.....“If you would have told me that we wouldn’t be back on the field until almost 2021,” Boyce said, “I would have been like, ‘You’re crazy.’”She thought she would have hosted tournaments this summer for spring athletes and definitely been back on the fields and courts this fall.
“I keep telling the kids that this is temporary, and it seems to be heading in a positive direction, but I’ve broken a lot of promises to them since March,” she said. “The longer they are under these restrictions, the greater the ripple effects that this will have on our kids.”.....
.....“I’ve no doubt seen a huge difference in the overall mental health and demeanor of these kids since (COVID-19) started,” she said. “They are out of shape physically and emotionally, and hanging by a thread spiritually. If we’re not just as concerned about the mental health of these student-athletes as we are about COVID, then shame on us.”.....
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