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What do you mean, now what? They won't play basketball just like they aren't playing football and every other sport.
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God it would suck to be a college student right now.
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Total truth.
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My sister started college this year, I feel bad. She got a week on campus before they closed for the fall semester and now are likely going to have less than 1000 kids on campus for the spring so she'll be home again
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It would suck now, but there are now thousands of kids who can't say they peaked in college. Bodes better for a healthier, more in-the-moment adulthood.
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Yup it does. Both my kids started the year with all kinds of on-campus restrictions and hybrid classes. Both school have gone to strictly online classes and with more social restrictions than you can imagine. They are ready to come home because they said college life stinks right now. In less than 2 weeks they will be home for at least 2 months.
And don't remind me how much I'm paying for all this. They said the online classes are boring and they're not getting as much out of them. The professors have started to let up because they can feel how unhappy and stressed all the students are. Makes me rethink whether it was worth sending them for the year.
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My daughter’s a freshman. On campus. No gatherings, you can’t leave, no visitors, no sports, no clubs, just classes. Brutal.
And many other major conferences followed suit when they first canceled fall sports. That’s the “now what”.
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Every conference is playing football except for the Ivy League.
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I do not believe the Patriot League is playing football.
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Forgot about them, all the Bowl Subdivision leagues are playing and all the major bball leagues will be playing.
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More like Ivy League doesn’t want to shell out the cash to keep up to date with COVID protocols.
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You’re right the football season is going great. Let me just double check how many games are canceled this weeke-..oh, oh no.
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SEC has more games cancelled this weekend than being played.
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Yeah, because like Harvard’s endowment is latter than the GDP of most countries.
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The organizations that are putting in the work and taking the risks should be lauded for doing so - and shutting down when the situation warrants.
It is more important to try and fail (if you want to view it that way). Giving up should not be celebrated.
If the NFL had to shut down after week 13 and have 8 teams do a playoff bubble in January - I would call this a success. I can not imagine someone thinks that society would be better off with any league shut down for the year. The lose of opportunity for personal development, win or lose, is what is important (not entertainment - which is a bonus).
It is more important to try and fail (if you want to view it that way). Giving up should not be celebrated.
If the NFL had to shut down after week 13 and have 8 teams do a playoff bubble in January - I would call this a success. I can not imagine someone thinks that society would be better off with any league shut down for the year. The lose of opportunity for personal development, win or lose, is what is important (not entertainment - which is a bonus).
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They're going to play their season.
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They do not care about sports.
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The great Ivy poach commences. Expect some good players transferring very soon.
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I remember studying him a bit, did a post awhile back on the BY of potential grad transfers to look out for and he was one of them. He’s far from the quickest guy out there but kid is a sniper, career 45% 3 point shooter. I’ll be curious to see how he does.
Seems like of late, the Ivy League has become the grad transfer league. So many high name kids have left of late to finish out their careers at power conferences. Between them cancelling seasons and their odd eligibility rules, it’s allowed for a lot of talented kids to leave the league.
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Forget the fans...some people don’t seem to understand how devastating this is to the kids who play...whether it’s Ivy League, a higher level league, or even high school sports, these kids who are really hurt. They dedicate their lives to their sports and many attach being an athlete to their identity (whether that’s right or wrong). Remember how crushed Akok was when he tore his Achilles? That’s exactly how these kids feel when their sports get cancelled.
They actually don’t. Harvard football is a really good 1AA team and never plays in the playoffs.
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