Illinois State Senate District 33 issued the following announcement on July 29.
Governor Pritzker announced new guidelines for youth and adult recreational sports.
Under these new guidelines, each sport is assigned a “risk level” (lower, medium, or higher) based on the amount of direct contact between athletes. A sport’s “risk level” determines what “type of play” athletes can participate in.
The “type of play” levels are:
Level 1: No-contact practices and trainings only
Level 2: Intra-team scrimmages allowed, with parental consent for minors; no competitive play
Level 3: Intra-conference or Intra-EMS-region1 or intra-league play/meets only; state- or league-championship game/meet allowed for low-risk sports only
Level 4: Tournaments, out-of-conference/league play, multi-team meets, out-of-state play allowed; championship games allowed
Below is what “types of play” are allowed per sport “risk level”:
Lower-risk sports: Levels 1, 2, and 3
Medium-risk sports: Level 1 and 2
Higher-risk sports: Level 1
Collegiate sports and professional leagues are not impacted by these restrictions.
The guidance was developed by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) after consultation with a number of stakeholders including the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA).
Original source can be found here.
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