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Originally posted by Otis Day View Post
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I think the NSIC (and any conference who did similar) made a mistake by not starting in November. Anyone paying attention could see the COVID situation was not going to be better by January so why wait that long to start. If it was a safety issue then just cancel the season, not delay it. Now NSIC teams find themselves in a similar position to B10 football teams. They started so late that there's not really time to makeup cancelled games (which there will inevitably be cancelled games) and quality teams may not meet the minimum threshold for the Regional. Additionally there will be questions of fairness in comparing teams that play 20+ games as opposed to teams that play 10 or 12 games similar to what Ohio St. faced in the football playoff.
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Originally posted by NWHoops View Post
I think the NSIC (and any conference who did similar) made a mistake by not starting in November. Anyone paying attention could see the COVID situation was not going to be better by January so why wait that long to start. If it was a safety issue then just cancel the season, not delay it. Now NSIC teams find themselves in a similar position to B10 football teams. They started so late that there's not really time to makeup cancelled games (which there will inevitably be cancelled games) and quality teams may not meet the minimum threshold for the Regional. Additionally there will be questions of fairness in comparing teams that play 20+ games as opposed to teams that play 10 or 12 games similar to what Ohio St. faced in the football playoff.
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Originally posted by NWHoops View Post
I think the NSIC (and any conference who did similar) made a mistake by not starting in November. Anyone paying attention could see the COVID situation was not going to be better by January so why wait that long to start. If it was a safety issue then just cancel the season, not delay it. Now NSIC teams find themselves in a similar position to B10 football teams. They started so late that there's not really time to makeup cancelled games (which there will inevitably be cancelled games) and quality teams may not meet the minimum threshold for the Regional. Additionally there will be questions of fairness in comparing teams that play 20+ games as opposed to teams that play 10 or 12 games similar to what Ohio St. faced in the football playoff.
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Originally posted by MrMustang View Post
amen. Of course Minnesota is runn by Commis so we have mismanaged this whole thing. Staring on time would have allowed for contingencies to be built into the schedule but that would have made sense.!
https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/opini...-conversations
https://www.health.state.mn.us/disea...idweekly02.pdf (I couldn't get this to link properly)
For your consideration. Karl
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Originally posted by Stanger86 View PostWonder how many games will be affected by weather.
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Originally posted by MrMustang View Post
amen. Of course Minnesota is runn by Commis so we have mismanaged this whole thing. Staring on time would have allowed for contingencies to be built into the schedule but that would have made sense.!Originally posted by CoachSalscheider View Post
Back in August, a local Bemidji person was promoting youth sports providing reasonable rational for their return. A couple local academic elites shamed him and I responded with the article link below. The data trends (fatalities in particular) continue (see today's report especially pages 22 & 29 just as they were in August) with ZERO COVID-19 related deaths out of an estimated 1,085,925 Minnesota young people ages 5-19 (20% of the state's population). Good news for our youth.
https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/opini...-conversations
https://www.health.state.mn.us/disea...idweekly02.pdf (I couldn't get this to link properly)
For your consideration. Karl
My point, which seems to be agreed upon by many, is that saying your starting the season in January for safety reasons makes no sense. As with most viruses, the worst months are December-February. If you are truly worried about safety then just don't play the season. Starting earlier allows you to get 5 or 6 games in before the Winter Break and provide some cushion after the break to makeup games. Most everyone predicted cases were going to get worse and worse through the winter until the weather warmed up and people could get outside. Doesn't make much sense to start the season in the middle of that and right after the holidays when there have been large, indoor gatherings. Unfortunately, I think it's just a lot of CYA going on. By saying you have these plans to make things "safer" it provides some cover, regardless of whether it actually makes it safer or not.
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Originally posted by laker View Post
How is it out west? At 4 AM it was warm and calm. At 6:45 it was windy and raining. At 10:15 it was snowing. Now it is cloudy but no precip. I'm more worried about the high winds that are predicted. I can stay home but I'd like to have electricity.
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The closings have been getting closer to home, Most of the Marshall area. MACCRAY in Clara City, Redwood Falls, Sleepy Eye and now Renville County West. Nothing on BOLD yet so BLHS can probably make it through the school day- but GFW called off evening activities. Not looking forward to do more shoveling.
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