SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Friday – hours after the state revised its guidelines to allow certain sports activities in counties with relatively low rates of new COVID-19 cases – the San Diego Superior Court judge, Earl H. Maas III, agreed with the plaintiffs in his written ruling that young athletes were no more at risk of contracting or transmitting COVID-19 than their professional or college counterparts.
Maas briefly referred to the new guidance issued by the state, but wrote that “competent evidence was not provided to the court in this regard” during Friday’s hearing and therefore declined “to anticipate this. that (the state) “could” do in the coming week. . “
Surf Soccer Club CEO Brian Enge joined Good Morning San Diego to discuss the judges’ decision and get the kids back to practice.
The state’s new standard allows for the resumption of “high-contact outdoor sports” in counties that are reaching an adjusted daily average of 14 new cases per 100,000 population. San Diego County currently has a rate of 22.2 cases per 100,000 population.
However, through the lawsuit filed by two San Diego-area high school athletes, Maas granted a temporary restraining order …
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