Post by Aggie One on Mar 14, 2020 10:11:36 GMT -5
Local colleges approach sports practices in own ways in midst of outbreak
By Jeff Mills jeff.mills@greensboro.com
GREENSBORO — The NCAA canceled all its championships for the rest of the 2019-20 school year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
But it’s up to individual schools and leagues to figure out the rest of their sports years. And the situation at Greensboro’s colleges remains fluid, varying from school to school.
As of Friday afternoon.....
N.C. A&T
The Aggies are still holding spring practices, even though the MEAC has suspended all spring sports competitions through the end of the semester.
“Presently, school is still in session,” A&T athletics director Earl Hilton said. “So, as of today, practices are going on as normal. When school goes to a preferred long-distance education model, which will happen early next week, then practice will become voluntary. Some kids will go home because their parents are going to tell them, ‘I need you to come home.’ And we would not expect them to be here.
“But some of the other young men and young women will stay in their residence halls or apartments, doing all their classes online. For them, practice is going to be a nice break, a good opportunity to get out and exercise and socialize, see their friends and sweat a little bit.”
All that could change in an instant, Hilton said.
“If we get to a place where the university closes down, the UNC systems says, ‘We’re shutting it down’ for a week or 10 days or two weeks, obviously sports practices are done.”
For the rest of the story:
www.greensboro.com/sports/local-colleges-approach-sports-practices-in-own-ways-in-midst/article_89338bff-7c99-536b-bb7a-3706163615b0.html
By Jeff Mills jeff.mills@greensboro.com
GREENSBORO — The NCAA canceled all its championships for the rest of the 2019-20 school year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
But it’s up to individual schools and leagues to figure out the rest of their sports years. And the situation at Greensboro’s colleges remains fluid, varying from school to school.
As of Friday afternoon.....
N.C. A&T
The Aggies are still holding spring practices, even though the MEAC has suspended all spring sports competitions through the end of the semester.
“Presently, school is still in session,” A&T athletics director Earl Hilton said. “So, as of today, practices are going on as normal. When school goes to a preferred long-distance education model, which will happen early next week, then practice will become voluntary. Some kids will go home because their parents are going to tell them, ‘I need you to come home.’ And we would not expect them to be here.
“But some of the other young men and young women will stay in their residence halls or apartments, doing all their classes online. For them, practice is going to be a nice break, a good opportunity to get out and exercise and socialize, see their friends and sweat a little bit.”
All that could change in an instant, Hilton said.
“If we get to a place where the university closes down, the UNC systems says, ‘We’re shutting it down’ for a week or 10 days or two weeks, obviously sports practices are done.”
For the rest of the story:
www.greensboro.com/sports/local-colleges-approach-sports-practices-in-own-ways-in-midst/article_89338bff-7c99-536b-bb7a-3706163615b0.html
