Jamie Pollard letter on falls sports
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Other item to consider is if the school is online only - what happens to Ames?
how many hotels can survive?
How many restaurants make it?
Landlords that are counting on students paying rent.
Ames like other college towns that survive off students, families visiting, college football weekends - will be bankrupt
how many hotels can survive?
How many restaurants make it?
Landlords that are counting on students paying rent.
Ames like other college towns that survive off students, families visiting, college football weekends - will be bankrupt
Bingo! "If" there isn't school or sports this year, you are going to see a lot of colleges/towns struggle. I'm not sure where we can strike the balance of living with the virus/staying healthy.
My guess- I think we have fall sports, but we find out it's struggle to keep people healthy and there won't be any winter sports.
Who's going to enforce wearing masks in the stadium?
Concessions: yes or no?
Band/cheerleaders: yes or no?
Halftime show: Yes or no?
Tailgail: yes or no?
Spirit walk: yes or no?
I think we agree college football is college football in part due to the atmosphere. At what point does the game become not worth attending? I'm still open to playing games in front of an empty stadium but having a crowd seems like an unnecessary risk at this point.
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Your series of questions is for JP to decide, and the answer to those questions should provide the basis for fans to decide if it's worth attending or not. No one is going to force you to go.
But you go and get the virus and come home and give it to 3 others, who each give it to 3 more, etc.
See how you going can affect those of us who don’t.
Also:
You go to work and...
You go to the grocery store and...
You go to the gas station and...
What about a student-athlete who doesn't feel comfortable playing? Does their scholarship get pulled if they don't participate?
If you are looking for me to create an action plan for hosting college football games in my spare time, it's not going to happen lol.
Let's see what they come up with, and then people can decide for themselves if they want to go.
I would hope they are granted a medical redshirt type of waiver for the year. No one should be forced to play or have a year of eligibility burned if they don’t feel comfortable playing.
On a near daily basis you create "action plans" for the monetary system of the United States but all-of-a-sudden you can't decide if cheerleaders should be at college football games?
Many Ames business would go broke.
University enrollment will fall off a cliff too and cause financial strain on the University itself - why pay ISU tuition when you aren’t getting the full experience? People, especially undergrads, will take community college classes online from home for a fraction of the cost.
On a near daily basis you create "action plans" for the monetary system of the United States but all-of-a-sudden you can't decide if cheerleaders should be at college football games?
Exactly my point. How am I going to find time to do that while I'm restructuring the monetary system of the world?
Not to mention knowing how athletes think they are ready to get out and play.
There several classes that have already went online for next semester. I know of a couple kids who have already decided to not stay in Ames now. They can commute for the 1-2 classes they have in person (if they don’t go online also) and save good money.
CycloneErik
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DMACC would disagree. They're finding that it's extremely difficult to recruit students in this environment.
That's surprising to me. Is that just a reflection of less interest in college education all-together? Or what is the cause?
I know if I was in college or had a kid in college I would look really hard at community college online for this year with all the uncertainty.
