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Is It Insanity … ?


At the present time in the Boston area there are towns where not only is in-person schooling prohibited, but also youth sports are prohibited. As many of you may or may not realize New Hampshire and Vermont are very close to the Boston area. People who had lived in the Boston area have now relocated to Vermont because Vermont has in-person schooling and, just as important to some, a modified variety of youth sports. Boys in Vermont can play seven-man competitive touch football and other outdoor sports, whereas most, if not all, sports are prohibited in Massachusetts. “Is it insanity to believe that the coronavirus cannot or does not cross over the Massachusetts-Vermont state border?”

Similarly just over the New Hampshire-Massachusetts state border playing youth basketball games is allowed, whereas in the Boston area it is “prohibito!” So of course what happens? Multiple,multiple, multiple  carloads of youth basketball players and parents drive over the border into New Hampshire to play basketball. “Is it insanity to believe that a state border somehow prevents the coronavirus from crossing over?”

I have known about this Massachusetts lunacy for a while, but figured that it was just an East Coast thing. However today I read an article in my local newspaper which showed me how wrong I was to attribute this unusual way of thinking about youth sports to the East Coast. (“Come on, man!” . . . We in California can out liberal-think you anytime.) 

In California youth soccer teams are now renting fields in Arizona in order to host league games. The major difference here is that the distance is much further that from Boston across the state lines to where it is “safe” to play sports. (From San Diego to Phoenix is 355 miles … to Tucson 407 miles … to Yuma, a mere 172 miles.) Youth soccer teams that practice a few miles from one another in San Diego now have to travel hundreds of miles to play each other. “Is it insanity to think that the California-Arizona border is impervious to the coronavirus?”

However youth soccer is not alone. AAU basketball tournaments (LA & Las Vegas) have moved across the border to St. George, Utah. “Is it insanity to think … etc?”

The top youth lacrosse players are now playing in Salt Lake City. “Is it insanity to think … etc?”

“Freak Show Wrestling” with 3500 entrants has moved from Las Vegas to Idaho. “Is it insanity to think … etc?”

Interesting, but not surprising: the states that are clamping down on youth sports are blue states. 

Warning:

If Biden is elected, look for nationwide clampdowns on just about everything from youth sports to pre-schools. The only ones likely to benefit if Sleepy Joe crawls across the finish line first are contractors . . . specifically those that are into designing basements.

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