Parents around Kansas, in the words of one mom who spoke during the KSHSAA Appeal Board meeting last week, mobilized to get back into high school gyms after the association restricted attendance at winter sports.
Those parentsâ efforts paid off on Tuesday when the KSHSAA Board of Directors overturned its initial decision to restrict all fans from attending games. Now, one-to-two parents per participant will be allowed into games, although schools reserve the right to be stricter.
The administrators on the KSHSAA board that voted to allow fans back in will certainly be more popular with a vocal core of their constituents. But the science of COVID-19 spread isnât on their side. KSHSAA staff tried to tell them that, but now kids and sports will suffer. The viability of full seasons is eroding exponentially.Â