Iowa State announces reversal of plans to have fans in the stands for season opener
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How would you decide who gets tickets and who don’t, if they increase capacity, when they’ve already stated that there won’t be any single game ticket sales?
Good call, in the end. The best way to get the most football is to keep the number of people in the stadium on gameday to a minimum. The best way to get the whole season shut down is to have a game be a super-spreader event.
A huge part of college football is the fan atmosphere, but let's be honest, you're not going to get that even from a stadium 40% full and socially distanced.
A huge part of college football is the fan atmosphere, but let's be honest, you're not going to get that even from a stadium 40% full and socially distanced.
It blows that they caved. Changing It due to recent Covid data is one thing but to change it based off community feedback is whole different thing. The offended/worried are always going to be the loudest. I think they caved to the minority opinion.
And i hope, like everything, folks provide grace to all involved. This isn't her being "anti-Jamie" or anything....just a crappy situation to navigate (beyond just sports).
This is so complex, too. This could have been a big "we got this" moment...or could have been a big "the state of Iowa has cases all over as folks from around iowa came and went back to their communities" Just stinks for everyone.
They caved to what was the correct opinion, at least. In my opinion.
I'm not disappointed that we aren't having fans, but I do think this makes the university look stupid.
If public reaction drove this decision, how out of touch do you have to be to not realize that there was going to be an incredible amount of blowback to the 25K in the stands deal?
When they made that announcement on Monday, anyone with a pulse should have known that there would be massive public backlash. If a negative reaction was what was going to prevent you from having fans, why not just go no fan from the get-go? This looks a lot like the Big 10.
If public reaction drove this decision, how out of touch do you have to be to not realize that there was going to be an incredible amount of blowback to the 25K in the stands deal?
When they made that announcement on Monday, anyone with a pulse should have known that there would be massive public backlash. If a negative reaction was what was going to prevent you from having fans, why not just go no fan from the get-go? This looks a lot like the Big 10.
If the athletic department picked and chose which games I could go to, what would even be the point of buying SEASON tickets in the first place?
CycloneErik
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She definitely did. She didn't handle this well to start, either.
The only ounce of credit here is changing to the right decision, even if it's only due to public pressure and comments, which is apparently is.
Agreed. The COVID data isn't really any different today than Monday. It was and still is bad.
They should have known they would be heavily criticized for allowing 25K. When you roll that plan out, you should be ready to accept that criticism. And if you don't want to face that criticism, don't green light a plan for 25K fans.
