[Hoot Gibson]

Not a given that all school Districts are going to play.  I no and most on here knows its safer to have sports and not be in school, but that is going to be a hard sell for a school board to justify it,  I can see the point either way

If school's take reasonable measures to minimize the risk to students and players, I seriously doubt that there is any serious liability risk from reopening schools and resuming team sports. If there were no legal precedents, then schools would be inundated with suits every fall by parents whose children caught the flu. I have a hard time believing that the courts would not have quashed lawsuits over students contracting diseases long ago.

Any jury that votes for big judgments against public schools should be chased out of town along with the plaintiff, and the ambulance chaser who handled the plaintiff's case. This is yet another example of why this nation desperately needs tort reform. Plaintiffs should not be made wealthy by the courts at the expense of the property owners and other taxpayers that fund public schools.

It seems like every school year.... within the first two weeks of school starting, just about every parent/guardian is posting on social media how little Johnny or little Susie has strep throat, an ear infection or some other type of illness.

How many times have school districts closed down because of the flu, but their sports teams continued to practice and play games?
How many times has school been canceled due to weather, but their sports teams had practice or played a game that night?

Yet people know about the flu and strep throat and thus have made the assumption that it is not life threating or worth the risk. We see guidelines changed daily at the highest of levels. Now there could be a political discussion on that. I do now want to get into that, that is theory/opinion. What we know is 170,000 deaths +, flu on the top end is 60K a year. We are only 5 to 6 months into this. Science is frustrating to say the least in real time. However, I would want Hoot to set on my jury. Odds are he will not be able too.

If you go to court and the law is on your side, you would definitely want me on the jury that decided your case. If you go to court and the law is not on your side, then your attorney would be a fool not to use one of his free strikes to have me excluded from the jury.