The MAC cancels its fall football season
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I saw a study a while back that showed smokers were not getting the virus. I was looking for it to post the link but of course can't seem to find it. The jist was that they weren't sure if smokers weren't getting the virus or if they were just asymptomatic and therefore not being tested.
I've never said it would be a "normal" football season, but we may have been able to have football with a very limited number of fans.... like mostly just family and friends of players, coaches, etc.
I think in Alabama they tried this and said 'if you want college football, follow the safety measures' and it worked for a while but then they reportedly started having Covid parties to bet on who could get it first.
Yep, my fault. It was UK, not EU. This thread breaks down why other places get some normalcy and we get CFB canceled
I think it comes down to whether university presidents view having football as a risk to the university's school year plans. The ISU AD budget is $86M while the university budget is about $750M. There's the risk both of having students being in large groups and traveling off campus with football and then also the PR risks. Based on the fact the Big 10 presidents met yesterday and the negative rumblings last night, it seems the presidents are leaning towards no football this fall.
Testing has gone up yes, but last I saw % of positive cases has also gone up pretty much everywhere.
I could see that correlation being accurate. Smokers generally already have at least minor respiratory problems so minor Covid symptoms might not really seem that out of the ordinary to a smoker.
kcbob79clone
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Sadly 2020 was doomed from the start, no matter what was done. I preferred to remain somewhat optimistic about CFB and a little more optimistic about MBB/WBB.
kcbob79clone
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probably have 10% of fans for the first game and based off of how it goes, increase it as time goes on. England is hoping to allow fans back in the stadium in October after having no fans to finish out the domestic season and are now finishing the European cups over the next 2 weeks.If the US had controlled the spread as well as the EU, we wouldn't be talking about canceling the season.
We would definitely have a season but with limited fans.
For the country as a whole, actions (or inactions) have consequences. This is a consequence for not taking covid seriously at the beginning and implementing stricter measures such as countries like New Zealand.
I feel bad for people who took the proper measures and have their livelihoods affected by this. For people that thought this was a hoax and now have a loved one passed away or very sick, i hope you use this as a wake up call.
kcbob79clone
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If the US had controlled the spread as well as the EU, we wouldn't be talking about canceling the season.
Would be interesting to see all major regions like Asia Africa Australia etc all on the same chart
If this logic were used for other things, we could deny that a whole bunch of stuff has happened.
There's examples of games being cancelled late but not last minute.
Lessons learned from the Spanish flu-altered 1918 college football season
Pasadena officials put quarantine ordinances in place one hour after Stanford-USC kicked off, so there is no shame
www.crimsonquarry.com
If you want a stat independent of number of tests, percent positive is what you're looking for.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/...D~NOR~POL~PRT~ROU~RUS~SRB~SWE~CHE~UKR~GBR~USA
kcbob79clone
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If this logic were used for other things, we could deny that a whole bunch of stuff has happened.
There's examples of games being cancelled late but not last minute.
Lessons learned from the Spanish flu-altered 1918 college football season
Pasadena officials put quarantine ordinances in place one hour after Stanford-USC kicked off, so there is no shame
I somehow forgot that there is a lack of a sense of humor. OP sounded like first hand so I made a JOKE
Yeah wasn't arguing just commenting.
There are people out there that operate like this though. It's fascinating.
Has Iowa State announced anything about the level of enrollment for the fall semester, this year compared to last?
I know this is a football discussion, but the financial impact and effect on the future of the University is a real problem. I think the numbers they have already announced on the whole University effect is over $150 million.
I know this is a football discussion, but the financial impact and effect on the future of the University is a real problem. I think the numbers they have already announced on the whole University effect is over $150 million.
Enrollment isn't counted until the 10th day of the semester. I'd expect a significant drop.
