The University Interscholastic League’s focus is on the 2020-2021 season, but it is not hastily moving ahead of the COVID-19 curve.
The UIL Legislative Council conducted a meeting through Zoom on Friday, discussing issues related to the coronavirus’s impact on summer conditioning and the fall sports season.
The spring sports season officially was canceled for the rest of the school year on April 17 and UIL executive director Charles Breithaupt says the league has fielded many questions over high school football and summer preparations leading up to the fall. The UIL hopes to resume summer conditioning soon but prioritizes safety and is closely watching professional and other sports leagues’ response to the virus as well.
“We’re not going to start any practices in the summer until we see that the National Football League, college football, the NBA, Major League Baseball, any of the pro sports - none of those have resumed play,” Breithaupt said. “In fact, I saw yesterday that Little League Baseball canceled their August championships, the Little League World Series. That tells you across the world activities have been canceled so we’re not the only one.”
The UIL also passed a resolution to temporarily expand the authority of the UIL executive director due to the pandemic.
It grants Breithaupt additional authority to make adjustments as needed but only related to the pandemic. That expanded authority will expire and changes, which could include scheduling or start dates for various sports and activities, will be communicated with the council.
Another change could involve relaxed restrictions on summer conditioning. The UIL already took steps toward altering summer training last year by allowing each sport two hours a week of specific training between student-athletes and high school coaches, not to exceed one hour a day.
The rule is welcomed by football coaches, for example, whose athletes can be ahead of schedule and much more prepared for fall practice than normal. The move even replaced spring football practice in some places.
But even this rule may need adjusting because of the virus. UIL deputy director Jamey Harrison noted the significant time missed between athletes and coaches.
“I expect to see some significant alteration to coaching restrictions specifically in the summer and in the fall as we move forward, allowing kids and coaches the opportunity to make up for as much of this missed time as they have, as we can offer,” Harrison said.
The UIL also passed a resolution stating a student who was cleared in a physical examination in the 2019-2020 school year can continue to participate in 2020-2021 unless there is an indication further medical evaluation is required.
Otherwise, Breithaupt says the UIL is planning around every outcome the virus could bring this summer and fall, including making plans for both the normally scheduled start of school, delayed start and the possibility of school starting but having to stop again.
The next legislative council meeting is June 16.
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