NO FANS AT CYCLONE GAMES?
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If you live in the dorm or if you are a student, I'm pretty sure ISU could require testing as a condition to be in Ames. That's all assuming they have the capability for wide scale testing.
The funny thing about science and statistics is that it is’t a simple it solves everything or nothing... there can be a meaningful and scientifically proven 50-60% decrease in the likelihood of catching/spreading COVID with a simple mask. That can make a difference in millions of infections over a year’s time.
I assume the cost of testing 25,000 students weekly would be staggering.
That doesn't take into account the amount of manpower it would take to staff such a program. Universities aren't necessarily known for their ability to streamline departments and programs and this would be a major program.
I work at a facility with approximately 1000 people on 1st shift and there are no less than 12 people manning the temperature check/check in stations at 4 doors at peak times.(3 people can be processed per door at one time.)
10,000?? Try more like 30,000 students.
There's no way there will be any fans in Jack Trice this fall besides maybe family members of players and coaches.
The chances of there even being football played at all are probably now less than 50/50. This country is just too stupid, and it's WAY too late now to do anything about it. We had a chance back in March and April, but threw it away because nobody believes in science.
We're all getting what we deserved. Actually I don't really deserve it because I've basically stayed at home this entire time, and the few times I have gone out I've worn a mask, but we're all together in this together, so as a society we've all failed.
Sounds like Ivy League will announce this week a postponement of all fall sports. If you remember, they lead the way on the March Madness shutdown and the same could be coming for football and basketball (again).
I imagine many will announce a delay to spring to try and buy time, but I don’t know any expert that believes March/April next year will be better than this fall.
I imagine many will announce a delay to spring to try and buy time, but I don’t know any expert that believes March/April next year will be better than this fall.
Baseball and softball teams in Iowa are canceling the rest of their seasons for 1 positive test. 50% decrease in spread due to masks wearing is great, but is not near enough even if we all wore them 24/7. Masks don’t stop this 100%...so why have kids in school, kids at colleges in any way shape or form? Sports? We don’t deserve it.
The Ivy League was the first one to shut down their tournament, but they weren't the reason March Madness got cancelled. That was Rudy Gobert. He tested positive, the NBA postponed their season that Wednesday night, then on Thursday all the other tournaments got cancelled.
Ivy League is not going to have a factor in the rest of college football being played.
100% agree. So now is the moment of truth and your facing the fact there has not been a successful coronavirus vaccine, ever. Maybe this time there will be, ( I hope) but SARS didn’t have one, plus when is it safe and ready for all? 2021? So what is the collective of society prepared to do until that time that doesn’t crater millions of livelihoods of adults and children alike?
I‘ve got good news and bad news for you.
Bad news first? Your troll is terrible and you should leave the internet.
Good news time: if you sit back and shut up you’ll get all of the answers you want in time. Reality has a better way of dealing with your existential questions than sports message board people.
There won't be any college basketball games this year either most likely.
People might as well wake up to the facts of this thing. Just hoping and being optimistic about it isn't going to change anything.... news alert..... the virus doesn't care if you like sports or not?
And it also doesn't know where one state ends and another begins either by the way.
People might as well wake up to the facts of this thing. Just hoping and being optimistic about it isn't going to change anything.... news alert..... the virus doesn't care if you like sports or not?
And it also doesn't know where one state ends and another begins either by the way.
Yep. Definitely have that 'getting punished as a whole class because a few decided to be dumbasses' vibe. Everyone who did the right thing and distanced, limited themselves to necessary trips to businesses, etc, should be livid at those who didn't, honestly. We could have had this **** handled by now and back to a 90% normal, like most other functional countries.
If there is no college football or college basketball. College athletics as a whole will cease to exist like it did before.
Why it's really fun to get on a high horse and chastise all of the commoners or to be a general anarchist, the reality is that (1) K-12 children will be in school in some form soon and (2) a portion of the nation will be playing college football this fall.
The US clearly has adopted the Swedish approach. While it may not minimize spread of Covid-19, it provides a bit more leeway in how we live day to day. You're going to have to deal with it because that die has been cast.
The US clearly has adopted the Swedish approach. While it may not minimize spread of Covid-19, it provides a bit more leeway in how we live day to day. You're going to have to deal with it because that die has been cast.
