PIAA Gives Fall Sports the Green Light

 PIAA Gives Fall Sports the Green Light

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association has given schools the green light to proceed with fall sports against the recommendation of Governor Tom Wolf.  The PIAA Board of Directors voted 25-5 on Friday afternoon to proceed with fall sports as scheduled.

The governor’s office released a statement Friday that said, “While the administration expressed broad concern with the PIAA’s plans, including its request for liability protections, we’ve made it clear to them since July that this decision should be made by the PIAA in concert with local school districts. The governor has a deep appreciation for the importance of athletics and the role sports play in the lives of student-athletes. The governor’s recommendation is grounded in public health evidence and a common-sense reaction to league after league canceling or postponing their fall seasons, outbreaks across the country, growing evidence of higher transmission in children, protecting higher-risk adults and the fundamentally important need to get kids back into learning in classrooms.”