High School Sports Amid The Pandemic

The Alabama Athletics Association announced plans for high school sports

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Thanks for joining us tonight.

I'm schaffer schaffer.

>> najahe sherman: and i'm najahe sherman.

We finally have answers about high school sports and when school starts next month.

>> dan shaffer: today the alabama athletics association announced plans to play and start on time.

>> najahe sherman: one local coach told us that he understands some parents may second-guess the decision.

>> indicator, football practice is going to start on monday.

Obviously it raises concerns about playing during a pandemic, a concern the head coach says he understands.

>> high school sports is -- it's not the driving sports for our society, i understand that.

>> coach adcock knows the complaints about playing sports during the pandemic.

But he says it's important for kids to get active.

>> they need to get back in an environment where there's some structure and discipline and where we can help enhance what we're trying to get these kids to learn to do.

>> the plan released by the alabama athletics high school association made a few minor plans for football.

Masks for coaches are strongly recommend but left how to handle transportation and fans up to local school boards.

While there's a lot for everybody to think about adcock told his team football can be a good distraction.

>> that's the biggest thing we've talked to them about is if you want to have football there's certain things you're going to have to do.

You're not going to like it.

But if you don't want to do it then you won't have football.

>> adcock says this year is going to be different than any other with facemasks on coaches and an uncertainty about fans.

Right now he says all they can do is