After already destroying the entire first half of the school year for all of Oregon's public school students, including not allowing sports in spite of the facts that in multiple places, it has been shown that the "killer" COVID19 isn't spread through sports, Kate Brown and Patrick Allen have contined their quest to crush our kids this year and bow to the teachers' unions.

However, it seems that after being called out by John Canzano and a lot of pushback from Oregon parents and athletes, Kate, in her gracious benevolence, agreed to let high schools play football this spring. However, in her announcement, as would be expected, Kate showed her usual arrogance with a combination of condescension and blame for everyone that dared to push back on her.

As usual, it starts out with the usual language that indicates that COVID19 is worse than the Black Death, so we must keep people frem ever getting sick at all costs. And don't forget, we must always listen to the bureaucrats from the Oregon Health Authority.

“This has been a difficult year for Oregon’s youth athletes and, as our COVID-19 numbers have dropped, I have been committed to working with our health experts to reevaluate our protocols for sports,” said Governor Brown. “School sports play an important role in fostering students’ mental, emotional, and physical health. We will proceed with caution, to ensure that teams are following health and safety precautions to protect our athletes, their families, and their communities.”

Beginning this week, outdoor contact sports will be permitted to resume with health and safety protocols in place based on county risk level. In Lower Risk and Moderate Risk counties, practices and games for outdoor contact sports, including high school football, can resume following health and safety guidance to be issued by the Oregon Health Authority.

After explaining the bazillion restrictions and limitations, thed condescension starts:

Governor Brown continued: “To all of Oregon’s high school athletes: I am asking you now to be leaders in your communities. We’ve given you the chance to play, but with that opportunity comes great responsibility. If COVID-19 numbers spike, we may have to shut down contact sports again. When you are off the field, set the example for your peers: wear a mask, maintain physical distance, and avoid social gatherings.

Translation:

Remember boys and girls, if you aren't good boys adn girls, and don't do exactly as I say, I will jerk sports away from you so fast it will make your head spin.

And then what's better, is putting the blame for the destruction of this school year on everyone but those who made the decisions.

“It is not lost on me that this decision today will allow high school football to resume, when too many high school classrooms across Oregon remain empty. To all the parents of student athletes and coaches who have called and emailed me in the last year asking for school sports to resume, I am challenging you now to devote your energy to making sure in-person academics can resume for your kids, too. If our school gyms, fields, and weight rooms are to reopen, we owe it to Oregon’s children to make sure our classrooms, libraries, and science labs fully reopen as well.”

This paragraph just blew my mind. People have been saying for months that kids should be back in school, and as I documented in detail, all of the decisions have been Kate's, and yet somehow it is up to us to make sure kids are in school? Uh, Kate, go bac and look at history and then try checking thie monstrosity of a 91-page document for the reasons we can't get out kids back in school.

The fact that Kate can blame anyone else but her and her acolyte Patrick Allen tells you everything you need to know about Kate's ego and cowardice.