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    Masks While Actively Playing

    Apologies if this has already been posted. Anyone have their child play a full game in a mask yet?

    To families of FC Stars players active in Massachusetts:

    Until further notice, FC Stars will require face-masks to be worn at all times by players in training and in games occurring in Massachusetts. This is in accordance with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association guidelines that are being followed by all the major clubs in the area. We are privileged at this point to be able to provide soccer activities of any sort to our players and the intent here is to ensure that we can continue to do so and conform to all State guidelines. Irrespective of your personal views, we request your patience in these matters and must insist that you follow this mandate. We are hopeful that this will be a short-term measure and that we will be back to "normal" as soon as possible.

    #2
    yes, in this and other threads - http://talking-soccer.com/TS4/showthread.php?t=164853

    99% think it's the dumbest idea ever. Sidelines etc yes wear a mask. While playing, no - not because of any health risks while exercising, but simply that the risk of transmission is nearly non existent

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      #3
      Kids are resilient and they can deal with wearing masks during practices and games. Parents need to support them and not make a big deal about it. The alternative may be reverting back to Zoom practices and online challenges which jumped the shark after about two weeks this past Spring.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Kids are resilient and they can deal with wearing masks during practices and games. Parents need to support them and not make a big deal about it. The alternative may be reverting back to Zoom practices and online challenges which jumped the shark after about two weeks this past Spring.
        Maybe not so great to teach blind obedience to a tyrannical state?
        Masking of kids while running hard is not acceptable and dangerous to anyone that may have an unkown condition.
        How far will you let the state go?

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          #5
          Or the alternative is we just let our kids play just like almost every other state in the country. Our kids are in far more danger running around with masks compared to catching covid. Can anyone point to a single case of a kid catching covid playing soccer ? In fact there is not evidence of a single teacher catching covid from a student....in the entire world!! Trump is an idiot but he is right when he said the cure cannot be worse than the disease. This is insanity.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Or the alternative is we just let our kids play just like almost every other state in the country. Our kids are in far more danger running around with masks compared to catching covid. Can anyone point to a single case of a kid catching covid playing soccer ? In fact there is not evidence of a single teacher catching covid from a student....in the entire world!! Trump is an idiot but he is right when he said the cure cannot be worse than the disease. This is insanity.
            Your last part about teachers is completely false....but the rest about risk with kids is very true. When there has been team transmission it's mostly been amongst teammates (college football is a great example). A summer of athletics across the country and very, very few cases of team to team transmission. I think there was hockey tournament that had a few limited cases?

            Kids are far more likely to get Covid from their friends, classmates and family members than they are playing outdoor soccer

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              #7
              LOL....................

              these poor kids. Masks all day at school. Masks all day at practices/games. I'm sure Gov. Parker will mandate masks for kids when they are sleeping soon or when they are home. Death to kids that don't where masks!! Gov. Parker is pathetic wanna be dictator.

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                #8
                Last I had heard, it was while “actively participating”. So, on the field you could have it off while making a run, but would need it on when doing less active things. That email from the stars came out last night, so thought maybe something had changed (again).

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Apologies if this has already been posted. Anyone have their child play a full game in a mask yet?

                  To families of FC Stars players active in Massachusetts:

                  Until further notice, FC Stars will require face-masks to be worn at all times by players in training and in games occurring in Massachusetts. This is in accordance with the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association guidelines that are being followed by all the major clubs in the area. We are privileged at this point to be able to provide soccer activities of any sort to our players and the intent here is to ensure that we can continue to do so and conform to all State guidelines. Irrespective of your personal views, we request your patience in these matters and must insist that you follow this mandate. We are hopeful that this will be a short-term measure and that we will be back to "normal" as soon as possible.
                  Was there an enormous uptick of cases up in mass over the summer as kids resumed sports? Down here in CT, so many sports resumed at pretty much normal levels and nothing happened. Not saying it can't but outdoor sports do not seem to be much if a risk based on data from 2 months of activities in an entire state down here.

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                    #10
                    This whole "exercise with a mask is dangerous" thing has been bugging me because I've yet to see any evidence presented. Anyone?

                    I'm pretty sure if an otherwise healthy kiddo had a [I don't even know what? Heart attack? Fainting spell?] it would probably have made the news.

                    Withholding water in the heat has been well documented and rightly prohibited.

                    So... Links please.

                    (fwiw my own take is that masks while playing are likely not needed and definitely annoying)

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      LOL....................

                      these poor kids. Masks all day at school. Masks all day at practices/games. I'm sure Gov. Parker will mandate masks for kids when they are sleeping soon or when they are home. Death to kids that don't where masks!! Gov. Parker is pathetic wanna be dictator.
                      why do ^YOU^ think gov baker is imposing restrictions in the commonwealth?

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Was there an enormous uptick of cases up in mass over the summer as kids resumed sports? Down here in CT, so many sports resumed at pretty much normal levels and nothing happened. Not saying it can't but outdoor sports do not seem to be much if a risk based on data from 2 months of activities in an entire state down here.
                        Nope. A few weeks ago there was a pretend uptick in our positivity rate for a few days in limited places in MA that was picked up by the media nationally and we became one of those states where a resurgence was threatening to happen. It was mostly fiction - there was a minor uptick over a few days but nothing that rational people would conclude was a real problem. Governor’s response to the coverage was to move backward. Even before the backward steps were taken the rate had returned to where it was and now its down to its lowest levels since this thing began.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          why do ^YOU^ think gov baker is imposing restrictions in the commonwealth?
                          As much as I agree loony people on the right have latched on to anti-masking as some kind of irresponsible expression of individual liberty you can’t tell me the nutty left hasn’t done the same on the pro-mask side - where left leaning states are trying to push mask mandates in some cases beyond reason. Both sides are now complicit in politicizing this thing. It should be clear that appropriate mask wearing is part of the solution but like everything else needs to be balanced taking into consideration the real risks and real costs. A month ago it was wear masks if you can’t social distance. Now we are more apt to be told do both. A month ago kids could play soccer mask-less. Now they’re running around intensely exercising while wearing masks. You get the idea.

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                            #14
                            The thing is if we do the right things to respond to the virus then the result is nothing happens..

                            Well nothing except people bitching that everything was overkill.

                            And the dumbest will say the virus wasn't even real because it didn't directly impact them

                            Don't be the dumbest

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                              #15
                              Dumb is what we are presently excelling at.Not soo smaaat

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