It makes a total mockery of COLLEGE basketball. Awful precedent and in a bubble in Omaha how pray tell is Team B UConn? They don’t play at UConn. They don’t practice at UConn. They don’t live at UConn. UConn students don’t attend the games. They don’t meet or hang out at UConn. They are just team B in this awful bubble. And for all intents and purposes they are the G-league
Where have you been the last 30 years or so? For better or for worse that's college sports these days.
Well not exactly. They live play and practice in Connecticut. And even occasionally meet other students. But in a bubble in Omaha? Team B.
We could have Zoom happy hours with them at a virtual Ted’s.
That could capture when they start turning the lights on and off after last call, but not the smell when they started dumping ammonia (or whatever it was) all over the place.
And the Celtics live, play and practice in Boston. And even occasionally meet other professional athletes. But now they're playing in a bubble for a few months. What's your point?
I know there's a history here, but it is allowable to have an opinion about this particular issue and reasonable to expect people to evaluate the opinion, ironically enough, in a vacuum.
This is the Boneyard. Get that nuance outta here!
They are not a COLLEGE team. Pros are really a different animal.
You're not following me. My point before was that college basketball and football has pretty much been professional sports for a long time. Playing in a bubble for 2-3 weeks isn't going to change that for the better or worse. So just take the gift of that 2-3 weeks and you can still complain that college sports is basically professional sports after the tournament is over.
It's like he doesn't realize most kids are being educated in their bedrooms.
Maybe they can do cut out fans too! Or like that Korean (?) baseball team they can put blow up dolls in the seats. It is an awful idea which is being done for the money. Not for the players. Certainly not for the schools in any way other than financial. Not for 5he students. There is an old saying that just because you can do something it doesn’t mean you should. That absolutely applies to this bubble idea. Go Team B!
No John. That is a reason why this is dumb. No students on campus. But we force a bunch of college kids to live in a bubble in Omaha for our entertainment. Oh, and so the NCAA can collect its check from CBS. And I’m just guessing but I bet leagues like the MEAC, NEC, you know, the 16 seed leagues, won’t bubble their teams.
Yet still better than no ball...
You pick the dumbest hills to die on and you're always wrong. Of course there's students on campus and nobody is being forced to do anything, the kids want to play.
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