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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3637248, member: 1001"] A bubble can work though it's much more challenging at the college level due to the financial aspect of it. The NBA has shown us it can work, the NHL too. If you can get spoiled millionaire professionals who don't want to listen to anyone to abide by bubble protocol then you can get college athletes to do so. College coaches have much more control over players than NBA organizations do. I am willing to bet that college kids will be eager to follow bubble protocol if it means being able to play the season. Just like with NBA players, I'm sure every college player misses playing and wants to get back on the court. They'll make sacrifices if it means playing again. The rules have to be strict, as with the NBA. Confined to their hotel, remote learning, each day planned out, only travel will be on team buses. If players are caught violating protocol they quarantine for 10-14 days or hell, make it a zero-tolerance policy: you get caught, you go home. My crazy idea is to have it in Storrs. Play games at the two practice facilities courts plus Gampel. You can play three games at a time on a staggered schedule and have everyone play the same night. Practice scheduling will be more challenging. Put all of the teams in a dorm (assuming UConn isn't full-time on campus and there's ample room) to save money. I will admit that enforcing a bubble will be much more difficult if even half of the student body is on campus. Officials are also a big concern. Getting them to agree to stay in a bubble the entire time, only working two days a week, away from their home and family--that'd cost a fortune to get anyone to agree to it. [/QUOTE]

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