One mother said that the league handed it well, and chastened the negligent coach. “We are trying to teach our kids we really need to stay in school right now, and we need to do everything we can do to keep ourselves and others safe. Being that this was an adult - shame on him,” she told NBC affiliate TMJ4.
As per the outlet, Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann revealed that the coach, who remains unnamed, was experiencing coronavirus symptoms last week. The coach visited his doctor last Thursday to get tested. Two days after his appointment, the coach attended the Kewaskum-Hartford football game, possibly exposing the players to coronavirus.
Whether or not the coach knew that he had tested positive for the coronavirus at that point remains unclear, but Schoemann noted that the coach knew he had symptoms and should have stayed home as a result.
“He got that phone call as he was walking onto the field or as he was on the field, and made the decision that he needed to be at that scrimmage,” Schoemann revealed.
Once the Kewaskum Gridiron Youth Football league was made aware of the coach’s positive Covid-19 test, he was fired from his position. Whether anyone has contracted coronavirus from being in contact with the coach remains unclear, and football players and their families may not know for several days.
The county executive also claimed that he couldn’t find anyone who agreed with the coach’s decision to attend the football game, knowing that he may have the coronavirus. “Responding to this pandemic is easy, stay home when sick, period,” he said.
“Individuals who blatantly ignore the Trump Administration and CDC guidelines play right into the hands of those who want to see our economy, schools and sports shut down. Every outbreak begins with a sick person not staying home. The vast majority of our citizens are doing this,” Schoemann continued.
The spread of the coronavirus in Wisconsin has increased recently, and the state is experiencing a second wave. As of Tuesday, the total number of coronavirus cases recorded in the state have surpassed 117,500, John Hopkins University reported.
