Ohio State sports, including football, will not take place this fall due to the Big Ten’s concern regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. But other sports, contact and non-contact, in the state of Ohio will go ahead and play. Governor Mike DeWine announced on Tuesday that all high school, middle school and youth sports can compete this fall. In his press conference, DeWine said he spoke with parents, athletes, coaches, doctors, health experts about this decision before coming to the conclusion. “We know, just as going back to school in person does increase the risks of spread, we know that sports, particularly contact sports, they do as well,” DeWine said. “It’s been said several times, the more spread there is in a community and more spread there’s going to be in the school, than the higher the risk is in the community. And in athletes as well. “On the other hand, we…
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