Big Ten and Pac-12 cancel 2020 fall football seasons

[Dr.bannedman]

did all of you trolls not think this season was gonna get cancelled?!? have you all been not watching the news?!?

 

[cdface]

Funding this will be an issue, and there would need to be multiple changes to NCAA rules like scholarship limits, travel roster size, etc.

Even a one year change can have a ripple effect for years.

it's almost like...the college football industrial complex had become an unsustainable bubble waiting for a pinprick.

 

[dualthreat]

So who makes the call on whether the Big 12 plays a season? I gotta imagine the 4 Texas schools vote YES + Iowa State YES. That's 5/10. OU and Okie Lite probably voting YES too.

 

[Statefan10]

What if.....somehow...the big 12 is the only conference running...and we win the title (even if you throw in a couple forfeits etc).....then we default win national title...hang the banner! LOL

AND, have numerous All-Americans, Heisman trophy, Doak Walker Award, etc...it'll be awesome.....

We won't be the only conference but I like your thought process.. Big 12, ACC, and the SEC will be the "Power 3".

Boy oh boy would it be bittersweet if ISU went 10-1 or 9-1 and lost out to the second best SEC / ACC team on making the playoffs lol.

 

[LincolnWay187]

remind me how much heavy breathing and one-on-one physical matchups there are in a classroom?

also, you should probably note that a sizeable percentage DO support going online-only to start the year, especially for younger students. it's almost like you haven't been paying attention...

How does what "people are supporting" pertain to the conversation at all? People are already moving into their dorms for the year...I would say you are the one not paying attention.

 

[madguy30]

How many died from H1N1? How many people have died from pneumonia this year versus other previous years? Yes, we have seen slightly more deaths. Life happens but we've never, ever shut down before, and there have been a LOT worse diseases come and go.

Slightly? It's not even close to done with and we're still seeing 1,000 deaths/day from Covid.

And we HAVE shut down before for other things and the football season during the Spanish Flu hardly happened for a lot of teams.

Much like COVID-19, polio shut down schools, public places in 1946; officials urged hand washing and social distancing

The polio virus terrified San Antonio, causing schools, parks and theaters to close and...

www.expressnews.com

Not even 20,000 died from H1N1.

2009 H1N1 Pandemic

A summary of key events of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and the CDC's response activities between April 2009 and April 2010.

www.cdc.gov

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Not 50,000 died from pneumonia in 2017.

FastStats

FastStats is an official application from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and puts access to topic-specific statistics at your fingertips.

www.cdc.gov

 

[cycloneworld]

I said this yesterday but I really hope the Big 12 makes an attempt to play. If its done safely, what an opportunity for the conference and for Iowa State.

 

[CloneIce]

Purely out of curiosity what makes you think they can play basketball in January when you can't play football in September? Indoor sport during the winter. You could argue a longer, more prolonged exposure to your opponent. I suppose the only thing you have going for you is the number of people you'd have to monitor.

I just think once you've put it out there you have too much liability to play, you aren't playing again until there is a marked difference in potential harm. And that's not going away by January.

If a basketball player were to get seriously sick the very first thing they'd point to is not being very far removed from canceling all football. You've basically acknowledged the risk is too high-- good luck coming back from that one from a liability perspective.

Ive been overly optimistic throughout this, but my hope for basketball is that a way way smaller roster coupled with no or few fans at games could be doable.

 

[Statefan10]

So who makes the call on whether the Big 12 plays a season? I gotta imagine the 4 Texas schools vote YES + Iowa State YES. That's 5/10. OU and Okie Lite probably voting YES too.

Baylor came out and said they wants more time to make a decision (highly valid reason). Don't know where the other school's stand 100% but we know ISU is a yes, WVU coach has been quoted on wanting to play, OSU and OU are wanting to play, and then you have the 3 other TX schools who I'd say will want to play. At the minimum I think a vote would be 7-3 in favor of playing.

 

[Jacktronic]

No one should be playing.

 

[kcbob79clone]

Only reason B1G and Pac-12 are saying spring ball is to hold onto recruits and players.

They know spring ball is not practical.

 

[IASTATE07]

I want to watch Iowa State this fall, but feel like we're delaying the inevitable.

 

[Statefan10]

No one should be playing.

Well the ACC's Chief Medical Expert who happened to go to Duke (pretty good school I'd say), believes the season can be done safely..

I'm not saying he's right either. I'm saying there are obviously experts that are giving differing opinions on this issue no different than you could have differing opinions from doctors on other medical issues.

ACC medical expert: Season can be played safely

Dr. Cameron Wolfe, chair of the ACC medical advisory group, believes a fall football season can be played safely.

www.espn.com

 

[CloneIce]

Or....we could have Congress just eliminate frivolous lawsuits all together. This ain't just a Covid issue. So much money is wasted in CYA because lawyers in this country have gotten out of control.

Apple just sued a company called PrePear because somehow these two logos look similar to someone. That's where we are as country.

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Good luck with that. The President is the king of frivolous law suits and even once sued a late night comedian for making fun of his hair. That hasn’t changed since he became President. That’s where we are as a country.

 

[Cyched]

I want to watch Iowa State this fall, but feel like we're delaying the inevitable.

This pretty much sums up my feelings

 

[LeaningCy]

Watch the mirror, followed by Urban's reaction.

 

[aauummm]

remind me how much heavy breathing and one-on-one physical matchups there are in a classroom?

That comes later, after class.
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[kcbob79clone]

Can all those that were rooting for #CFB to not be played please give us at least a single thread where we can read about the topic of the thread?

Those of us that feel that way understand that they are going to be lurking like a troll under the bridge for one of us to give them a crack to shoot thru.

 

[helechopper]

I wish the Big12 would play just to say “**** you” to the other leagues. We could get 10x the eyeballs and be swimming in cash. We’d be the Neo-Auburn of college football world then. The Big12 needs to take advantage of this opportunity because it isn’t going to come along again. Haha

 

[CloneIce]

How many died from H1N1? How many people have died from pneumonia this year versus other previous years? Yes, we have seen slightly more deaths. Life happens but we've never, ever shut down before, and there have been a LOT worse diseases come and go.

At the height of the outbreak in New York, they were having 5 X more total deaths (all causes) than normal. 5 times. Cities in Italy, France and Spain were in the 3 to 5 times range during their outbreaks. Several South American cities have now been at that level or above.

Sadly, there is nothing slight about that.

I want a football season this fall too. But that’s no reason to come here and spread your factually incorrect BS. We can all argue it’s merits honestly. And there are good arguments to be made for and against.