ACC 2020 Schedule: 10+1?

[billybud]

Yep, though "circumstances beyond our control forced us to cancel all games in 2020" is an easier argument than "circumstances beyond our control forced us to to pick and choose the games we would play in 2020."

Maybe...if it ever came to be an argument.

 

[billybud]

Some games will be easy to walk away from...the WVU-FSU Chic-Fil-A Kickoff pays $4.5 million...but that money is solely from ticket sales...reduce attendance size and thus the pay out and you have an immediate out. Same with UNC-Auburn in the kickoff.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Latest on Massachusetts:

MA quarantine can be circumvented by:
- Negative test result <72 hours prior to travel.
- Negative test result after you arrive.
- No requirement for travelers from New England, NY, NJ, Hawaii (!!)

You must quarantine upon arrival until you get your test results. The Governor did admit that enforcement of this will be difficult and honor system would play a larger role. Honestly, this is targeted to the return of college students to Massachusetts.

BC and UConn could play each other freely with no travel restriction.

But in reality, they really should just move the season to the spring and start in mid to late January.

 

[RSTuthill]

But in reality, they really should just move the season to the spring and start in mid to late January.

Using Toko Blue?

 

[huskymedic]

 

[billybud]

Dabo may be ahead....having 43 team members and staff testing positive so early....

 

[Exit 4]

Can't the 14 day issue be resolved by near daily testing. Ahem, Disney/Fox?

 

[billybud]

I know that FSU has a lab with PCR machines/regents to test and have quick results. I assume other uni's will also test.

If a student, whether an athlete or not, wakes up one morning and doesn’t feel good, potentially displaying symptoms of the coronavirus, he or she can be tested immediately and expect a response either that day or the following day.

This is also critical as FSU returns athletes in basketball as well as other fall sports. Testing can be done in-house, ensuring a quicker turnaround.

 

[Forte]

Should we fire up the conference realignment board again? Going forward if this works out ...???? Am I reading this right that acc would need one more team for 16 2020? What are the chances UConn is the other team?

 

[Forte]

Things heating up?

ACC Wants UConn: Sources

As the Big East scrambles to figure out what to do after Syracuse and Pittsburgh decided to abandon the conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference, it appears UConn is poised to follow suit. What happens with the Huskies hinges on what the Fighting Irish do. A source close to the ACC told...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

 

[History Geek]

Things heating up?

ACC Wants UConn: Sources

As the Big East scrambles to figure out what to do after Syracuse and Pittsburgh decided to abandon the conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference, it appears UConn is poised to follow suit. What happens with the Huskies hinges on what the Fighting Irish do. A source close to the ACC told...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

This is a 9 year old article.

 

[Forte]

This is a 9 year old article.

But still applicable for 2020 .... BELIEVE!!!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Things heating up?

ACC Wants UConn: Sources

As the Big East scrambles to figure out what to do after Syracuse and Pittsburgh decided to abandon the conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference, it appears UConn is poised to follow suit. What happens with the Huskies hinges on what the Fighting Irish do. A source close to the ACC told...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

This is a 9 year old article.

It's a slow burn.

 

[freescooter]

Who knows what it will look like in mid November when FSU is scheduled at the Carrier Dome?

There are currently no state wide travel restrictions in North Carolina (Wake Forest game)....and there are no current restrictions in South Carolina (expired in May) so Clemson game looks OK for Cuse....

Problem is coming back.

Can't the 14 day issue be resolved by near daily testing. Ahem, Disney/Fox?

sure. So you are using scarce testing resources for a football team when moms and grandads can’t get tested.

 

[Exit 4]

Problem is coming back.

sure. So you are using scarce testing resources for a football team when moms and grandads can’t get tested.

Less of a problem if the TV partners fund it and use private labs

 

[huskymedic]

Can't the 14 day issue be resolved by near daily testing. Ahem, Disney/Fox?

Answer to your “near daily testing” workaround question is in here (P5/NCAA protocol):

 

[RSTuthill]

Less of a problem if the TV partners fund it and use private labs

Incorect. That makes the shortages worse.

 

[Exit 4]

Incorect. That makes the shortages worse.

Doing some reading this evening.... yes I see now how with many colleges, many public schools, pro sports returning and everything else trying to ramp up this fall it seems there simply won’t be enough testing capacity public or private... current national testing around 700k-800k daily.... and per one story it appears the federal goal is to get to capacity to do 6M per day by December

Not serious here; but maybe Disney builds its own mega lab for both its problems- it’s theme park business and college football.

 

[Adios]

Things heating up?

ACC Wants UConn: Sources

As the Big East scrambles to figure out what to do after Syracuse and Pittsburgh decided to abandon the conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference, it appears UConn is poised to follow suit. What happens with the Huskies hinges on what the Fighting Irish do. A source close to the ACC told...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

Very nice find. If Notre Dame becomes a full ACC member, we're #16.

 

[billybud]

Notre Dame is not committing to a conference...Lucifer's skates are still in a hot dusty corner of his attic.

 

[Adios]

Notre Dame is not committing to a conference...Lucifer's skates are still in a hot dusty corner of his attic.

If. And what do you know of the future? ND is already half way commited in football and seem to prefer a full commitment this season.

 

[Chief00]

How are conferences going to get away with a +1 model..
Why should you be able to blow up your schedule and leave all the G5 and indys scrambling to fill. It’s one thing to say you are going all conference only to have control and flexibility over the circumstances. It’s another to selectively take advantage of the situation by +1. How do they justify it.

It’s not about health; it’s about money. But, while they are grabbing the money, they must lander to health. The P5’s have conference TV contracts.

 

[freescooter]

Very nice find. If Notre Dame becomes a full ACC member, we're #16.

Nope. Prohibited by BE agreement from moving to a P5 football league. Plus why would we want to play Duke, UNC Syracuse et al when we can have Creighton and DePaul? And MSG plus the knucklehead hoop fans would oppose it anyway.

 

[huskymedic]

Nope. Prohibited by BE agreement from moving to a P5 football league.

Nah... it justs costs 'em: ($30M if UConn departs within the first 6yrs, $15M for yrs 7-9 and $10M yr10 and after). That prohibition was only in effect till we became actual members in July.

 

[billybud]

If. And what do you know of the future? ND is already half way commited in football and seem to prefer a full commitment this season.

Can't tell about the future...but you can lay bets on it....This year is a one off in many ways....and the ACC will assist a partner...but Notre Dame as a permanent football member? I'd wager not in the next decade.

In 132 years of playing football, Notre Dame’s storied program has never competed in a conference and its fans cherish the Irish’s status as a football independent. They operate a national program with independence as the foundation of the brand.

 

[Forte]

Nah... it justs costs 'em: ($30M if UConn departs within the first 6yrs, $15M for yrs 7-9 and $10M yr10 and after). That prohibition was only in effect till we became actual members in July.

If ACC offered P5 status and full membership don’t care what Big East prohibits or how broke we are... UConn would accept in a heart beat and take the financial loss for the long term gain.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[SubbaBub]

At this point I confident that if they chose, UConn could fill a 12 game schedule solely as an emergency fill in replacement for the P5 squads that can't field a team because they are overrun with positive tests.

CFB isn't like the pros, where prevention is job 1. These schools are going mostly pay lip service to their bubbles and protocols and throw their students to the COVID TV meat grinder.

 

[UConnJim]

CFB isn't like the pros, where prevention is job 1. These schools are going mostly pay lip service to their bubbles and protocols and throw their students to the COVID TV meat grinder.

I disagree. I think people are underestimating the impact of the Ivy League cancelling Fall sports and how that influences many college presidents. If anything went wrong with playing football due to COVID, people will point at the school's president and ask how could they have played football when the Ivy League was proactive and cancelled fall sports.

Here is the choice for a college president and the trustees. Take a financial hit by not playing football or risk having COVID causing a serious problem. If they play football and no COVID problems occur, they will still be skewered for putting college athletes at risk for the financial gain of the college. If COVID ends up being a serious problem, the president will probably lose their job unless they are at an SEC school. They really are in a no win situation.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I disagree. I think people are underestimating the impact of the Ivy League cancelling Fall sports and how that influences many college presidents. If anything went wrong with playing football due to COVID, people will point at the school's president and ask how could they have played football when the Ivy League was proactive and cancelled fall sports.

Here is the choice for a college president and the trustees. Take a financial hit by not playing football or risk having COVID causing a serious problem. If they play football and no COVID problems occur, they will still be skewered for putting college athletes at risk for the financial gain of the college. If COVID ends up being a serious problem, the president will probably lose their job unless they are at an SEC school. They really are in a no win situation.

I think several conferences will go forward with playing.

I also think at least one player will suffer serious consequences and possibly die from the 'rona. I don't buy in to the "if even one life is saved, it's worth shutting down narrative". Plenty of players have died from infections viruses and bacterias over the years. And not just from football.

I would like to see any information available about how universities have changed their insurance policies protecting them against lawsuits should players get sick or die.