UMass Announces Intention To Play Football in Fall 2020

[Scoe]

Brain injuries, CTE (while very real and scary) is not contagious. This argument is tired

I expected a holier then thou response like this. Ok what does playing have to do with spreading the virus. You keep then on campus in a bubble. Have mass testing so you will have positive tests results and kids are safer on campus. Jobs have to deal with this and and grocery stores should we deny people that too.

Players are well aware of the health risks every year playing football and covid if they can pull it off safely let them play. The government has no right to deny someone their profession if they are being responsible.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Chief was out in front. Next time UConn needs to go with the science rather than emotion when making a decision.

They literally... did go...with the science...what science are you sciencing with Chief?

 

[Adios]

They literally... did go...with the science...what science are you sciencing with Chief?

Andre and the beyotches.

 

[businesslawyer]

With due respect, this is some fascinating logic. Under this theory we would still be huddled in caves.

Your logic is stunning


I suggest we use known information and data instead of specious logic built upon speculation about some future unknown long term effect without any basis for it. "I think there will be long-term sequelae, said Yale cardiologist Dr. Joseph Brennan, using the medical term for a disease’s downstream effects. "I don’t know that for real,” he cautioned." So, the experts are saying things on speculation. Yet, it's seized upon as having some merit. Further to the point, 23% of New York citizens have been infected. If anything, being in an active a protective protocol with bi-weekly testing, daily access to medical staff and better oversight is intrinsically less risky than being a knucklehead in the general population. These are arguments are faulty, and rather than being obtuse, those questioning the soundness of the long term effect argument de jure, are incisive.

You realize, right, that when talking about the future no one ever KNOWS with metaphysical certainty. That doesn't mean you shouldn't make the best projections, predictions and assumptions you can make based on what you do know about this disease and other diseases that already exist.

 

[Hornet22]

I expected a holier then thou response like this. Ok what does playing have to do with spreading the virus. You keep then on campus in a bubble. Have mass testing so you will have positive tests results and kids are safer on campus. Jobs have to deal with this and and grocery stores should we deny people that too.

Players are well aware of the health risks every year playing football and covid if they can pull it off safely let them play. The government has no right to deny someone their profession if they are being responsible.

Here is what you’re not considering. Every team is not playing by the rules. And if you think they are you’re being naive. Sure, you can control your team. But you’ll never be able to convince me that every team is playing by the contact tracing rules

 

[Drew]

And it's going to be funny when they let fans into Gampel

And right on queue!

 

[gampelcrazies]

And right on queue!

And what's also funny is people think it won't happen. There's not a chance there aren't fans at Gampel for conference play in Jan-Feb.

 

[Exit 4]

A few teams with open dates, UMass gonna pack the bus for a December trip west?

 

[HardFacts]

No games announced yet by UMASS! Could it just be a way to get in Practices sessions?

 

[Adios]

When this country declines into a depression, if we aren't there already, considering Big 12 fans don't even seem to acknowledge there's a virus going on, UConn football will look responsible, in the long run. This country is not going to be the same.

For those of you going off on Benedict, his last place of employment was Auburn. A school with an athletic department that very heavily focuses on football.

 

[Bongo Fury]

When this country declines into a depression, if we aren't there already, considering Big 12 fans don't even seem to acknowledge there's a virus going on, UConn football will look responsible, in the long run. This country is not going to be the same.

For those of you going off on Benedict, his last place of employment was Auburn. A school with an athletic department that very heavily focuses on football.

I believe DBs decisions are heavily influenced by BOT and major donors which may be to focus on Basketball this year.

 

[UConnJim]

No games announced yet by UMASS! Could it just be a way to get in Practices sessions?

When UMass announced they would play football this fall, I think it was SI that put out a piece asking who they were going to play as there were very few teams that they could even possibly schedule. We’ll see what they announce.

 

[BlueDogs]

You realize, right, that when talking about the future no one ever KNOWS with metaphysical certainty. That doesn't mean you shouldn't make the best projections, predictions and assumptions you can make based on what you do know about this disease and other diseases that already exist.

True. But, we ought not confuse science fact with unproven hypothesis.

 

[huskymedic]

>>Bell is organizing this without a set schedule, a specific opponent in place or a target date to serve as a jumping-off point in an abbreviated season.<<

 

[BugsyCT]

It's been 2 weeks since they announced they would play this fall and no opponents have been announced yet. Which other schools are still available for them?

 

[jdb50]

There is a school nearby- maybe a best of 5?

 

[SubbaBub]

If no one else is acknowledging the insanity of an independent trying to cobble a 6 game schedule together, I'm still fine with the decision to not play this year.

 

[metsfan2323]

I'm still fine with the decision to not play this year.

I am as well. College football has no sizzle without the fans. I've watched bits and pieces of games each week and its just not the same.

 

[DoctorWho85]

If no one else is acknowledging the insanity of an independent trying to cobble a 6 game schedule together, I'm still fine with the decision to not play this year.

Same. I'm still a little sad I won't won't get to see a game live this year. Granted, the last time I went they were playing Boise St. So what like 7 or 8 years now. But its the first year I can actually afford season tickets since the Fiesta Bowl season

 

[UCONNJACK]

It's been 2 weeks since they announced they would play this fall and no opponents have been announced yet.

>>Bell is organizing this without a set schedule, a specific opponent in place or a target date to serve as a jumping-off point in an abbreviated season.<<

Boston Globe take on UMass football

UMass hopes decision to play football will kickstart desperately needed drive toward relevance and riches - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts' flagship university will play this fall – if it can find any opponents – despite being one of the losingest teams in the country. The decision to reverse course came at a time where the flagging football program needs any help it can get.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[Exit 4]

The longer we go without UMass announcing games the more I think maybe someone in the administration put their foot down or gave them scheduling/traveling parameters they can't seem to make work with the few opportunities out there.

 

[Slick]

The longer we go without UMass announcing games the more I think maybe someone in the administration put their foot down or gave them scheduling/traveling parameters they can't seem to make work with the few opportunities out there.

If that was a correct assumption then the administration would not allow them to open.

 

[huskymedic]

If that was a correct assumption then the administration would not allow them to open.

>>Athletic director Ryan Bamford said in an interview that the school’s chancellor, Kumble Subbaswamy, approved the team reversing course and returning to play so long as any expenses are offset by revenues.<<

 

[Storrs South]

so long as any expenses are offset by revenues

Ummm...this doesn't happen for UMass in non-COVID years so how is that expected to happen now?

 

[Exit 4]

Ummm...this doesn't happen for UMass in non-COVID years so how is that expected to happen now?

And so now Bamford is calling Benedict everyday again....