{"id":995,"date":"2020-03-03T22:17:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T03:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=995"},"modified":"2020-11-03T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T14:00:53","slug":"naia-releases-statement-on-coronavirus-impact-on-winter-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=995","title":{"rendered":"NAIA releases statement on coronavirus impact on winter championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"13c398acb195b4bd84e993cb56669758\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>NAIA Communications<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released a statement regarding the coronavirus to its member institutions, directing them to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/resources.html\">resources<\/a> provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as they complete winter competition and enter postseason play.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the CDC\u2019s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases issued a warning of possible school closings and suspension of mass public gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>The virus, also known as 2019-nCoV or COVID-19, originated in China and has now spread to cases in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the NAIA and its hosts continue preparations for all winter championships and the national office prepares for its national convention, we remain cognizant of the threat that the coronavirus could bring to the health and safety of all involved at these events,\u201d said NAIA President and CEO Jim Carr. \u201cWe will continue to monitor these events and will coordinate with the CDC and all state and local health authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIA Communications The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released a statement regarding the coronavirus to its member institutions, directing them to the resources provided<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,23],"tags":[288,9],"class_list":["post-995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naia","category-news","category-top-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-naia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}