UConn may compete in Spring

[ktuck911]

This should be a lesson that group think is powerful social force that can distort the judgment of the best intentioned. Lots of folks flying under the banner of “science” when the don’t know the first principles of it.. hypothesis, measurement and repeatability. They confuse expert opinion (hypothesis) with fact. The data says it’s relatively safe. Many experts said was safe. But, too many were invested in their own narrative to actually practice what they preach. The UMichigan President is classic as was the PSU expert who got his data wrong. The greatest sin of all is pride and refusing to admit when you’re wrong. UConn needs to reverse course.

I get what you're saying, but that legal part also plays a factor in all of this. The "what ifs".... What if a player who's been playing dies suddenly from it out of nowhere? What if a player contracts it, is quarantined for the alotted time then, unbeknownst to anyone, ends up being an asymptomatic carrier, brings it home to mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, and they suddenly die? These are the extenuating factors we, as a society still have to take into account unfortunately...

 

[BlueDogs]

I get what you're saying, but that legal part also plays a factor in all of this. The "what ifs".... What if a player who's been playing dies suddenly from it out of nowhere? What if a player contracts it, is quarantined for the alotted time then, unbeknownst to anyone, ends up being an asymptomatic carrier, brings it home to mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, and they suddenly die? These are the extenuating factors we, as a society still have to take into account unfortunately...

Fair comment. I would just caution that perspective and context is being lost. Players die almost every year in summer camp, and sometimes are severely injured on the field with permanent debilitating consequences. If, tragically, a COVID 19 player death did occur it would be a statistical rarity within that cohort and likely resulting from some unknown comorbidity, much like players that die from hidden heart defects. As for asymptomatic infection, the exposure risk would be less than in the normal population due to repeated testing and control protocols. Ironically, the immediately vulnerable people are the coaches because of age , but they want to play and are willing manage the risk.

 

[kibblesnbits]

In this case we might be able to play a half-assed schedule of a handful of games while being the on-call substitute cheap hook-up when the big boys can't get the regular date that they actually want to be seen with.......

You mean avoid the kind of schedule a regional independent will see in normal times?
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Hardly. The schedule we'd get this season is in no way comparable to what UConn has been able to assemble for coming years. Look at Army's schedule this year - 3 FCS, 2 CUSA and 2 Sunbelt. UConn has P5s booked for the next 6 or 7 years with a fair number at home.

 

[huskysupporter]

If true, it’s all about doubling down to do damage control on one of the dumbest decisions in UConn Athletics History - cancelling the football season.

And the dumbest - going independent in football.

 

[deltastew]

I disagree..I would rather watch us play Clemson, Purdue, Vandy and other P5 teams than play Tulsa and East Carolina year in..year out..with no exciting games to look forward to.. Ever...
We were a misfit for the American and most of the games were not of any interest to the UConn fan base.
Besides UCF and Memphis and maybe Cincy I thought it was a schedule with teams I could care less about., Ole Miss would have been more exciting than any of the AAC games we played.,
Our recruiting is better since we’ve gone Indy and our new kicker McFadden has said that playing better teams was a factor in him committing.. And I know our players are happy to be playing these better schools.. Now let’s look forward to 2021 and winning some games!!

And the dumbest - going independent in football.

 

[Rosebud70]

How do you know that? My guess is most the players wanted to play as that is how athletes think is playing and competing.

What I was getting at is they wanted to play but they may have been miss led. Possibly being told we may only have 3 games and that may have led them into saying they didn’t want to play. Losing your eligibility over three games when you had the option to sit out and not lose a year may influence they’re decision. I bet if you were to re ask every player if they’d want to play a 6 game schedule now without losing a year they’d be thrilled to play