Extended pause frustrates Uyl, MHSAA
The Michigan High School Athletic Association thought it had a safe and secure plan to resume prep sports in the month of December.
Tuesday, a frustrated MHSAA Executive Director Mark Uyl appeared on “The Huge Show” radio program to express his disappointment in the extension of the epidemic order placed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, alongside Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
“We’re continuing to be on hold. The three-week pause has now become a five-week pause. To say that we were disappointed in yesterday’s announcement would be an understatement,” Uyl said. “We had put together an incredibly well-thought- out plan, citing all of our evidence and data that we have collected from the first day of fall practice in August, and a very reasonable plan to let our three ongoing fall tournaments football, volleyball, and swim, be able to get the closure and to do it safely during the month of December.”