A detailed plan presented to all high school football coaches and some Metro Nashville administrators obtained by The Tennessean shows how coaches believe football can be played safely during the coronavirus pandemic.
The proposal, put together by Cane Ridge coach Eddie Woods and others, included plans from the National Federation of State High School Associations, TSSAA, Rutherford County, Sumner County, Williamson County and Davidson County private schools.
Metro athletics director Roosevelt Sanders said he has seen the plan and said it has been passed on to other Metro administrators. Sanders said coaches in all sports were asked to submit safety plans.
"(Woods) and the others working on it did a great job with it," Sanders said.
The football plan includes limiting how many athletes can be in a locker room at one time, how much contact practice can take place and how social distancing would be used when not holding contact drills.
The plan was presented to school administrators three days after schools director Adrienne Battle announced that high school sports would be postponed until further notice. That announcement came after originally saying high school sports would not begin until after Labor Day at the earliest.
Battle's announcement came hours after the Metro Public Health Department recommended that high school sports not be played until students are in-person learning. Currently, Metro schools are virtual learning with students being phased in beginning in October with the youngest grades.
The health department did say if sports occurs that athletes and coaches should receive just two tickets each. Bands and student sections should not be allowed and there should be no concessions.
On Tuesday, Davidson County had 1,380 reported active coronavirus cases.
Metro Nashville is the lone school system in Middle Tennessee that hasn't allowed fall sports to begin. Montgomery County schools begin their football seasons on Friday.
“I appreciate our coaches presenting ideas to further support student athletes," said Battle, an Overton alum and former high school athlete. "Extracurricular events will continue to be postponed until further notice, but elements of these plans will be considered for future athletic events once it is determined it is safe to do so.
"Even with strict safety protocols in place for practices and conditioning, we have had several student athletes and coaches that have had to quarantine because of COVID exposures, so community spread is going to be an important factor when making decisions about safety.”
The coaches' plan calls for pregame meals to be prepackaged and eaten in the stadium for social distancing. Only 10 players can dress in a locker room at one time. And warmups will be held at different times with stretching done 15 feet from each other.
Coaches are to wear masks during pregame and players are to wear one in pregame while getting taped or any other medical treatment. During the game, there is to be no contact celebration after plays, and footballs will be sanitized and exchanged as much as possible.
There will be a sanitation area for players. Cones will be provided to show where athletes can stand while social distancing. Masks must be worn on sidelines at all times and roster sizes will be limited to 50 athletes at home and away games.
Student managers will not be used. Freshman team coaches will be used to help with hydration and sanitation.
After games there will be no handshake lines. Players must enter locker rooms after the game at different times, not exceeding 10 players. Postgame meetings will be held outside for social distancing. Equipment will be sanitized before being brought in the locker room. And a uniform dropoff area will be in place with only coaches handling laundry. All coaches will sanitize afterward.
Cane Ridge coaches proposed plans for practices, too, where contact drills will be used with equipment and not other players until the end of practice and will not exceed 15 minutes. That will also help when contact tracing is needed. The end-of-practice contact drills would happen no more than twice per week.
A quick whistle will be used to prevent long contact when it occurs. There will be no tackling to the ground. Players will have access to sanitation stations after the contact period.
Reach Tom Kreager at 615-259-8089 or tkreager@tennessean.com and on Twitter @Kreager.
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