NO FANS AT CYCLONE GAMES?
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In an attempt to get things back on topic...
How long do you think the “decision makers” can hold out before they need to decide:
1) no fans
2) no season
For reference, for the NCAA basketball tournament, decision time was 1) 2 weeks prior 2) 1 week prior. That may not be a good example though as COVID was just becoming a wide-spread problem in the US and there were way more unknowns.
How long do you think the “decision makers” can hold out before they need to decide:
1) no fans
2) no season
For reference, for the NCAA basketball tournament, decision time was 1) 2 weeks prior 2) 1 week prior. That may not be a good example though as COVID was just becoming a wide-spread problem in the US and there were way more unknowns.
The GPAC conference...NAIA level schools like Morningside, Hastings, etc. in Nebraska and Iowa announced that fall sports are continuing as scheduled...including football.
NFL agrees to cancel 2020 preseason, reduce team roster sizes to 80 for training camp
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ees-reduced-training-camp-rosters/5483773002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ees-reduced-training-camp-rosters/5483773002/
That's not encouraging...seems like the modus operandi. Postpone the real decision as long as possible.
People haven't wanted a preseason for a long time honestly. Jimmy Johnson was on The Herd and was talking about how he thinks it'll be cancelled and would be surprised if it came back for another season.
I still think 01Aug makes the most sense, but it could go as long as 15Aug. I suppose it is possible to start camps, but delay a game decision, but I think that is unwise. This is an extremely difficult decision. It would appear those in charge find the current state of affairs unacceptable, and are hoping things improve. Personally, I see no reason why things will be better in a few weeks.
I appreciate people like you.
Now when students ask me (middle school science), "Why do we have to learn _____?"
I can respond with "remember how half the us population did not understand how science works, and because of their inability to reason, they prolonged a pandemic and caused hundreds of thousands of needless deaths? That's why we learn science. So that you know how to make informed decisions based on facts, and not grow up to be a selfish tool."
Media days for the Big12 is August 3rd - I think their hoping for a positive trend. If things get better preparation for the season continues but if the trend continues or gets worse fans will be the first to go, next non conference games and then the season.
How do you keep national politics out of a thread about how an international pandemic will affect whether there will be fans at games when the decision will be based directly on either action or non action by politicians and government officials?
Real question.
I would say a good start is to not be focusing on discussing news channels or talking about what other countries think about the US. Has nothing to do with fans in the stands at Cyclone games. Now the pandemic and news of the pandemic are relevant, and even the mitigation efforts or lack there of.
Give me a break. If you can't keep your political opinions our of this thread that's a "you" problem.
Thank you. It gets so old. There are plenty of threads for politics. Quite frankly don't go on the website nearly as much anymore because of the pervasiveness of the negative politicization of almost every thread.
These guys will be the biggest whiners when football gets canceled or have no fans
Ahhhh...poor baby. Reality is a tough opponent.
So what topics can I talk about in this thread? Just official reports from the university or AD?
I'm thinking maybe non-con will go before fans. We PAY $$ to have the non-con teams come here, and LOSE $$ if the fans are not there.
Plus - gives a few extra weeks to reschedule conferences games if necessary a la the Big 10.
