I don’t see how kids can play sports when they aren’t allowed on campus.
At this point I see a 75 percent chance the season is cancelled
At this point I see a 75 percent chance the season is cancelled
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Was there some discussion about a spring 2021 football season?
I'm hoping for conference play only in the fall. I assume a few conferences (Pac 12) won't play in the fall. I don't see spring working out at all. Its fall or nothing. I think the SEC and ACC will definitely play, and hopefully the Big Ten.
If students aren’t on campus, no football. I seriously doubt students will be on campus. Ergo....I'm hoping for conference play only in the fall. I assume a few conferences (Pac 12) won't play in the fall. I don't see spring working out at all. Its fall or nothing. I think the SEC and ACC will definitly play, and hopefully the Big Ten.
Probably closer to 90%. Can't have football without student athletes!I don’t see how kids can play sports when they aren’t allowed on campus.
At this point I see a 75 percent chance the season is cancelled
I agree with Willy, but even higher. It's not the presence of students on campus (who can be safely distanced by seat placement and orderly exits and entrances from rooms) but the safe mix of combatants on the field who are exchanging multiple bodily fluids each play in the face of a second wave of virus cases expected in the fall. No school will place their prize students in harms way for the sake of a game. This follows the standard " 4 years for 40" that these athletes will be sacrificing. We will have to be satisfied with reruns and a quiet fall season this year with the hopes of a viable vaccine and /or treatment coming in 2021.Probably closer to 90%. Can't have football without student athletes!
I wouldn't rule out playing football games without students on campus, though I'm not saying it's likely.
It's a lot easier to test, track and protect 200 people than 2,000 people.
But that would be an implicit acknowledgment that the players are not truly student-athletes. They are money makers for a system they don’t fairly benefit from. I am not supportive of that mindset and approach.
Why? I would think they would still be taking classes remotely, thereby passing the “student athletes” scam that the NCAA promotes. Money is the universal language and any justification at all of playing will be sought after.But that would be an implicit acknowledgement that the players are not truly student athletes. They are money makers for a system they don’t fairly benefit from. I am not supportive of that mindset and approach.
I look forward to collegiate bowling this fall
Why? I would think they would still be taking classes remotely, thereby passing the “student athletes” scam that the NCAA promotes. Money is the universal language and any justification at all of playing will be sought after.
For better or worse, universities are more than undergraduate students. Teaching hospitals and researchers may be allowed to stay open. Also, not playing games may harm the ability of some student-athletes to earn a living after college (i.e. some do benefit from playing). There doesn't have to be a one-size-fits-all approach.
Not true. I have graduate students who do research. Some are still active now doing essential research and the rest are going back to work next week. Now, we have moved all classes online.Those people who work in hospitals and do research are paid professionals, not students. There is a big difference.
Not true. I have graduate students who do research. Some are still active now doing essential research and the rest are going back to work next week. Now, we have moved all classes online.
Maybe we can turn WR into an infirmary for the overflow that can’t be housed in McCormick Place?Sadly I could also see a scenario where some schools play and some don't. Even within the B1G NU is close to Chicago and Rutgers is in NJ, so I could see NU and Rutgers not playing while other schools do play. Maybe Illinois will play but it will depend on how downstate IL does. Right now Chicago/Cook county aren't showing many signs of significant improvement
They can use the purple seats for a while because no one is ever there.Maybe we can turn WR into an infirmary for the overflow that can’t be housed in McCormick Place?
Sadly I could also see a scenario where some schools play and some don't. Even within the B1G NU is close to Chicago and Rutgers is in NJ, so I could see NU and Rutgers not playing while other schools do play. Maybe Illinois will play but it will depend on how downstate IL does. Right now Chicago/Cook county aren't showing many signs of significant improvement
Same with the MLB billionaire owners. Wanting to pay less then was previously agreed upon, while the players take all the risks. I know I wouldn't want my kid to play college of pro football at this time.I think it would be a sad conference that would allow some schools to play while others didn't have the opportunity, but I wouldn't put anything past college sports these days.
I think it would be a sad conference that would allow some schools to play while others didn't have the opportunity, but I wouldn't put anything past college sports these days.
On the other hand one could see leniency being given to students in such schools being allowed to transfer and play immediately.
I suspect that states will force schools' hands and that will be that, but I also would not be surprised for individual schools to just make the choice themselves to cancel their seasons. It won't be easy to do so, but there be schools that will do it before others, and then the dominoes will fall. I would not be surprised if Northwestern is one of the first schools to do this, because it just seems like the thing they would do.
I just don’t see NU not playing unless the State prohibits or the conference shuts it down. Shutting down unilaterally would be odd in that everyone would have the same medical information. This has to be all play or no one plays when it comes to a conference.In this scenario, I could see Northwestern losing some of their four star players to schools that will be playing this season.
I just don’t see NU not playing unless the State prohibits or the conference shuts it down. Shutting down unilaterally would be odd in that everyone would have the same medical information. This has to be all play or no one plays when it comes to a conference.
well the governor of Illinois has declared that there would not be an activity with more that ten people. Think Michigan has declared the same. Ohio? New Jersey?I just don’t see NU not playing unless the State prohibits or the conference shuts it down. Shutting down unilaterally would be odd in that everyone would have the same medical information. This has to be all play or no one plays when it comes to a conference.
We’ll seewell the governor of Illinois has declared that there would not be an activity with more that ten people. Think Michigan has declared the same. Ohio? New Jersey?
They kind of do that alreadyCould NU play all their games as away games? And then figure something out for the IL game.
Could NU play all their games as away games? And then figure something out for the IL game.
Same with the MLB billionaire owners. Wanting to pay less then was previously agreed upon, while the players take all the risks. I know I wouldn't want my kid to play college of pro football at this time.
The owners proposed a 50/50 revenue split. NFL players just accepted a 47/53 split. But baseball players get more and are pouting instead of negotiating?