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The Machinery Is in Motion to Postpone the 2020 College Football Season...

Duncan Idaho said:
That was one program E4.
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Are you referring to the situation at Clemson? https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article243867197.html

Its seems Clemson hasn't taken things very seriously going from 2, to 19 to 37 cases on the football team.

Anyway, why are you directly this at me? I've never said football should be played this fall. Instead I have said I understand the great efforts that are being made to try to have football. For the record, I'll be stunned if they get more than 3 games in with any of these conferences based on today's COVid environment. And I think most all of the northern schools still in this thing pull the plug on the eve of game 1 if it even gets that far.
 
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Sooo...a player or two several sits out 10 days....

Why do I sense that UConn fans are almost gleeful about the pospect of a football season cancellation....are actually pulling for that to happen..
 
Rapid test results with on campus labs do what they are supposed to to do....identify folks who are to be quarantined...
 
billybud said:
Sooo...a player or two several sits out 10 days....

Why do I sense that UConn fans are almost gleeful about the pospect of a football season cancellation....are actually pulling for that to happen..
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You forget we had our basketball seasons and ncaa tournaments cut short/eliminated. FB centric fanbases seem to forget that and take it as a personal affront when it is suggested not wise to carry out a season. You have all FCS, Division 2, 3, 2 P5, and G5, conferences say already it isn't wise and we still have people thinking that super duper ability to test is the key.
 
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Exit 4 said:
Are you referring to the situation at Clemson? https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article243867197.html

Its seems Clemson hasn't taken things very seriously going from 2, to 19 to 37 cases on the football team.

Anyway, why are you directly this at me? I've never said football should be played this fall. Instead I have said I understand the great efforts that are being made to try to have football. For the record, I'll be stunned if they get more than 3 games in with any of these conferences based on today's COVid environment. And I think most all of the northern schools still in this thing pull the plug on the eve of game 1 if it even gets that far.
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It wasn't meant to be directed at you E4. It was just the comment that the coaches think they can mitigate... So I guess it was directed at the coaches through you. A conduit so to speak.
 
billybud said:
Sooo...a player or two several sits out 10 days....

Why do I sense that UConn fans are almost gleeful about the pospect of a football season cancellation....are actually pulling for that to happen..
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We were pretty gleeful about the schools on the schedule this year, home schedule not withstanding. Maybe because the state's covid case curve is better than most and there is some angst about things that may reverse that including any school opening scenario? I dont know how any G5 member has the resources to adequately address this like a FSU.
 
billybud said:
Sooo...a player or two several sits out 10 days....

Why do I sense that UConn fans are almost gleeful about the pospect of a football season cancellation....are actually pulling for that to happen..
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No offense, but we've had a bunch of rednecks gleefully snickering at our "demise" for years now, especially in the face of conference realignment. Let us enjoy a few days of schadenfreude, since we have already taken our medicine.
 
pepband99 said:
No offense, but we've had a bunch of rednecks gleefully snickering at our "demise" for years now, especially in the face of conference realignment. Let us enjoy a few days of schadenfreude, since we have already taken our medicine.
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Will not happen.....he is incessant and tone deaf.
 
uconndogs said:
This is pretty much where I am. I continue to believe that the risks to the players having a season may be less than spending time in the general student population. But, that’s besides the point. There are moral, ethical, legal and public relation issues that these schools have to address and not playing is the right call.
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In summary, if its not safe for student to return to college campuses, how can it be safe for college football players to return to campus and then subsequently practice together and then play against against otehr college students across several different states?

The answer is simple. College football is not about colleges at all. Players are not student athletes. They are revenue generators. It's about money. Period.
 
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billybud said:
Sooo...a player or two several sits out 10 days....

Why do I sense that UConn fans are almost gleeful about the pospect of a football season cancellation....are actually pulling for that to happen..
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Have you even read the FSU news this morning? They are hiding positive tests and the players are revolting against the coach.
 
upstater said:
Have you even read the FSU news this morning? They are hiding positive tests and the players are revolting against the coach.
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Gonna be a tough day for Billybud.
 
billybud said:
Sooo...a player or two several sits out 10 days....

Why do I sense that UConn fans are almost gleeful about the pospect of a football season cancellation....are actually pulling for that to happen..
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Absolutely not! I want the ACC to play! I would like to see extra games between FSU and BC!
 
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Mr. Conehead said:
In summary, if its not safe for student to return to college campuses, how can it be safe for college football players to return to campus and then subsequently practice together and then play against against otehr college students across several different states?

The answer is simple. College football is not about colleges at all. Players are not student athletes. They are revenue generators. It's about money. Period.
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It's not that CFB is safe. If you took any subset of college students, had them in their own dorms, and tested them regularly, they would he similarly safe.
I don't think in a campus full of students football players are an more safe than gen pop students.
Bit if you are only bringing a fraction of students on campus and then isolating some of them, I do believe the isolated group does better.
 
Chin Diesel said:
It's not that CFB is safe. If you took any subset of college students, had them in their own dorms, and tested them regularly, they would he similarly safe.
I don't think in a campus full of students football players are an more safe than gen pop students.
Bit if you are only bringing a fraction of students on campus and then isolating some of them, I do believe the isolated group does better.
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I agree from a medical standpoint. But, this approach basically seperates the business that is football from university life.
 
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