The San Francisco 49ers and different groups could must discover a short-term new house after Santa Clara County on Saturday banned all contact sports activities from holding video games and practices for the following three weeks.

County officers issued the directives in response to rising circumstances of the coronavirus within the space. The foundations take impact Monday and can final for 3 weeks.

The 49ers have house video games scheduled for Dec. 7 in opposition to Buffalo and Dec. 13 in opposition to Washington at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. The staff additionally practices at that website within the county. The staff had no speedy touch upon the brand new guidelines.

The foundations additionally will influence the San Jose Sharks of the NHL and faculty groups at Stanford and San Jose State.

”For these groups, they will be unable to play video games or have practices the place they’ve direct contact, inside the county,” Santa Clara County counsel James Williams stated.

Williams stated he has been in contact with the groups. None instantly responded to requests for remark.

The NHL hasn’t introduced a date for the beginning of coaching camp however the Sharks have stated they might look into alternate websites if wanted.

Stanford and San Jose State even have a number of sports activities in season. The Cardinal have one scheduled house soccer sport left on Dec. 12 in opposition to Oregon State.

The Spartans have house soccer video games on Dec. 5 in opposition to Hawaii and Dec. 11 in opposition to Nevada. San Jose State practiced earlier than the season a couple of hundred miles away at Humboldt State due to restrictions in Santa Clara County.

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