Teams uninvited from flag football tournament to be held in NH

Teams uninvited from flag football tournament to be held in NH

Updated: 6:52 PM EDT Aug 19, 2020

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PLAYING HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WMUR’S CHERISE LECLERC JOINS US LIVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN. CHERISE: WELL, THE NEW ENGLAND FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE IS SLATED TO HAVE ABOUT 100 TEAMS AT THE SEACOAST UNITED SPORTS COMPL IN EPPING THIS WEEKEND. WE LEARNED TODAY, THOUGH, THEY HAD TO UNINVITE SOME OF THOSE TEAMS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE SAYS THEY WERE MADE AWARE TODAY THAT TEAMS FROM OUTSIDE NEW ENGLAND CANNOT ATTEND UNLESS THEY’VE BEEN QUARANTINING FOR TWO WEEKS. AUSTIN BRADSHAW TOLD US THAT MEANT HE HAD TO CALL UP TEAMS FROM NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AND TELL THEM THEY COULD NO LONGER COME THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS IT HAS RECEIVED COMPLAINT ABOUT HOCKEY, LACROSSE, AND INDOOR SOCCER EVENTS, BUT SO FAR THEY’VE ISSUED LETTERS AND SAID PEOPLE HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE RULES. AUSTIN: SO WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE TEAMS. THEY’RE A LITTLE BUMMED, WE HAVE TO REDO THE SCHEDULE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND DO WHAT’S RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY. GOV. SUNUNU: I THINK THE GUIDELINES THAT WE’VE PUT TOGETHER ARE VERY, VERY GOOD, WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF STAY RIGHT ON TOP OF THEM, MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND NOT JUST WHAT THEY ARE BUT HOW TO MANAGE TO THEM. CHERISE: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ALSO SAYS IT IS LOOKING INTO A LAKES REGION FLAG FOOTBALL EVENT W

Teams uninvited from flag football tournament to be held in NH

Updated: 6:52 PM EDT Aug 19, 2020

A Massachusetts-based sports league that’s holding a tournament in New Hampshire is changing its plans because of the Granite State’s COVID-19 restrictions.

A Massachusetts-based sports league that’s holding a tournament in New Hampshire is changing its plans because of the Granite State’s COVID-19 restrictions.