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Jimdish255 said:
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.
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Well, when the science tells you it can't be spread by human contact, then it turns out it is virtually only spread by human contact. Then the "science" says don't wear a mask, then says you need to wear a mask. Then the science says you can catch it in church but not at a protest, and then ...you get my point.

Sometimes the "Law of Large Numbers" is much better "science" than the experts.

These experiments with sports teams will tell us more (and be much more accurate) than the CDC.
 


>>As the numbers of positive COVID-19 tests spike across the country, college coaches have become increasingly dour about the prospect of any kind of functional college football season.

College football was always going to be the hardest sport to come back and play amid the pandemic. The sport is already sputtering to return in the voluntary workout phase, without the significant exposure increases that will come with actual practices, a full locker room setting and thousands of students returning to campus sometime near the start of the season. Football remains a contact sport, and it’s telling that it’s flailing amid the non-contact portion of its return <<
 
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WaPo: The NCAA has lots of rules. Players’ parents wonder why it has none for coronavirus.

>>Hamilton is one of thousands of parents of college football players across the country grappling with unanswered questions about coronavirus this month as their sons returned to campuses for socially distanced workouts. And like other parents who spoke in phone interviews this week, Hamilton focused her criticism on the hands-off approach of the NCAA, which she and other parents blame for a balkanized, disjointed approach to the crisis across the sport that, in a way, parallels the federal government’s handling of the pandemic.


Some schools are testing every player every week. Some schools aren’t testing unless players develop symptoms. And some schools are requiring players to sign waivers, raising concerns among parents of hospital bills and legal liability in the event their sons develop severe covid-19 symptoms.


“It just seems like everyone’s freelancing,” Hamilton said. “The NCAA has rules and guidelines for everything under the sun … how are they not making any rules for this?”<<
 
Palatine said:
Well, when the science tells you it can't be spread by human contact, then it turns out it is virtually only spread by human contact. Then the "science" says don't wear a mask, then says you need to wear a mask.
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The science never said "don't wear a mask", that was just the government lying to the public supposedly because there weren't enough masks to go around and they wanted to make sure there were enough for first responders. This has been admitted BTW and is not a conspiracy theory. So if you ever doubted whether or not the government would lie to the public when it is convenient for them to do so doubt no more. This was both parties BTW so i'm not being political. Makes you wonder what else we are being lied to about....I can certainly think of a few things but I won't go there.
 
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Lotta good stuff from Frost today:

 
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Number crunchers but you have to figure someone was running risk models...
 
If you are talking bean counter risk vs reward,,,the Florifa public universities can afford the risk...the maximum award is capped at $200,000 by law and is covered by the universities insurance...any other individual payout has to be by a specific bill passed by the legislature.
 
Since one of the trouble areas for Covid is morbid obesity. An since many football players need to carry large amounts of weight. This is something that needs to watched carefully. I can't imagine what is going in in sports like Sumo.
 
Palatine said:
Since one of the trouble areas for Covid is morbid obesity. An since many football players need to carry large amounts of weight. This is something that needs to watched carefully. I can't imagine what is going in in sports like Sumo.
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Although it varies by state...the University of Alabama is a "state agent" and is almost invincible since covered under the state agent immunity under the sovereignity laws. Much like Florida.

Connecticut's sovereign immunity law does not allow the state (or its agents) to be sued without the state's consent. The Claims Commission was created to process claims and grant permission.
 
Palatine said:
Since one of the trouble areas for Covid is morbid obesity. An since many football players need to carry large amounts of weight. This is something that needs to watched carefully. I can't imagine what is going in in sports like Sumo.
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And yet you completely ignored my earlier comments about coaches, who are even more aligned. Convenient.
 
There are no guarantees, period....No guarantees that we will not be having a second wave in winter...no guarantee of "herd immunity", no guarantee that a workable vaccine will be here by winter...

And most uni's have kids coming from all over to attend.

I have become resigned to this new normal....let the kids party while I live cautiously.
 
Palatine said:
Since one of the trouble areas for Covid is morbid obesity. An since many football players need to carry large amounts of weight. This is something that needs to watched carefully. I can't imagine what is going in in sports like Sumo.
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Sumos are actually pretty healthy and generally don't suffer any symptoms from obesity. It's because of the way their fat is stored in their bodies.
 
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