The goal of the Alabama Community College Conference (Conference) is to provide the safest Game Day environment for our members, teams, spectators, and more importantly, student-athletes. The Conference has been working in conjunction with Conference presidents, athletic directors, and the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) to keep Conference member campuses, facilities, and individuals safe and within CDC, State of Alabama, and local guidelines. It is more important now than ever that all of us follow these guidelines and recommendations so that we all may stay safe and continue playing throughout the 2022 spring semester.

Enforcement will be the responsibility of the host institution or host facility.  Individual institutions and /or host facilities may adopt additional procedures and protocols consistent with their specific needs and circumstances to help protect their team personnel, campus, and the health and safety of all in attendance.  These guidelines are meant to mitigate, not eliminate the spreading of COVID-19.

Minimum guidelines are as follows:

• Spectators are required to follow CDC, Alabama Department of Public Health, and local health and campus guidelines;
• Spectators who are exhibiting signs of illness or Covid-19 related symptoms are prohibited from attending events. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html
• Restrictions on attendance will continue to be subject to national, State, local, and campus conditions and guidelines;
• Proper signage should be at entry points for spectators that articulates expectations related to:
  • Proper social distancing and personal hygiene; and
  • Mask requirements;
• Younger children should remain with their parent or guardian throughout the event; 
• Spectators should not congregate within six-feet of a person from another household, except to the extent necessary—and only to the extent necessary;
• While entering, exiting, and walking the facility, spectators are recommended to wear a mask or other facial covering that covers the nostrils and mouth at all times, and while within 6 feet of a person from another household.;
• When feasible, spectators should use separate restrooms from team personnel;
• Plenty of hand sanitizer stations should be available on the premises;
• To the extent allowed, the host institution should leave open facility windows and doors at entry/exit points;
• All food and beverage provided to fans, student-athletes, coaches, staff, officials, etc. should be prepackaged, grab-and-go items, including cans and bottles for beverages. 
• Spectators are not allowed on the playing surface (basketball/volleyball), inside the fence (baseball/softball), or locker rooms for any reason;
• At the conclusion of the event, spectators should immediately exit the facility through defined exits or confines of the field. 
• Conference teams and personnel are to follow all Conference protocols before, during, and after event.

* Conference members are allowed to establish stricter policies than stated above.

For communication purposes, it is highly recommended that the visiting team athletic director/coach confirm spectator allowance with the host member/facility and forward that information to all team supporters, and make visible on available social media and websites.

Currently, the allowance of spectators by institution are (subject to change based on individual institutions):

INDOOR
Bevill State – Spectators allowed; Masks highly recommended
Bishop State – Spectators allowed; Masks required
Calhoun - Spectators allowed; Masks recommended
Central Alabama - Spectators allowed; Masks required indoors
Chattahoochee Valley – No visiting spectators allowed
Coastal Alabama-Bay Minette – Spectators allowed; No masks mandate
Coastal Alabama-Brewton – Spectators allowed: No masks mandate
Coastal Alabama-Monroeville – Spectators allowed; No masks mandate
Enterprise State - Spectators allowed; Masks highly recommended
Gadsden State –  Spectators allowed, No masks mandate
Jefferson State - Golf Only
Lawson State - No visiting spectators allowed. Games streamed at Lawson State Athletics via YouTube.  
LB Wallace – Spectators allowed; Masks required       
Marion Military – Spectators allowed; Masks are required
Northeast Alabama - Golf only
Shelton State – Spectators allowed; Masks required
Snead State – Spectators allowed; Masks highly recommended
Southern Union – Spectators allowed; Masks highly recommended
Wallace-Dothan - Spectators allowed; Masks required
Wallace-Selma – No visiting specators allowed
Wallace State – Spectators allowed; Masks recommended

OUTDOOR
Bevill State – No restrictions
Bishop State – No restrictions
Calhoun - Spectators allowed; Masks recommended
Central Alabama – No restrictions
Chattahoochee Valley – Spectators allowed; Masks and social distancing required
Coastal Alabama-Bay Minette – No restrictions
Coastal Alabama-Brewton – No restrictions
Coastal Alabama-Monroeville – No restrictions
Enterprise State – No restrictions
Gadsden State –  No restrictions
Jefferson State - Golf Only
Lawson State - No visiting spectators allowed. Games streamed at Lawson State Athletics via YouTube.  
LB Wallace – No restrictions    
Marion Military –No restrictions
Northeast Alabama - Golf only
Shelton State – No restrictions
Snead State – No restrictions
Southern Union – Spectators allowed; Masks recommended
Wallace-Dothan – No restrictions
Wallace-Selma – Spectators allowed; Masks and social distancing required
Wallace State – No restrictions

PLEASE contact the insitition of choice for updated Spectator Policy.