The right decision

The University Interscholastic League finally made the right decision Thursday when it found a way to have the regional track meets after saying those events would be cancelled Wednesday when the UIL first made its announcement of the postponement of events due to the swine flu outbreak.
The UIL seemed to act a little to hastily on Friday with the announcement that the regional track meets would be cancelled and the state track meet would have semifinal heats with the four top times from each region. The UIL needed to step back, say the events would be postponed and make a decision in the next couple of days on how the regional and state meets would be handled.
But because the UIL made the initial statement that regional meets would be cancelled, it caused panic and chaos throughout the high school track circuit and started lots of complaints. With the UIL going back and making the change because of these complaints, it makes the UIL look a little weak and during these times, that is the last thing we need is to have a system in place running the show that does not seem to know what is going on.
While it was the right decision to cancel upcoming events, the UIL made the mistake of trying to have all the answers at once and not stepping back and figuring out what the right solution is.