What better time to take over as Indiana High School Athletic Association commissioner than in the middle of a global pandemic?
Paul Neidig will officially take the reins from retiring commissioner Bobby Cox on Aug. 1, but is already immersed in the process of providing instruction as high school sports reemerge for the first time in four months as school facilities open July 6.
This much is certain: It will not be business as usual. During the first of the three-phase reentry to sports (through July 19):
- Athletes will be limited to 15 hours per week on campus.