Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 6/25/20
25 June 2020 Sports
The NFL will hold a conference call with owners on Thursday to update teams on plans for training camp and the start of the season. A league source tells Action 2 Sports’ Baillie Burmaster Wednesday night that part of those plans include limiting the number of fans at games, at least to start the season. And that it will be up to individual teams to determine the number of percentage of fans allowed. Earlier on Wednesday, the Sports Business Journal reported that team presidents were informed on Tuesday that no fans will be allowed in the first 6 to 8 rows of any stadiums in order to protect those on the sidelines from possible exposure to the Coronavirus. At Lambeau Field, that will greatly affect the Lambeau Leap. Furthermore, those empty rows of seats will be covered, and teams will be allowed to sell advertising on those tarps to help offset some of the expected revenue losses this season due to Covid-19. Other items on the agenda for Thursday’s conference call include training camp protocols, and social justice initiatives.
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The WIAA Board of Control unanimously approved Wednesday to add a girls individual state wrestling tournament beginning in the 2021-22 season. The BOC voted 10-0 and the hope is the individual state tournament can lead to an eventual team state championship.
“That’ll be down the road, if we can get to that point,” WIAA deputy director Wade Labecki said. “I don’t think that’s going to be in the near future. This is encouraging more girls to individual wrestling. Going to be a while before we get to team state and if we get a girls sport coinciding with the boys Currently, girls wrestle on boys teams and that would be the same in 21-22. Once the regular season is completed, girls wrestlers will break off into their own postseason, with the final destination being the state tournament.teams at state we’re going to have to find a different facility. “
Currently, girls wrestle on boys teams and that would be the same in 21-22. Once the regular season is completed, girls wrestlers will break off into their own postseason, with the final destination being the state tournament.
- The WIAA voted 10-0 to approve automatic seeding for the boys and girls basketball regionals and sectionals for 2021-22 with a chance to implement this coming season.
- The BOC approved extending the summer coaching contact period up until the start of the football season. This was to allow areas that are limiting sports contact until late July to still get contact in.
- The BOC voted down 10-0 a proposal that would evenly disperse teams into two divisions for the boys state hockey tournament. For the first time this past season instead of one division there were two divisions, 52 Division1 teams and 32 Division 2 teams.
- The BOC voted 10-0 in favor to permanently keep two divisions for the boys state hockey tournament. This past season was an “experiment’ of having two divisions.
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All-Star outfielder Charlie Blackmon of the Colorado Rockies has become the first Major League Baseball player known to have tested positive for the coronavirus. A person familiar with Blackmon’s situation confirmed the test result to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement. The Denver Post first reported Blackmon’s condition, saying Tuesday that three Rockies players had tested positive. Blackmon is a four-time All-Star slugger who hit .314 with 32 home runs and 86 RBIs last season. He turns 34 on July 1, the day players are set to begin reporting for the resumption of spring training.
The Philadelphia Phillies have said seven players have tested positive for the virus without identifying any of them. Several other teams have said they also have players who have tested positive. The Post reported Blackmon tested positive last week after workouts at Coors Field in Denver. The newspaper said the Rockies then closed the ballpark, following MLB protocol
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The caddies for Brooks Koepka and Graeme McDowell have tested positive for the coronavirus, leading both major champions to withdraw Wednesday from the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. McDowell tested negative, though he suspects he has the virus and decided to drive home to start his self-isolation. He said Ricky Elliott, a longtime friend from Northern Ireland and Koepka’s caddie, received a positive result and that Koepka has withdrawn. McDowell played a practice round Tuesday with Koepka and British Open champion Shane Lowry. McDowell said he heard from Lowry, whose test was negative. Nick Watney was the first player to test positive, on Friday at the RBC Heritage.
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