COVID-19 SPORTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The COVID-19 Sports Advisory Committee is to serve as an advocacy platform for our region’s teams and organization. Given the fluid situation, the advisory committee meets regularly and provide valuable insight and industry expertise as we navigate this complicated public health challenge. The committee will follow the recommendations of the Public Health Officials and decisions that are first and foremost reflective of medical best practices and keeps the health and safety of student-athletes, sports community and fans as the number one priority.

One of the main goals of the COVID-19 Sports Advisory Group is to assist communications and messaging regarding the pandemic. In partnership with Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, our advisory group launched a four-week Public Service Announcement campaign with the importance of masking up, getting the COVID-19 vaccine, and testing. The campaign will run through February with a new PSA coming out every Friday for the next four weeks.

“Athletes and coaches from the San Jose Sharks, the 49’ers, the San Jose Earthquakes, the San Jose Barracudas, San Jose State University and Stanford University did not hesitate to participate in these important public service announcements for Santa Clara County residents,” said Supervisor Cindy Chavez. “I appreciate the leadership of our hometown teams to show-up for our community.”

John Poch, executive director of the San Jose Sports Authority, said professional and college athletes and coaches are great messengers on the importance of masking up and getting vaccinated for COVID because people look up to them. “These are powerful public service announcements because the athletes and coaches are showing a united front in defeating the virus. They believe this is greater than the individual teams. They want to defeat COVID together,” said Poch.

Supervisor Chavez said the public service announcements can be used by all government agencies throughout Santa Clara County, Bay Area television stations, public organizations and residents on air as well as on their social media platforms and websites. “We want to cast a wide net and get the word out far and wide in Santa Clara County on masking-up, getting tested and vaccinated for COVID-19 by being straightforward and fun” said Chavez.

All PSAs will be uploaded to this page, below is the first 30 second public service announcement on masking up. Please spread the word!

Since 1991, our programs have changed lives through scholarship opportunities, grants, and other forms of direct assistance to the greater of San Jose community. In order to continue to support youth athletics through these terrific initiatives, we ask you to please consider donating to the COVID High School Sports Relief Fund.

The San Jose Sports Authority’s intent of supporting the return of high school sports is about community and doing good and incorporating more civic initiatives into our efforts that show we are not just there to bring sports back for financial reasons, but we are there for the high school student-athletes and our community as well. With your support, our efforts in providing the funds to the Central Coast Section (CCS) will help accelerate that. The CCS is one of ten (10) sections that make up CIF. The geographical range for the CCS is from San Francisco to King City, which represents over 150 schools with 75,000+ student-athletes competing in 29 sports.