PIAA officials and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf staffers met today regarding fall sports, and the PA Athletic Oversight Committee of the PA General Assembly appears to believe the plan will be to move forward with a fall sports season.
The committee says it will host a meeting “next week” to “discuss the plans by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), school superintendents, coaches, and athletic directors to resume school sports safely this fall.”
Senator Scott Martin (R-13), a member of the committee, said in a press release: “School sports play a critical role in the mental health and development of young people, and every effort should be made to ensure students can participate in these activities safely in the fall. Many recreation leagues were able to function without incident over the summer. I look forward to discussing ways that we can learn from their example to ensure school sports can resume in a way that ensures the health and safety of everyone involved.”
Wolf has recommended that no athletics be played in the fall, but his staff and the PIAA met today as the association looks to clarify how it should or if it should proceed in planning for the season.
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