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IESA annoyed in ‘serious monetary situation’

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The subsequent email was sent to IESA member universities on Wednesday, January 13 relating to the resumption of IESA athletics and routines:

January 13, 2021

In this article is yet another announcement regarding the resumption of sports activities/routines for IESA member schools. You should be confident this is shared with all customers of your administrative employees, coaches, A.D., and mom and dad.

A lot of of you are informed that Governor Pritzker made an announcement on Wednesday, January 6 that regions of the point out that fulfill the criteria to go to Tier 2 mitigations would be allowed to do so. Considering that that announcement, we have fielded many phone calls and emails as to how that will impact tactics and contests being performed. The solution, however, is the very same remedy I have presented countless times given that this pandemic began 10 months ago—-I do not know. I am sorry to be so vague but I will estimate for you the responses I obtained from the Governor’s Place of work when I requested if locations that shift to Tier 2 will be ready to resume practice and perform online games. In this article are the responses I acquired today:



“Just listened to from IDPH, and as of now there are no choices on any regions that may be suitable to go to Tier 2. As a result, we’ll have to revisit this as soon as any region is in that place.”


I despatched a reply inquiring for clarification. This is the response I been given when I asked for clarification:

“We are even now in Tier 3, and when it is established a region, or regions, can shift to Tier 2, we will permit you know and deal with how that impacts sports assistance. Thanks for your tolerance.”


So, as you can see, I have no remedy to the concern if you can start out apply and enjoy video games if your area moves to Tier 2. This is starting to be progressively more annoying each individual day. Faculties require to plan IESA is aware of that. All I can notify you is that once we are told how Tier 2 mitigations impression interscholastic functions, you will be notified instantly. For now, we are still in Tier 3 and sports keep on being paused.

I can inform you that at the time (or ought to I say if) we shift to Tier 2 mitigations, the IESA Board will satisfy so we can give you additional direction. As you know, boys basketball has been paused considering the fact that January 4 and girls volleyball has been paused because January 11. Boys basketball game titles have been supposed to get started this coming Saturday, January 16. Of course, that will not transpire. Women volleyball matches have been supposed to start off January 23. Probably, that will not transpire on that day. Bear in mind, as of today, even if we ended up in Tier 2 mitigations neither basketball or volleyball would be allowed to engage in contests as people have been considered high hazard and medium danger respectively. In accordance with the All Sports activities Policy, contests are not allowed for medium and higher chance athletics. It is achievable that new suggestions will be dispersed and athletics could be moved from one particular category to another. Or, it is attainable that what is allowed in every single classification modifications. At this position in time anything is achievable. I am not happy to have to say this to you but we basically must go on to wait until we obtain ultimate notification from IDPH. But, I can assure you that as soon as we are notified the IESA Board will meet up with promptly to make decisions relocating forward. We have a frequently scheduled IESA Board of Administrators meeting on January 29 but I anticipate a exclusive assembly right before then if we get some data relating to Tier 2 mitigations and the resumption of things to do. If we do not receive anything in advance of January 29, then we will be building decisions at that meeting. Remember to know, if we have not started any pursuits by January 29, it is very doable we could be seeking at cancelling some sport seasons. There basically is not going to be sufficient time in the calendar to get each and every IESA activity played preserving in brain that the IHSA will be on the lookout to participate in numerous of their sports at the very same time. There will occur a point in time that there is simply just not more than enough calendar, not enough officials, not more than enough amenities, and learners will not be ready to do all the sports activities in a a few thirty day period window. These are actual difficulties struggling with anyone. The “new” ladies basketball period, the keep track of and industry time, and the “new” wrestling year remain unchanged as of now. All of that could transform as the end result of our January 29 Board conference.


We have obtained a lot of queries about Scholastic Bowl. There has been no selection made pertaining to the perform of the IESA state scholastic bowl series. Faculties could certainly keep matches setting up January 25. You might hold them virtually or with the approval of your nearby board of instruction and your opponent’s neighborhood board, you could keep them in human being following all protection protocols. I understand that is not likely but the place is you can absolutely perform common period scholastic bowl matches.

No conclusions have been built about the conduct of the bowling point out collection or the cheerleading competitiveness. The cold tough truth is IESA is in a critical economical circumstance. We basically have no revenue. Any exercise that prices the Association money without the chance to recoup some of the cost by charging admission to attend the party will be a challenge to conduct. We basically are not in a posture to reduce dollars. These are the variety of choices that the Board of Administrators will be producing when we fulfill January 29.

The Go Fund Me campaign is on-likely. I would really encourage you to share the connection to make a donation https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.iesa.org__!!Ivohdkk!zRK1YLuqdIDYsb5-bOts8DoLgzi322gQSRe0n2PHdBUanuviI5ZahBwJ-52W0FdldmCrcg$ to everybody connected with IESA in your college and community. To date, we have been fortuitous to acquire just about $29,000 from the on-line campaign and immediate contributions. Quite a few thanks to individuals of you who have contributed and/or shared the link. We certainly welcome any and all assistance.

A single of these times I hope to create to permit you know our athletics and actions can resume and we can have fans in attendance at contests. I share your concerns about how this is affecting learners. We have to keep on functioning with the Governor’s Business office and IDPH. I will be in contact (once again) once I know a lot more. Thank you for your ongoing persistence.

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