IHSA Originally published on January 29, 2021 7:43 pm The head of the Illinois High School Association says political pressure may have helped prompt state public health officials and the Pritzker administration to allow basketball and other high-risk sports to resume. The Bloomington-based IHSA approved a schedule on Wednesday to enable all sports to resume, after the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) shifted to allow high-risk sports to resume in areas where COVID-19 mitigations were relaxed.
IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson said he urged schools to contact their state legislators “to push the conversation” for weeks when it appeared the state wasn't going to budge.