Is youth sports return too risky? Panelists weigh challenges, opportunities

Renata Simril, of LA84, Foundation, distributes sports goods to under-served kids, at LAUSD Grab and Go meal center at Thomas Alva Edison School. Thomas Alva Edison Middle School on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Time

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Briar Napier, AZcentral.com

"No one has the perfect answer for how sports should return.

The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any event in modern history. Not since World War II have organized sports worldwide  been halted at this magnitude due to external factors.

The safety and health concerns associated with that return, along with the impact on social issues connected to youth sports, were two focuses of  'COVID-19 & The Future of Youth Sport,' a panel discussion hosted virtually by Arizona State's Global Sport Institute on Friday."

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