>>JENNIFER WAUGH: STARTING MONDAY STUDENT ATHLETES CAN BEGIN PRACTICING SPORTS THE
FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION BOARD GAVE THE
APPROVAL AFTER HE SEEMINGLY
CONTENTIOUS MEETING HELD ABOUT
2 DAYS AGO.
AND WHILE IT APPROVED ALLOWING
THE SCHEDULED A BASICALLY
REMAINED THE SAME AS THEY MOVE
FORWARD. IT DID LEAVE IT UP TO
EACH DISTRICT TO DECIDE WHEN
ITS ATHLETES CAN RETURN TO THE
FIELD
AND COURT TAMMIE TALLEY IS THE
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR DUVAL
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JOINING
US. THE THIS MORNING FROM HER
OFFICE GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR
BEING
WITH US.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND
THANKS FOR HAVING ME SO CAN
DUVALL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS TEAMS START PRACTICING
ON MONDAY. SO TECHNICALLY FROM
THE BOARD. THAT’S WHAT THE FHA SAY BOARD APPROVED.
>> RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY I WOULD
SAY THE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WHERE IN THE HEAD. WE’RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT A GAME PLAN AND
OUR NEXT STEPS FOR.
>>LAUREN VERNO: PARTICIPATION
FALL SPORTS. WHAT IS IT ABOUT
THAT GAME PLAN THAT IS SUCH A
CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT’S NOT JUST
FLIPPING A SWITCH AND SAYING
ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY
COME BACK HIT THE LOCKER ROOM
AND HEAD OUT TO PRACTICE IT’S
NOT THAT EASY IS IT. IT IS NOT
THAT EASY
WE HAVE.
>> LOTS OF THINGS TO THINK
ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO THEIR
LOCKER ROOM AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING
AND THE. THE FACE MASK AND A
HELMET THAT THE STUDENT
ATHLETES ARE WEARING THE CLOSE
PROXIMITY WHEN OUR VOLLEYBALL
PLAYERS ARE IN THE GYM. SO
THERE’S A WHOLE LOT TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT’S RETURN TO PLAY IN
THIS
NEW NORMAL.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: GIVEN THAT WE
HAVE BEEN KIND OF WATCHING THIS
ALL OF ALL OF THE LAST 4 MONTHS
WE KNOW THAT BUDGETS
ARE TIGHT ARE YOU PLANNING TO
ASK OR HAVE YOU ALREADY
FOR ADDITIONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT LIKE FACE SHIELDS
THAT WE’VE BEEN HEARING A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT 4 FOOTBALL
PLAYERS ARE OTHER SPORTS.
TO PROTECT KIDS FROM THE SPREAD
OF VIRUS. THEY DON’T PASS IT
FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
>> SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE.
LOTS OF BUSINESS PARTNERS AND.
AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE STEPPED UP AND WANTED TO HELP US I JUST GOT OFF A
CALL YESTERDAY WITH THE JAGUARS
AND THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT AND
SOME SPECIAL CLEANING EQUIPMENT
TO HELP US WITH
OUR LIVES, THE ROOMS AND AND WE
HAVE OTHER SPONSORS AROUND THE
STATE OF FLORIDA THAT ARE
WILLING ALSO TO STEP UP AND
HELP KEEP OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES SAFE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND I THINK
YOU BRING UP A REALLY IMPORTANT
POINT TO BECAUSE AS WE HAVE
SEEN WITH BUDGETS KIND OF
TIGHTENING OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS BEFORE EVEN THE
PANDEMIC YOU’VE REALLY HAD TO
CALL ON PRIVATE SPONSORS
TO HELP IS THIS EVEN CREATING
MORE OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE
THESE KINDS OF PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT FACE SHIELDS FOR
EXAMPLE THERE A LOT OF PLAYERS
OBVIOUSLY IN DUVAL COUNTY.
THEY DON’T COME CHEAP.
>> WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS DAY ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GET FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP
US OUT AND THE GATE RECEIPTS
HAVING THE FANS COME IN THE.
HE EXPECTS THAT WE’RE NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IF WE’RE
HAVING TO LIMIT OUR CAPACITY
THAT LIMITS THE FUNDS THAT WE
HAVE TO NOT ONLY PAY OR
FOOTBALL BILLS, BUT ULTIMATELY
PAY ALL OF THE OTHER
NON-REVENUE
GENERATING SPORTS.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO I’M GOING
TO SINGLE OUT FOOTBALL ONLY
BECAUSE BY NATURE IT’S A
CONTACT SPORT, RIGHT
OF COURSE AND SAFELY SOCIALLY
DISTANCING I MEAN CAN YOU EVEN
DO THAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT
FOOTBALL IS A 100% GOING TO BE
ABLE TO BE PLAYED.
GIVEN THAT WE LIVE IN
JACKSONVILLE OR PERCENTAGE
POSITIVITY RATE RIGHT NOW THE
MAYOR SAID WAS 11% YESTERDAY,
HOW DO YOU DO THAT. HOW DO YOU
PLAY FOOTBALL. GIVEN THAT WE
HAVE COMMUNITY SPREAD OF THIS
VIRUS.
>> IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN
EASY TASK THAT’S FOR
SURE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY
PUT IN SO MANY PROTOCOLS TO
KEEP OUR ATHLETES SAFE.
WEARING MASK AS THEY’RE COMING
IN
TEMPERATURE CHECKS. WE HAVE A
QUESTIONNAIRE THAT EVERY
STUDENT ATHLETE IN EVERY COACH
HAS
TO GO NOW EVERY SINGLE DAY WE
DO IT YOU ARE CO WE’RE NOT
TOUCHING PAPER IT’S A BARGAIN
ON THEIR PHONE AND THEY FILL
OUT THEIR QUESTIONS AND WERE
ABLE TO MONITOR THOSE QUESTIONS
FOR ANY YES ANSWERS LIKE THEY
HAVE A FEVER OR THEY HAVE A
COUGH. SO THERE’S A LOT OF
PROTOCOLS THAT WE’RE PUTTING
IN PLACE JUST FOR OUR RETURN TO
ACTIVITY WHICH IS CONDITIONING
IN SOME WAY TRAINING SO IT’S
NOT GOING TO BE AN
EASY TASK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WHAT KIND OF
FEEDBACK ARE YOU RECEIVING FROM
COACHES AFTER MONDAY’S
DECISION.
>> A LOT OF COACHES ARE READY
TO GET BACK TO WORK. BUT THEY
ARE ALSO VERY CONCERNED.
WHAT CAME OUT FROM THE SMACK
REPORT, THE SPORTS MEDICINE
ADVISORY COUNCIL AND
THEY WANT THEIR ATHLETES TO BE
SAFE AND THEY WANT TO BE SAFE
AND THEY WANT THEIR FAMILIES TO
BE SAFE AND SO THEY’RE LOOKING
FOR. HAPPY MEDIUM THEY WANT
TO BE ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE BUT THEY WANT
THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES AND
THEIR COACHING STAFF AND
EVERYBODY AROUND THEM TO BE
SAFE AND WE SHOULD POINT OUT
THAT THE MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
DID NOT RECOMMEND RESUMING
PRACTICE ON MONDAY ARE
YOU WORRIED.
>> YOU KNOW GIVEN THIS SORT OF
MIXED MESSAGE A LITTLE BIT
ALLOWING THE KIDS TO GO BACK
BUT THE MEDICAL BOARD SAYING
IT’S NOT A
GOOD IDEA ARE YOU WORRIED ARE
YOU CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE
TO PROTECT PLAYERS FROM GETTING
THIS VIRUS AND BRING IT HOME TO
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW OLDER
RELATIVES WHO ARE CONSIDERED
HIGH RISK.
>> IT’S ALWAYS A CONCERN ABOUT
IT’S
A CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY FOOTBALL
BUT OUR INDOOR SPORTS LIKE
VOLLEYBALL AND EVEN OUR OUTDOOR
SPORTS LIKE CROSS COUNTRY
AND OFF. AND SO WE WANT TO
PROTECT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.
SO LIKE I SAID ORIGINALLY WE’RE
IN THE HUDDLE WE’RE TRYING TO
COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN SO
THAT WE CAN RETURN TO SPORTS AS
SAFELY AS POSSIBLE AND
END IT BS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE
FOR STUDENT ATHLETES BECAUSE
THEY
DESERVE THAT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: TAMMY I KNOW
THIS HAS BEEN VERY BUSY YOU AND
I WERE COMMUNICATING AT 9.30
LAST NIGHT WE WERE E-MAILING
THIS MORNING AT 06:00AM AND
YOU’RE ON YOUR WAY TO A 9
O’CLOCK GRADUATION I KNOW THAT
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