Texas high school football and social distancing? Some fans did better than others
The Texas high school football season kicked off Friday night amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Class 4A schools and smaller got the ball rolling all around the state with some stadiums social distancing better than others.
The Lampasas Badgers hosted Brownwood Friday night and from the looks of several images and videos posted on social media, Badgers fans like to stick close together. (Livescience.com says Badgers are “social creatures and live in groups,” so maybe that runs deep, even with mascot names.
However, according to the UIL guidelines for dealing with COVID-19 during the pandemic, schools are required to limit capacity to 50% for all games and only “provided that appropriate spacing between spectators is maintained according to the protocol.”
The UIL guidelines specifically call for groups (a maximum of 10 people) to maintain at least six feet of distance from other groups at all times, “including the process of admission and seating.”
The guidelines also call for schools to limit seating to every other row and to “block off seating to maintain a minimum six feet of distance between groups.”
If that was happening at Badger Field Friday night in Lampasas, it’s certainly hard to see it from the footage.
Of course, Lampasas wasn’t the only guilty town. The Celina Bobcats were packed to the gills for their loss to Melissa at Bobcats Stadium. Other similar scenes were on display from the panhandle to Corpus Christie.
This story was originally published August 31, 2020 at 2:45 AM.
