"Doing softball the way we did it in 2019" will not happen. The world will not go back to "normal" in 2020...if it ever does. The tournament formats have to be modified, or the tournaments have to be cancelled. Travel softball has to adapt or die.
Clearly, the covid19 problem is worst where there are concentrations of people--cities, nursing homes, meat packing plants.
The simplest approach to avoid the problem is to have more tournaments with fewer teams. But, fewer teams means less profits for the tournaments.
Take the Colorado Sparkler tournament with 900 teams. Does anyone really believe there won't be a few people with covid19 at that tournament? Given shared bathrooms, concession stands, and everything else, isn't there a huge risk at the tournament for an outbreak?
But, if you have a 16 team tournament, and the risk is far reduced, as is the $$$ to be made.
Clearly, the covid19 problem is worst where there are concentrations of people--cities, nursing homes, meat packing plants.
The simplest approach to avoid the problem is to have more tournaments with fewer teams. But, fewer teams means less profits for the tournaments.
Take the Colorado Sparkler tournament with 900 teams. Does anyone really believe there won't be a few people with covid19 at that tournament? Given shared bathrooms, concession stands, and everything else, isn't there a huge risk at the tournament for an outbreak?
But, if you have a 16 team tournament, and the risk is far reduced, as is the $$$ to be made.
