The bands, a culture respected in school football, will be in the box of Southeast Conference games next season. The visiting teams will be in the stadiums. The band’s decree is part of the rules issued through the Southeast Conference on Friday.
With the games scheduled to begin on September 26, the SEC announced on Friday the operational rules of its 14 member schools,
“The fitness of those surrounding SEC sporting events remains a fear and, following the recommendation of the SEC Back-to-Activity Working Group and medical recommendation, we continue to expand policies to provide a fitness to return to the competition,” said Commissioner Greg Sankey. “Some of these decisions are complicated, but they are a truth of our circumstances, and we will continue to expand and refine policies as we track COVID-19-like issues.”
The guidelines:
ESSENTIAL STAFF IN THE FIELD
The essential staff will have to be the only other people who have access on the day of fitness to the box and sideline, adding students-athletes, coaches and staff, fitness officers, medical staff, limited institutional staff, law enforcement, a limited number of photographers. and a radio/television staff and other limited staff are essential for the functionality of the game.
All persons with access to the team’s bank domain must participate in the COVID-19 SEC verification protocol.
Ticket sales
In football, where the capacity of the stadium is reduced if the presence of fans is allowed, the host establishment will provide the visiting establishment with a minimum of 500 tickets at the stadium’s relegation point. The visiting establishment would probably get about 500 tickets of common agreement between the two establishments.
ON-THE-GROUND PERFORMANCE
Groups will not be able to perform in the box before matches and at halftime. The policy will be revised for the year based on progress around COVID-19.
When the capacity of the stadium is reduced if the presence of enthusiasts is allowed, visiting music bands and non-secular organizations are prohibited from attending matches in SEC stadiums; SEC establishments will have the discretion of whether their organization and/or non-secular team attends a convention game in a neutral location (SEC vs. SEC).
Presentations, presentations and popularity at the box are prohibited, including, but limited to, the popularity of sponsors and donors and the popularity of students-athletes and sports teams.
Disinfection
The original institutions are required to disinfect space spaces and visiting groups before each set of approved disinfectants. These spaces will have to have changing rooms, training rooms, education rooms, side areas, training booths and any additional space provided to any of the teams. The visiting team may disinfect their spaces with approved disinfectants after receiving approval from local team staff on the disinfectants they wish to use. Once disinfection is complete, the spaces and appliances must be locked until the groups have initial access on Thursday or Friday before game day. Once any of the groups have accessed their spaces, only the team workers are allowed inside the spaces and access to outdoor staff is not allowed, adding television staff.
MEDIA OPERATIONS
The capacity of the press room shall not exceed 50 per cent of the existing availability of seats in the press room, and all those in the press room must wear a mask. If national, regional and/or local regulations require it, the capacity of the press room shall be less than 50 per cent of the existing seats that will be available in accordance with national, regional and/or local directives.
Post-match press meetings will be held virtually.
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