I have believed and continue to believe that fall sports are a pipe dream, we just don’t have a disciplined enough society to do the hard work required to get to a place where it could be supported. I do think it’s important to plan for it in the event it can be done safely, but here we are in the middle of summer and things are only surging in the wrong direction (and that’s with people outside in the heat and supposedly less contagious). Even if sports started up, I could see them shutting down a week or two in.
Not to be a downer or pessimist (I’m actually a realist)... If you think things are bad now, just wait 2 weeks for the results of the 4th of July spread to start showing up. With the nearly mandatory push to open schools in-person, I would anticipate another big burst when colleges open back up. That will start to hit right before football season would kick off. Then you hit the flu season which will only compound the deaths as hospitals struggle. Because infection is 1-2 weeks before positive testing, and positive testing is typically 2-3 weeks before deaths, I would anticipate the death stats to keep rising gradually.
The frustrating aspect is it doesn’t have to be this hard. Those that will end up ******** the most about losing sports this fall are the same that are refusing to do the work to make it possible. I still only see 30-50% of people wearing masks in West Des Moines and Waukee.
When 50% of the population wants to burry their head in the sand and can’t be imposed upon to wear a mask, there’s little reason to believe sports can happen.