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CIF Cancels All State, Regional Championships For Fall High School Sports

All California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State and Regional Championships for high school fall sports in California were canceled and all full practice and competition start dates were put on hold by the CIF State office on Tuesday.

With COVID-19 cases surging in California and many counties still in the lowest tier of the state’s reopening plan, any guidelines for a return to youth sports have remained unavailable from state officials.

The lack of guidelines from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has put an indefinite hold on any movement towards a return to competition for high school sports.

“The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) does not expect the CDPH will issue any guidance allowing for schools to return to full practice and competition until after January 1, 2021, at the earliest,” reads the statement from the CIF-State office. Thus, all full practice and competition start dates are officially on hold until updated guidance is issued.”

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The cancellation is intended to increase the opportunity for a longer regular season.

“By canceling Regional and State Championship events, more student-athletes will have the opportunity to participate in a longer season, rather than a truncated season with Regional and State post-season play for a limited number of schools,” the statement read.

The possibility for a Southern Section Championship remains on the table were the COVID-19 situation to improve in the near future.

If schools are unable to begin competition by mid-December as originally hoped and planned for, the season could still potentially proceed at a later date with some modifications.

“There would have to be postponements/cancellations of athletic contests at the start of the Fall Sports season, but league play and post-season play would remain as scheduled,” wrote CIF-SS commissioner Rob Wigod. “If regular seasons are shortened, it would be at the front end of the season, keeping the back end of the season unchanged.”

Wigod is expected to share another update on the status of Southern Section Championships for falls sports on Jan. 19, 2021.

The statement also issued a reminder that the CIF office has no authority over when athletic competition may resume, which is determined by state and local health officials, school districts and finally the individual schools.

In addition to the updates regarding competition, the CIF-SS release included an update on their financial projections for 2020-2021.

“Based on the current situation facing us, the potential loss of revenue from sports championships that may not be held or if they are held with no spectators, and the reality that sports championships make up approximately 60% of our budgeted income, our projection for a final Profit and & Loss for fiscal 2020-2021 is currently a loss of $275,000,” Wigod wrote.

With the present uncertainty baked into current revenue projections, the loss could be as large as $600,000 to $700,000, according to Wigod.


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