Posted: Jan 20, 2021
The Maricopa Community Colleges with athletics programs are collectively following robust return to play protocols. PVCC has implemented all protocols and is following them daily. Below is information about our protocols.
MCCCD Athletics COVID-19 Return to Play Guide
- EDUCATION:
- All student-athletes and coaches will be required to attend a virtual COVID-19 education session with their athletic trainer prior to beginning any in person activities.
- Sessions will continue throughout the season as CDC guidelines change.
- SYMPTOM SCREENINGS:
- All student-athletes and athletics staff will be required to do daily symptom screenings and temperature checks which the Athletic Training staff will use to clear them for daily activities
- RISK MITIGATION:
- All student-athletes and athletics staff will be required to wear face coverings when not physically active
- All athletic equipment will be disinfected between uses
- Social distancing will be maintained whenever possible, to include increased spacing during training and while on the bench
- All student-athletes and athletics staff must sanitize hands before and after any activity
- ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITY:
- Student-athletes will receive treatments by appointment only to limit the number of student-athletes in the athletic training room at one time.
- Face Coverings will be worn at all times and social distancing will maintained as much as possible
- Surfaces will be cleaned and disinfected between each treatment
- WEIGHT ROOM:
- PVCC Athletics will not be utilizing the athletics weight room during spring 2021
- PRACTICES AND GAMES
- Locker rooms will not be utilized. Student-athletes will be expected to arrive at practices and games dressed and ready to go. They will leave immediately after they are done.
- No form of contact greeting or celebrations will be allowed
- No spitting
- No communal use of drinking coolers/water dispensers. All student-athletes must bring their own water bottle. Specific procedures are in place for refilling individual water bottles. Single use cups will be available.
- Only necessary student-athletes and staff on the bench/in the dugout. Additional accommodations will be provided as needed to ensure social distancing. Face coverings are required at all times on benches and in dugouts
- No fans allowed.
- Games may be live streamed when possible.
- Scouts and recruiters must contact individual institutions' Athletic Director ahead of time to make arrangements for attendance.
- Visiting teams are expected to follow same rules as host institutions
- Only competition against other NJCAA institutions will be allowed
- During team travel face coverings will be required at all times and additional accommodations will be made to ensure social distancing can be maintained
- COVID-19 SYMPTOM AND POSITIVE TEST MANAGEMENT:
- If a student-athlete or athletics staff member has symptoms of COVID-19 or receives a positive test for COVID-19, they must report and self-isolate for 14 days after symptom onset. May not return until they are 24 hours symptom free and any fever has resolved without the use of fever reducing medicine
- Following a positive COVID-19 test appropriate contact tracking procedures will take place and athletics staff will notify individuals who may have been in close contact with the infected person.
- CDC release from isolation and quarantine guidelines will be followed
- Following a COVID-19 illness student-athletes will go through a gradual progression to return to activity at the Athletic Trainers discretion
Please visit https://together.maricopa.edu/student-services/athletics for more information from MCCD in regards to athletics. If questions about PVCC Athletics in particular, please reach out to the athletics department.
