I think CIF has several options:
1) Cancel all sports for 2020-21 -- Simple, to-the-point, and with clear justification. Of course CIF and the sections lose a lot of money, and may have to lay off staffers, etc.
2) Cancel just the "fall" sports and see if the "spring" sports can be played after the vaccine begins to be distributed and the presumed winter surge lessens -- The logic here would be that spring sport athletes lost the 2019-20 season while fall sport athletes didn't. So even though it seems "unfair," it just balances the scales a bit. Of course, football is the big moneymaker, so that's an issue.
3) Delay everything and shorten all seasons -- The negative here is that sports would have to overlap significantly, and also postseason -- where CIF and the sections generate their income -- would have to be truncated as well. This allows kids to have some sort of athletic experience, but it might just be a league season.
4) Dig deep and allow sports on a case-by-case basis -- Tennis, for example, is outdoors with no contact and there's little reason to believe it would cause a problem. Same with golf. Basketball and wrestling, indoor contact sports, would not be allowed. Baseball, softball and track all make sense in this scenario, but football and volleyball are on the bubble.
1) Cancel all sports for 2020-21 -- Simple, to-the-point, and with clear justification. Of course CIF and the sections lose a lot of money, and may have to lay off staffers, etc.
2) Cancel just the "fall" sports and see if the "spring" sports can be played after the vaccine begins to be distributed and the presumed winter surge lessens -- The logic here would be that spring sport athletes lost the 2019-20 season while fall sport athletes didn't. So even though it seems "unfair," it just balances the scales a bit. Of course, football is the big moneymaker, so that's an issue.
3) Delay everything and shorten all seasons -- The negative here is that sports would have to overlap significantly, and also postseason -- where CIF and the sections generate their income -- would have to be truncated as well. This allows kids to have some sort of athletic experience, but it might just be a league season.
4) Dig deep and allow sports on a case-by-case basis -- Tennis, for example, is outdoors with no contact and there's little reason to believe it would cause a problem. Same with golf. Basketball and wrestling, indoor contact sports, would not be allowed. Baseball, softball and track all make sense in this scenario, but football and volleyball are on the bubble.
