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<\/a>Cummings says that the Chargers are trying to make the best of an unfortunate situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re looking at this as a well-deserved pause, to be able to rally, build in some infrastructure so that when we\u2019re ready to compete we\u2019re going to be stronger, faster, better at everything,\u201d she says. \u201cWe took the disappointment, and now we\u2019re moving towards making improvements.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Chargers\u2019 decision to cancel their season was a result of the Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST) and the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), both of which the Chargers are a part of, cancelling their seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to make a college decision until the league had had the opportunity to collectively find a solution to the question of how we could still have competitive play and meet the health and safety requirements, and they were unable to do that,\u201d Cummings says. \u201cOnce they made their decision, frankly, our decision was fairly easy, because without the league, Camosun doesn\u2019t have a competitive program.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the season\u2019s cancellation, Camosun is committed to fulfilling scholarships and other financial awards.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny scholarships we\u2019ve offered athletes, we\u2019re going to honour those, because they accepted their offer at Camosun because of that offer; for us to rescind it by a decision that the athlete had no control over, it just [isn\u2019t] fair,\u201d says Cummings. \u201cThese are students that literally give up 20-plus weekends a year, give hundreds and hundreds of hours to training and competition a year, and it\u2019s for a $1,000 or $1,500 scholarship, so for that time and energy the athletes give to the Chargers brand, we\u2019re going to at least do our part to honour the promises we\u2019ve made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Going forward, Cummings says that all Chargers sports may tentatively return for the winter 2021 season, despite prior reporting that golf was cancelled for the full year. For the time being, though, nothing is concrete.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time there\u2019s no plan to [resume], but the door remains open,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Under ordinary CCAA rules, athletes have a maximum of five years within which they are eligible to play competitively, but a new allowance for the COVID-19 crisis has exempted this year from counting toward that limited timeframe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an incentive for players to still compete and know that even if it\u2019s an abbreviated season and there\u2019s no championship, they\u2019re not using that year of eligibility on less of an athletic experience; they get to hold onto it for something else,\u201d says Cummings.<\/p>\n
Despite the current setback, Cummings is confident that the Chargers will be prosperous.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an extraordinary competitive Chargers program, we\u2019re one of the most successful brands in the PACWEST. I don\u2019t anticipate our current pandemic is going to change that, and if anything, I think we\u2019re going to come out stronger,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m very excited about what the future\u2019s going to hold; we\u2019ve just got to get through this next period of uncertainty, and we\u2019ll be very excited to welcome our fans back, and demonstrate how great our Chargers teams are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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