Heat related sports bill

[gatordone]

Oklahoma State Senator Earl Garrison (D) has authored senate bill 451 that, if passed in to law, will prohibit and make illegal any non-school-related sports program practicing outdoors for all kids 13 years of age or under, regardless of sport, when the heat index is 95 degrees or higher (per the National Weather Service)

I read in the Tulsa World that this bill was sponsored at the request of several physicians in Muskogee.

Any one care to comment?

[scooterjumbo]

Is this the same Mr. Garrison that they portray on South Park?

Mr. Garrison needs to worry about securing money to clean up his community from the recent ice storm and stay off the athletic fields.

[Automic]

scooterjumbo said:

Is this the same Mr. Garrison that they portray on South Park?

Mr. Garrison needs to worry about securing money to clean up his community from the recent ice storm and stay off the athletic fields.

USHWY 412 is ALWAYS under construction and they spent all summer working on it and made the drive to Fayetteville and back so slow due to it... now it's filled with potholes again thanks to the snow and is much more dangerous now.

I am in somewhat favor of the bill, but it could also work against schools that cannot afford a decent place to practice/run indoors with other teams working out. This should be interesting.

[washedupredskin]

I'm in favor of it for kids 13 years or under. Under 13 none of the teams have an indoor place to practice anyway matt so there should be no unfair advantage, its not like high school. They should probably have some sort of bill like this for high school teams, but a 95 heat index would be too low of a limit. Sometimes the heat index is 95 on an 80 degree day. A good limit would be 105 or 110.

[iceman]

Have you heard who the docs in muskogee were that were supporting this bill?

[scooterjumbo]

That would mean that swimming events, golf events, little league football practices, baseball tourneys couldn't play because it's too hot.

This is something where touney or event directors should be held more accountable.

Also, who would enforce this rule. Would the POLICE be driving around to Parks, stopping games in progress becasue the heat index exceeded 95. Maybe, these doctors can walk away from there practices when the heat index reaches 95 and they can tell the kids it's too hot. Those doctors practices would go down the drain because during the months of June, July & August they couldn't work because they would be hustling form field to field to inforce this ridiculous rule.

Can you imagine the state baseball tourney being cancelled because it was too hot. What about football games on friday night on a utrf field, that turf holds the heat, you would have to play games at midnite in some cases. Wouldn't work in HS and would almost be unenforcable.

[scfan]

I heard this was pulled. After discussion with area Senators and numerous calls and emails, he supposedly was not fully informed and is now back from the dark side.