as we move forward
 
So this basically means there will be some open games now for public schools right? Hypothetically if they were playing a public school needing some games.
 
UUL is putting out new guidance on Monday. With all these big districts (Houston, Dallas, El Paso, etc) starting school late I would imagine the public schools will delay athletics. TAPPS and the UIL usually we em well together. Just one idiot”s opinion!
 
Which way is TAPPS doing it?

A.
Spring Sports
Basketball
Football

B.
Spring Sports
Football
Basketball

In theory, basketball could start at the same time and end at the same time. It is also probably the hardest sport to play with the COVID restrictions.
 
Spring sports for TAPPS hasn't been affected.

Winter sports (basketball, soccer) have been pushed back a little bit. It was not said during the webinar, but I presume it is to reduce the overlap with the fall sports. November 2 - First Day of Games now becomes November 12. (October 19 first day of practice is now November 2.)

Fall sports schedules will be truncated with volleyball beginning games on 9/21, fall soccer/field hockey on 9/28 and football the week of 9/28 (games on 10/1-10/3).

TAPPS Return to Play material can be found here: https://tapps.biz/2020-return-to-play/
 
I fully expect to see UIL come up with a similar plan.

In today's San Antonio Express News, the story about TAPPS moving back football was on the front page of the sports section (which has now been moved to a couple pages in the back of the "SA Life" section except on Sunday).

But on page 1, front of the paper and above the fold was news from the SA Metro Health Dept., which handles most of that stuff in Bexar County. They, with the acquiescence of the Mayor and County Judge (both hacks), will not permit public schools in their jurisdiction to start in-person classes until September 8 AND prohibit all in-school meetings and extra-curricular activities (INCLUDING SPORTS) until that date.

By the way, the Attorney General also ruled in the past couple days that the state cannot impose a starting date on religious/parochial schools under their First Amendment privilege. The Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio's education office has announced they anticipate starting classes on August 17th. But, of course, with TAPPS kicking sports back to September, they are effectively following the Metro Health Dept. ruling.
 
Following the lead of Dallas County, several North Texas school districts have delayed the start of in-person classes until September over fears of the Chinese coronavirus.

Frisco Independent School District announced on Thursday the first three weeks of its 2020-2021 school year will be “in a completely virtual environment for all students.”

Superintendents at Allen ISD, Plano ISD, and McKinney ISD followed suit on Friday, announcing students will not have access to in-person learning until at least early September and must rely on remote, online-only instruction. Lovejoy ISD announced its delayed start of face-to-face teaching on Wednesday.

“While we completely respect and appreciate the desire for in-person instruction, we have decided to begin school with virtual instruction until the public health situation improves. Our goal is to begin offering on-campus instruction on September 3,” said McKinney ISD Superintendent Rick McDaniel.

Students’ first day of virtual school and expected date of transition to on-campus classroom learning varies by district.

On Thursday, Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Dr. Philip Huang issued an order banning on-campus, face-to-face classes at all the county’s pre-kindergarten through grade 12 schools, public and private, through September 7.
 
While I know it is probably remote, I believe TAPPS was to quick in making a decision and needs to rethink their position. Follow UIL if 1A-4A can start on time you mean to tell me we cant? Utterly ridiculous..
 
Although there are several TAPPS schools that play sixman a majority of TAPPS schools are in the metro Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio areas. Similarly that's where most UIL 6A and 5A schools are located. Just thinking about the reasoning behind both associations decisions.
 
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