Science only matters when it fits certain agendas. How dare you try to use logic.
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Science only matters when it fits certain agendas. How dare you try to use logic.
Well, Covid is going to be around all season, and God forbid somebody catches it. Who cares if we destroy everything around us? As long as my 95 year old great uncle with terminal cancer doesn't die in the nursing home with a bad cold, it was all worth it.
Guys and gals, its going to be a beautiful night out there tonight. Have a drink, relax, and regroup. There's been some vile posts around here.
My only issue with the statement is that it is written like the decision has been made for no fans for the entire season. As far as I know, that's not the case. I was under the assumption that if things improved, having fans for OU was still on the table. That said, maybe that was the whole point of the letter...kind of a big FU to those who complained to Wintersteen and made her change her mind. Almost a "here are the consequences of your complaining".
It should, I own one of the dance competitions and I rent Stephens 4 times a year.
Thanks, I was thinking that we bought tickets to see a friend's daughter dance a couple of times this past winter, and the production quality was good. I was assuming that Stephens had to be rented out for it, and they didn't just take part of ticket sales.
That's odd. I don't recall a superspreader event having occurred in the US via an outdoor event. ESPECIALLY one with mandatory mask usage seats assigned with social distancing in mind. Maybe you can enlighten us where this has occurred.
I have 4 weekends scheduled to rent Stephens next spring and summer for my business I own, a dance competition. We are hurting and looking forward to a better Spring in 2021. This news is an absolute gut punch for my business and all the young children that take part in my events. Nearly 3000 kids over these 4 events/weekends at Stephens alone.
Not discounting those things at all. The poster said this decision is losing the thing keeping ISU financially stable. That simply is not true at all. When you add in athletic vs non-athletic donations and research dollars athletics revenues are low single digit percentage of ISUs revenue.
Not to mention ISU is still playing football when others aren’t. ISUs profile will be raised this year even if games are TV only.
This does have a huge impact on Ames and the local economy. It will hurt ISU, but I wanted to clear up the misconception that not having fans in the stands is going to ruin ISU financially.
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Regroup?!?!?!? Don’t you understand we can’t have GROUPS!!!!!!
If you have less income you must cut costs or find other sources of income. I don’t see a lot of other options. Maybe Earl May is running a sell on money trees but not likely. I doubt eliminating golf saves you much money. No good options for JP. The best option was to have fans at football games and put in place restrictions to minimize the risk of Covid.
That is the first time I have read a passive aggressive letter from an ISU leader.
Do you feel unsafe when you use the stage? Are they able to accomodate all your guests?
Probably because we've banned almost all large events, outside or in, severely limiting the chance for that to occur.
Oh, and if you looked at the seating chart they released, the 25k\40% seating plan didn't really allow for recommended levels social distancing. That was a big part of the problem. If community spread levels drop down to more reasonable levels i could see 15k\25% working out in October. But people are going to have to do what it takes to get those levels down.
Hahah...that would be the judges I hiredSO YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO GAVE MY DAUGHTER THE CRAPPY MARKS FIVE YEARS AGO?????
The no fans isn’t going to be a big deal in the long run for the entire university but it could have a potentially big impact on the AD. If the AD goes away the school is going to be in for a rude awakening for how important it is.
I would have been 4th generation at one of the D3 schools but went to Iowa State because I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do and I wanted to go to a D1 school for the sports. My sister was the same way that’s sports/marching band made her decision. High schoolers particularly guys are not exactly complicated individuals.
I had a large event there just this past July. Absolutely felt safe, we suggested masks when social distancing couldn't take place. Stephens is so large and has so much space it accommodated all the competitors and parents with no worries. The event lasts 40 hours over a Fri -Sat - Sun weekend. We see about 1000-1500 competitors and parent/spectators over that long period of time. A transient crowd. It was about 90% normal and very safe with masks and distancing protocols being the biggest overall difference. Life and live events can still happen IMO if we use some common sense. But that is completely lacking in todays world and we're up against a cancel at all cost crusade. It is so difficult to navigate as a business owner.
