AAC Tournament Cancelled

[Shine33]

So I'll just stick this in this thread.

This sucks. March madness is probably my favorite sports event of the year.
Blah, blah blah, bigger picture... blah blah.. pandemic...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I completely get it but I am still bummed, especially for Vital.

What would we have done if we didn’t get a chance to read this post. Thank you for gracing us

 

[navery12]

I fully understand precautionary levels but did they do all this when the swine flu epidemic or the ebola epidemic hit?
No because concerns were hushed in the media under someones pressure
I'm not taking this outbreak as lightly as some of you "experts" are going to pontificate but go back and look at the statistics on those outbreaks.
I don't understand why they can't play all these sporting events in a smaller venue, test all athletes/staff and families invited.
If it's revenue they are after, put the damn things on pay for view, giving current ticket holders free viewing.
They know who is most susceptible to this disease
Ridiculous is that they get the crowd into MSG, play 1/2 a game then call it off!!! That means those attending only have a 1/2 chance of getting contaminated?
Too many have lost any sense of being reasonable, Precaution is one thing but mass hysteria will cause more harm in the end in so many different areas.

We don't have the resources to keep up with testing the people who are infected. Now we should play games and then use those limited resources to just test all those people just so we have some sports to watch?

 

[UC1995]

Seems a fitting ending to our time in the AAC

 

[BlueMAB]

I do perhaps at a greater level than you and thanks you are obviously one of the "experts"

Doubt it.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Could they play games in the summer -- if the coronavirus outbreak curbs.

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

Not that it matters considering the NCAA tournament will be cancelled in short order. But Cinci has been awarded auto bid. ::sighs::

 

[QuickDraw]

fear mongering at it's best, we should start to building safe rooms out of our closets with plastic sheathing and duct tape.

 

[UCfor3]

I fully understand precautionary levels but did they do all this when the swine flu epidemic or the ebola epidemic hit?
No because concerns were hushed in the media under someones pressure
I'm not taking this outbreak as lightly as some of you "experts" are going to pontificate but go back and look at the statistics on those outbreaks.
I don't understand why they can't play all these sporting events in a smaller venue, test all athletes/staff and families invited.
If it's revenue they are after, put the damn things on pay for view, giving current ticket holders free viewing.
They know who is most susceptible to this disease
Ridiculous is that they get the crowd into MSG, play 1/2 a game then call it off!!! That means those attending only have a 1/2 chance of getting contaminated?
Too many have lost any sense of being reasonable, Precaution is one thing but mass hysteria will cause more harm in the end in so many different areas.

Not every outbreak is the same. The way this transmits while people don't have syptoms. Cant conflate them. Also, you want to test everyone involved to play a basketball game when there aren't close to enough tests available for the general public? Sick people are not being tested unless they have been to a few of the hot countries recently or their symptoms are bad with say breathing difficulties and pneumonia.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

They better not cancel the NBA season right before Lebron gets his 4th ring

 

[gtcam]

Doubt it.

Intelligent response

Not every outbreak is the same. The way this transmits while people don't have syptoms. Cant conflate them. Also, you want to test everyone involved to play a basketball game when there aren't close to enough tests available for the general public? Sick people are not being tested unless they have been to a few of the hot countries recently or their symptoms are bad with say breathing difficulties and pneumonia.

I understand that every outbreak is not the same
People can carry lots of stuff without showing symptoms themselves
I did not say to play the games with testing at this moment in time
The testing supplies are being distributed now

 

[weyuo]

No AAC Tourney??? Well, that just killed my best excuse for not being outside cleaning up the yard "Yes honey I'm heading out there now"(starts to cry).

 

[joober jones]

I lost my second brother today and now I'm losing the only thing that could've been even a momentary partial distraction. Obviously, this issue is bigger than me, my family, or basketball and they made the right move. Still sucks as far as timing.

 

[UCSouth]

who is lecturing? if you want a lecture, i am happy to give one.

Please don't.

 

[BlueMAB]

Intelligent response

Is this what passes for intelligence? Ever heard of punctuation?

I do perhaps at a greater level than you and thanks you are obviously one of the "experts"

Perhaps you can "pray" the virus away.

Pray that this virus disappears as miraculously as it appeared and no more deaths occur - Objective #5

 

[formerlurker]

My condolence's, Joober.

 

[BlueMAB]

I lost my second brother today and now I'm losing the only thing that could've been even a momentary partial distraction. Obviously, this issue is bigger than me, my family, or basketball and they made the right move. Still sucks as far as timing.

Terrible news joober, you have my condolences and I hope you and your family can find some comfort and peace.

 

[Chasm64]

So I would assume when the next yearly flu pandemic hits we’ll shut everything down again, you know like we did for the swine flu.

 

[Rico444]

I lost my second brother today and now I'm losing the only thing that could've been even a momentary partial distraction. Obviously, this issue is bigger than me, my family, or basketball and they made the right move. Still sucks as far as timing.

So sorry to hear, Joober.

 

[Zanzman]

I lost my second brother today and now I'm losing the only thing that could've been even a momentary partial distraction. Obviously, this issue is bigger than me, my family, or basketball and they made the right move. Still sucks as far as timing.

Sorry for your loss of a brother we’re all in this together

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

Yup. So what you're saying is that you care more about the general public than the players/officiating crew/video staff/ anyone else that has to potentially risk going out to play this game. Correct me if I'm wrong, the incidence of a natural disaster, "crazy people" which a term people might find offensive, is higher to you than a global pandemic which has only just started here in the U.S.?

How would you contract the virus from teammates and coaches and staff that you know were not infected? probability of getting infected goes much higher when you throw in 1000s of random people in the building. Again, keeping the fans out should have been enough. I'm done ranting about this.

 

[upstater]

So... here is why we really really need to end mass gatherings:

"Airborne transmission is 'plausible,' according to a study (that has not been peer reviewed) posted online this week from scientists at Princeton University, the University of California, Los Angeles and the National Institutes of Health. The researchers concluded that the virus could remain airborne for “up to 3 hours post aerosolization.”

Apparently, we still don't know very much about transmission.

 

[JohnFSilver]

I feel terrible. But until we get a grasp of the contagion, and its effects, the games have to stop. These players are unpaid. Just no moral case to keep playing .

 

[UCSouth]

You are really, really good at saying really, really stupid things.

Sounded like a legit question on their behalf. And your reply shows how much of a moron you are.

 

[tykurez]

I fully understand precautionary levels but did they do all this when the swine flu epidemic or the ebola epidemic hit?
No because concerns were hushed in the media under someones pressure
I'm not taking this outbreak as lightly as some of you "experts" are going to pontificate but go back and look at the statistics on those outbreaks.
I don't understand why they can't play all these sporting events in a smaller venue, test all athletes/staff and families invited.
If it's revenue they are after, put the damn things on pay for view, giving current ticket holders free viewing.
They know who is most susceptible to this disease
Ridiculous is that they get the crowd into MSG, play 1/2 a game then call it off!!! That means those attending only have a 1/2 chance of getting contaminated?
Too many have lost any sense of being reasonable, Precaution is one thing but mass hysteria will cause more harm in the end in so many different areas.

Turn off Fox News old man.

 

[BlueMAB]

How would you contract the virus from teammates and coaches and staff that you know were not infected?

This is a really good point. We should ask Donovan Mitchell how he got it considering he knew Rudy Golbert didn't have it.



Oh wait.....

 

[BlueMAB]

Sounded like a legit question on their behalf. And your reply shows how much of a moron you are.

Okay buddy,

Check this thread out and come back to apologize...

 

[upstater]

Very sorry about your brother Joober

 

[Shine33]

Jim Dolan wants his money

I know nothing about him, but what a completely narcissistic decision he is making

 

[Scoe]

This totally sucks. So everything is getting suspended, except for NFL FA and the draft I guess you could have verbal contracts, and players getting drafted from home.

 

[UConn Dan]

How would you contract the virus from teammates and coaches and staff that you know were not infected? probability of getting infected goes much higher when you throw in 1000s of random people in the building. Again, keeping the fans out should have been enough. I'm done ranting about this.

So what you're saying is quarantine unpaid college players from their family and friends and don't allow them to eat in restaurants or stay in hotels with other people, got it!