Criticism is coming from all directions towards Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the IHSA over high school football, volleyball and soccer being banned in Illinois.

Monticello athletic director Dan Sheehan defended the IHSA noting they were ready to roll out a plan to play in the summer before the Governor and IDPH stepped in. He says there's a lot of considerations on the table for the IHSA.

According to Sheehan, the frustration for him is the data suggests things with COVID are going so well in Illinois and believes other states with higher infection rates are making sports work - leading him to ask - why can't Illinois make it work.

Sheehan has his doubts on if winter sports will be a possibility at this time given the guidance Governor Pritzker laid out in August.

Sheehan wanted to attend the rallies in Springfield over the weekend but obligations at the Monticello sports campus kept him from going. From all indications of what he heard second-hand, things went very well but notes the window of opportunity for a fall sports schedule is quickly closing.