The Absence of Sports
Students wait anxiously for notification of school sports starting back up for the fall term
As the school year of 2020/2021 begins, fall sports quickly approach. However, COVID-19 restricts and limits many ways of executing school activities. As implementations of social distancing are put in place, many are questioning when things will return to normal, and sports are no exception.
“I don’t really know what to expect. This was supposed to be a big season for us,” Coach Cameron Thomas said. “We encourage everyone to wear a mask if they want to see us play. I don’t think we can overcome the time that we have lost. All we can do is get 1% better every day.”
As of right now, it’s not safe to determine a plan for sports, as Broward County still implements many rules and regulations for schools.
Just like staff members, students also feel many mixed emotions. Some students strive to become our future sports players.
“A lot of us have been working hard every day for countless hours to become a better player,” junior Joseph Rispoli said. “We didn’t put in everything we have just to not play this fall.” Many students purely focus on school sports to make it through high school. To them, it must be extremely difficult to branch out into other school activities.
Many students don’t just use school sports as an opportunity, but even as a fun hobby. “It is difficult to go on with school, but leave behind a big passion of mine,” junior Leonardo Rodriguez said.
Leaving behind one’s great passion becomes extremely difficult. The only thing some can do out of this situation is to keep going. There are always more days to come in the future. For now, it is safe to wait, although these sports may be coming sooner rather than later.
Jacobo Gallego is a Sophomore and the Sports Section Editor for Journalism at Coral Glades High School, and was the Content Editor in his Freshman...
I say that sports should be allowed but for the students that are going to attend a sport have to wait until their season is over with, to be able to go back into school premises. I think that there has to be certain requirements other than your GPA and you passing class, i’m talking about your health and checkups to let your school know you’re Corona free. I’m saying this because my self plays Soccer and I play on a travel team, and our season already started and we’re doing practices.
This was a great article I read.
As a member of the basketball team, COVID 19 has severely impacted the me. I haven’t been to one practice since all of this started.
Feel upset for the students who looked forward to play sports at school. For them sports took their mind of all the stress and work they have at school and gave them a breath of relieved. Due to the covid -19 restrictions sports have been pushed back but hopefully very soon all sports will be back.
Love the positivity that was left with at the end. Even though students come to school for academic reasons, i completely agree with you in the sense that school sports give kids opportunities and something to look forward to besides grades.