Congratulations everyone. You survived the first week without high school sports. The question everyone wants an answer to now is how many more weeks like this will there be?
I certainly don't know the answer to that question, but I think we're going to be in this situation for quite awhile. The current NCHSAA suspension runs through Apr. 6. I have no inside knowledge about discussions inside the NCHSAA this week (their offices are closed too), but I think it is highly unlikely the suspension is lifted on Apr. 6. In fact, I don't think the suspension is going to be lifted this school year. NC State Superintendent Mark Johnson told WRAL this week that this will be "a multi-week, maybe multi-month event." If school is closed, there's no way athletics are happening.
This probably means spring sports are over and basketball state championships probably aren't happening. We'll wait to get official word before we write them all off, but reality is beginning to set in for me. I just hope we can get through this in time for football to get back on a normal schedule at some point this summer.
We're going to continue tracking all of this and I hope this version of this newsletter ages poorly. I hope in a few weeks we look back on this email and say I was being Negative Nick or an alarmist or something like that. I will be perfectly fine with being wrong.
Let's look at some positive stuff though...
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