{"id":83924,"date":"2020-08-03T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T14:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=83924"},"modified":"2023-04-14T19:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T19:07:18","slug":"hs-sports-early-august-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-sports-early-august-update\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Sports: Early August Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have the honor of interviewing two special guests for this week&#8217;s <a href=\"\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\">RCN Sports Talk<\/a> show: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piaa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PIAA<\/a> Board of Directors Vice-President\/<a href=\"https:\/\/districtxi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">District XI<\/a> Chair Bob Hartman and District XI Treasure\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cattysd.org\/Domain\/363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catasauqua HS<\/a> Athletic Director Tom Moll.<\/p>\n<p>As we have been doing the last few months here at &#8220;The Shop&#8221; and on our television show, we&#8217;ve been keeping you apprised of the latest news and rumors regarding scholastic sports in our coverage area. These two gentlemen agreed to be on the program to discuss the current status of high school sports and also address the many rumors that are flying around about the upcoming football season and all of the fall sports issues.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the topics of discussion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opinions on the latest directives from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.pa.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennsylvania Department of Education<\/a> and the PIAA<\/li>\n<li>Reactions from coaches and students on the COVID-19 protocols in place<\/li>\n<li>Alternate possibilities for fall sports being scheduled if the number of coronavirus cases spike or additional directives come from the state or federal government<\/li>\n<li>Deadlines for scheduling for football and all other fall sports<\/li>\n<li>Addressing the mental impact on students and allowing for a &#8220;transition period&#8221; to get kids back in playing shape<\/li>\n<li>Financial ramifications of the spring sports shutdown and potential impact for any interruptions of the fall sports playoff season<\/li>\n<li>Rumors of switching sports to different seasons (i.e., baseball to the fall, football to the spring) and other &#8220;hot takes&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two additional teases for this particular program &#8211; Bob and Tom tackle an issue that I have not seen nor heard of until last Friday when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasd.k12.pa.us\/nahs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norristown High School<\/a> made headlines. That is addressing the issue of an individual school district (or a specific community or local government) taking exception to the directives implemented by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the PIAA&#8230;how would that affect a team&#8217;s potential ability to play?<\/p>\n<p>Another hotly contested debate: will some sports like golf and tennis be able to start on time or will those sports be included with soccer, field hockey and football if the latter sports are forced to postpone or cancel their seasons?<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to find out!<\/p>\n<p>My thanks to both of these administrators for their time and insights and, if you want to hear their responses to these issues and the latest news regarding the possibilities of fall high school sports action, make sure you tune in to the &#8220;RCN Sports Talk&#8221; show on RCN TV and catch it through RCN &#8220;On Demand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company I have the honor of interviewing two special guests for this week&#8217;s RCN Sports Talk show: PIAA Board of Directors Vice-President\/District XI Chair Bob&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"Yoast SEO Relevanssi index exclude","inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sportstalk-shop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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