The New Providence Green League is mandating that all players, coaches, and others registered for the 2020 NPGL season abide by the "Quarantine Travel Advisory" put into effect by Governor Murphy.
- No player, coach, or other person fitting the criteria below shall be allowed to attend or participate in any NPGL event until either the end of a 14-day quarantine period or the time at which the travel advisory is lifted by the State of NJ.
- Violations of this rule shall result in:
1) If the traveler/violator is a Coach, the Coach and any household members also registered in NPGL shall be suspended from NPGL activities for the remainder of the 2020 season.
2) If the traveler/violator is a player, the player and any household members also registered in NPGL shall be suspended from NPGL activities for the remainder of the 2020 season.
3) If it is determined that a Coach had knowledge of a player/violator's travel and allowed that player to play without properly quarantining, the Coach shall also be suspended from NPGL activities for the remainder of the 2020 season.
4) NPGL may remove any team from the 2020 season if it is determined that a player, Coach, or other person violating the travel advisory had close contact with other team members.
Under the 14-day quarantine travel advisory announced by the Governors of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, individuals traveling to or returning to New Jersey from states with increasing rates of COVID-19 are advised to self-quarantine for 14 days. This includes travel by train, bus, car, plane and any other method of transportation.
The 14-day quarantine travel advisory applies to travel from certain states identified as those that have a positive COVID-19 test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or have a 10% or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average ("impacted states.")
As of Tuesday, June 30, there are currently sixteen (16) states that meet the criteria stated above:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Nevada
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
Travelers and those residents who are returning from impacted states should self-quarantine at their home, or a hotel or other temporary lodging. Individuals should leave the place of self-quarantine only to seek medical care/treatment or to obtain food and other essential items. As one example, no one who has traveled to or from a state on the COVID-19 hotspot list should be participating in or attending an in-person or drive-in graduation ceremony.
The self-quarantine is voluntary, but compliance is expected. Travelers and residents returning from impacted states typically will not need to check-in with public health officials, unless otherwise they are involved in contract tracing efforts or required to do so by their employer or any other federal, state or local law or order. It is expected that individuals will follow the recommendation to self-quarantine.
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