{"id":130724,"date":"2020-04-27T03:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=130724"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:52:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T08:52:12","slug":"monday-mailbag-april-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/04\/27\/monday-mailbag-april-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: April 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag includes questions about the Ohio High School Athletic Association, spring sports and the Cincinnati Bengals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What are the chances football and other fall sports are canceled or at least delayed? It sounds that\u2019s what OHSAA is working toward. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: It\u2019s probably too early to say exactly what\u2019s going to happen this fall, but I think the Ohio High School Athletic Association and Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass are looking ahead and planning for various scenarios. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the situation, that\u2019s a good move and should help prevent scrambling later.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s just hope the fall sports season begins at planned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Can you tell me if there was any discussion of delaying spring sports past May 4, or was the decision set in stone to cancel? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I think it\u2019s a moot point any way you look at it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be blunt \u2013 school buildings were almost certainly never going to re-open this academic year, which meant there was really no chance of spring sports being played.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were hints and clues from Governor Mike DeWine that classes wouldn\u2019t resume, but the door was left open just in case there was a sharp downturn in COVID-19 cases and that\u2019s why the OHSAA set the May 4 date.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of us can debate what the right or wrong call was, but it\u2019s done and over with. It wasn\u2019t easy and it\u2019s disappointing for everyone involved. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: It seems like the Bengals had a very good draft. How many wins can we pencil them in for, assuming they play this fall? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A: I agree, at least on paper the Bengals had a nice draft. Of course, we really won\u2019t know for at least two or three years and as I told a friend, the key is quarterback Joe Burrow<\/em>, the first overall pick in the draft.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as this season, I wouldn\u2019t go nuts. The Bengals should win more than two games, but the odds against a rookie quarterback leading the team to the playoffs aren\u2019t good. I\u2019d say look for about five wins this year. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: If the fall sports season is delayed or shortened, how would the Western Buckeye League football race work? How would a league champion be determined? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: Good question.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It certainly wouldn\u2019t be an ideal situation, but like any other season, the team or teams with the fewest league losses would win it.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, some teams would catch a break if they didn\u2019t have to play certain teams, while others would suffer if they had a top-heavy schedule. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Midwest Athletic Conference could face a similar situation if the schedule was shortened. Hopefully, it won\u2019t come to that.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a question or a comment for next week\u2019s Monday Mailbag, email it to sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag includes questions about the Ohio High School Athletic Association, spring sports and the Cincinnati Bengals. Q: What are the chances football and other fall sports are canceled or at least delayed? It sounds that\u2019s what OHSAA is working toward. Name withheld upon request A: It\u2019s probably too […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 19:26:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}