vikingman wrote:I listened to 2 radio broadcasts of this game and also watched the YourLiveEvent, so I don't remember who said it, but someone mentioned that the tournament officials were doing a good job of making sure everyone was wearing masks. Not really.
As I was watching my own video of the game, I noticed a LOT of people behind the Kindred bench (apparently NOT Kindred fans as far as I could tell) who were not wearing masks--it wasn't that they were pulled down under their chin--just no mask visible at all.
And, on the entire Kindred bench, only one coach ever had a mask up. The players on the CC bench that never got in to the game always had their masks up, and whatever players who were rotating in-out would sometimes have masks on while they were on the bench.
I think MN sports might be over-doing the mask bit, but I don't think it's too much to ask that that the ND schools have their players/fans showing a bit more respect and concern. I find it hard to see it any other way than that Kindred had a 'rules don't apply to us' attitude.
What was the situation at other region events?
Also, I was a bit surprised on the coverage of the two missed free throws at the end of regulation. At the pro and college level I would certainly expect the player to be pointed out, but I don't think we have to go there at the high school level. A couple of years ago, CC made it to the softball championship on a major miscue by an opponent. I don't remember that the person was named in any of the in the articles I read, and as far as I was concerned, that was the way it should be.
The Kindred fan section was not behind their bench. If the school announces the importance and or has someone walking around asking people to pull them up most people are very good about wearing them. You were required to wear one to enter the building at NDSCS but I never heard one word from an announcer about wearing a mask and they didn't have anyone walking around policing it. I would say 85-90% of the people were wearing one after being seated. Seating was every other row to maintain social distancing. NDSCS also didn't serve any concessions throughout the Tournament to prevent the spread of COVID through popcorn.
Tri-State fans/students are also from SD where students DO NOT wear a mask in school. I spoke with a student from SD and I was told they only wear a mask when they sing in music. Schools have done a great job this year having everyone wear masks in ND. Lastly, I don't think ND Preps is the place we need to discuss mask use or enforcement. Time for you to go back to FB.
Here is a link to what ND thinks of masks:
https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/ ... 1302b.htmlThe beginning of the END to the madness!