The MAC cancels its fall football season
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yeah but many people would say, it’s barbaric to expose these kids to brain injuries like this for nothing
In that case they would view themselves as the adult in the room, and anyone that liked or watched football the child in the room, in this case you or me are the children, it’s all a matter of perspective
I still think if your position is we can’t play football due to COVID, then I think it is very hard to advocate for ever playing football again. COVID risk will never be zero, and it is impossible to say we are not ok with COVID, but we are ok with brain injuries, broken backs, legs, spread of other diseases ...etc
the other thing is, how can you have students back on campus and say that us safe, but you can’t play sports...or how have you allowed training camp to start with no problems but now decided it’s not safe
for instance if there is a vaccine in two years...and it’s 50 percent effective, is that enough? Is 75 percent enough? 99 percent? And how many colleges are left that can play, and how many kids are left that can actually play after a couple year hiatus?
who knows, we might not have Iowa state football ever again in the same way...schools could organize and break away, nfl could form a minor league...there really is no way to keep other sports, no way to pay our coaches, no way to maintain debt or facilities...I kind of think this is the end of college football if they are going to not play, hope I’m wrong because I love college football
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maybe people like you will figure out the virus isn't going anywhere either so might as well get on living. but I'm not optimistic, hell if we can't have football I'll probably get some repair/upgrade work done on the beater this fall.. but would rather have that on in the garage while working.
All this for better background noise, cool.
No large gatherings, practice social distancing, wear a mask and wash your hands?
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Looking at the charts, I guess I see the MAC's point. Total cases right now are sky high 2.3 MM people with active infection! Even though new cases are trending down...that is a crazy amount of people with it right now. It is going to suck losing football for the season, but I agree people should have done more to stay home and isolate...at least wear masks for christs sake.
then why all of college sports for injuries to begin with??? students will still have the risk of covid even with out sports....
sons first birthday last month.. zero cases out of that.. social distance at the stores /masks yeah... washing hands yeah but then again they are so covered in grease/oil/dirt to begin with....
Two P5 ADs have come forward (without revealing identity) and said there won't be college football this fall.
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www.cbssports.com
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Power Five ADs: 'Inevitable' 2020 college football season will not be played this fall
These prominent athletic directors spoke to CBS Sports after the MAC canceled its season Saturday
I see a lot about the financial side for the MAC with all the P5s going conference only...
Anecdotal evidence is so American.
You don't actually know this. I know a family that had a gathering and close to 10 of them tested positive afterwards. Only found out because one had to get tested prior to surgery.
so why hold out on sports when the risk is there no matter what?? how many times have you potentially been exposed without knowing it to begin with?? how many personally do you know that have been effected by it?
I know more than the experts. It's that simple.
It's like all if the dip-sh**s who couldn't pass a science class have taken control of the world.
and the the future father and mother in-law who hosted it gets tested every week for work... and no symptoms or anything for anyone else including my 86 year old grandfather.
The family I was talking about didn't have symptoms either. Yet they had it and there was at least one more case linked to them.
almost like those who live in their own bubble to begin with try to say how the rest of us should live.
They wear protective gear to minimize the risk of those injuries.
Protective gear (you know, a vaccine?) does not exist yet for COVID. Once it does, the risk becomes acceptable.
You seem to think I'm not viewing this with nuance. I'm absolutely viewing this rationally. I've got skin in this game, I have a 2021 daughter whose softball recruiting has been absolutely smashed by this virus. The opportunities for college coaches to evaluate her have been virtually nil, and it's looking like that's going to continue throughout this 2020-2021 travel year. Who even knows which softball programs are going to survive this? I absolutely want this to be over, and to give her a chance to sign the NLI she's dreamed of signing since she was 10. People like the poster I've been arguing with make me absolutely blood-boiling livid.
Did anyone else put their palm through their face when they got to this part?
