Growing Optimism Enabling Officials to Plan for Essential Summer Workouts (SI)

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[Exit 4]

Dont see how this goes any other way. State U's might use their state credit to side step a liability waiver (depending on the politics of their state), but private U's aren't going to have much choice here.

 

[huskymedic]

Interested to see how this plays out from a possible infectious disease exposure perspective:



>>Kansas State athletics released a statement on June 11 that after testing members of the football team for COVID-19 infections, no members of the team tested positive. GoPowercat, however, has learned from multiple sources that a member of the K-State football team who arrived after the initial testing not only tested positive for the COVID-19 but also worked out in the team training facility with other members of the team prior to knowing the result of his testing.

According to the sources, the result of the single positive test and possible multiple exposures from sharing time in the locker room with teammates, has led to some members of K-State team being quarantined for at least 14 days. This would mean they could continue football activities but only within their quarantined group.

 

[Drew]

 

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[huskymedic]

Jackson State vs Tennessee State @ the Liberty Bowl second week in September.

 

[huskymedic]

>>Six Texas players have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least 15 players are now in quarantine due to contract tracing, a source close to the situation told Horns247.com<<

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The South is getting ravaged by COVID right now, despite their best efforts to cook the books. Florida has a staggering "pneumonia" outbreak, and Texas is running out of ICU bed capacity even though no one seems to die. The second worst thing about the pandemic, after the dying, is that one political party decided to lie to America about their risk of death.

There are maybe 20,000 players in FBS and FCS football, and another 3,000 to 4,000 coaches. I expect multiple people involved in the sport will die from COVID this year, and quite a few others will be hospitalized. It is just the math of it.

Even if there is a low mortality for young men, it is not 0%, and playing football increases it. I guess it is their choice to do it, but schools need to be completely transparent about all of the risk everyone is taking, and that risk can change day to day.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

billybob, put your mask on and wash your hands

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Exit 4]

One thing that seems pretty clear now and will have to be addressed by early August is the fact that kids are going to get COVid this fall and therefore the NCAA might want to consider outlining a protocol for returning from a positive test.

Maybe something like this:
i) All players and coaches must be tested for COVid weekly by a third party lab. The university can test more frequently if desired using their own labs.
ii) All positive players must immediately stop participating in all football activities for a minimum of 10 days.
iii) Roommates of positive players may continue if they test clean twice over 4 days...but roommates need to be broken up immediately upon discovery of a positive test.
iv) Positive players must test clean twice over 4 days before returning to football activities.

Just thinking aloud again....

Get ready for a testing bonanza.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

CT’s data today. Does Florida still look “great?”

 

[huskymedic]

Interested to see how this plays out from a possible infectious disease exposure perspective:


>>Kansas State athletics released a statement on June 11 that after testing members of the football team for COVID-19 infections, no members of the team tested positive. GoPowercat, however, has learned from multiple sources that a member of the K-State football team who arrived after the initial testing not only tested positive for the COVID-19 but also worked out in the team training facility with other members of the team prior to knowing the result of his testing.

According to the sources, the result of the single positive test and possible multiple exposures from sharing time in the locker room with teammates, has led to some members of K-State team being quarantined for at least 14 days. This would mean they could continue football activities but only within their quarantined group.

Up to six...

Eight K-State football players test positive for the coronavirus

One day after K-State athletics announced two student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19, the Wildcats confirmed six additional student-athletes have tested positive for the virus.

www.kmbc.com

>>Manhattan public information officer Vivienne Uccello told The Mercury Wednesday morning that of six new cases in Riley County, four were K-State football players. The report added that all six players contracted the coronavirus in other states and brought it back to Manhattan with them.<<

 

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[Jimdish255]

If there aren't consistent testing and quarantine rules in place for all FBS teams and schools this could fall apart. We've seen States go their own way and make poor decisions. And huge challenges already for schools in hard hit areas like Houston. They should welcome stringent rules and testing but are apparently traveling down a different path.

 

[Rewster]

First team with Herd immunity wins the Natty

 

[Jimdish255]

First team with Herd immunity wins the Natty

When restarting wins the race over science we know what the potential consequences are. So nothing wrong with trying to restart as long as you factor that in. But if you can't or won't do it with safety as a priority, the outcomes quickly move outside the scope of your control. Whether they move outside the scope of your liability is another question.

 

[huskymedic]

 

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[huskymedic]

I’m not starting another thread or changing the heading but...


>>Yahoo Sports reached out to more than 20 athletic directors, coaches and administrators in the aftermath of the Clemson news to gauge what the flurry of positive test numbers mean for the sport’s future.

The responses showed a pall of pessimism cast over the sport and underscored the difficult balance of health concerns, the financial pressures on football being played and the awkward optics of amateurism.<<

>>The most uncomfortable subject for administrators and coaches is the potential death of a player. There are concerns about pre-existing conditions that the virus can exploit and exacerbate. So far around college football, there’s been no positive case that’s publicly known that’s led to a player on a ventilator or gotten seriously ill. But what do administrators do when that image emerges?

With a dizzying flurry of cases the past few days, there’s no reason to think that the numbers will stop or slow. And for those in college athletics, it’s a reminder that they’ll be walking on a high wire in their attempt to execute a season the next six months.<<

 

[Exit 4]

The typical workplace now is well controlled. Brining these athletes back to train and play is a different beast. I find the concept of social distancing on a 100+ player football team pretty laughable. That said, one would think that in and of themselves this is a very low risk group after contact.

People in a lot of jobs like retail or working in kitchens still have a lot of exposure- not a football level - but it’s a lot and it’s 40 hours a week - week after week.

Regardless, what happens with the these pro and college level programs will provide us all with another data point as to what reality is with this menacing pandemic. Frankly we are all living the experiment at some capacity.

 

[uconndogs]

Agree.

 

[Waquoit]

Dr. Matteo Bassetti, the head of the infectious diseases clinic at the San Martino hospital,

Wasn't San Martino where the Flying Nun came from?

 

[Jimdish255]

It is certainly weakening in the U.S. Even assuming some book cooking in Florida and Texas, mortality rates are dropping dramatically across the country. For example, Ohio has an old population and a rising case count, but mortality is modest. Obesity is a big problem throughout the south, but mortality is modest there despite an explosion of cases.

It is normal for more severe strains of any disease to die out quicker because it is harder to jump to a new host if they keep killing the host they are in.

Something I hadn't heard before but kinda makes sense. This is why you play for time.

 

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