The First Domino Has Fallen

[GrifFan]

The KC Chiefs posted this on a FB event for a game this season. First I'd seen official confirmation that seating capacity would be reduced.

Due to COVID-19, we will be operating under a reduced capacity for the 2020 season. Any previously purchased single game tickets are no longer valid and will be refunded in full. We are working with our local government and public health officials to determine a capacity that is safe for our fans, staff and players and will go on sale with reduced-capacity tickets at that time.
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[WarriorVoice]

The KC Chiefs posted this on a FB event for a game this season. First I'd seen official confirmation that seating capacity would be reduced.

Due to COVID-19, we will be operating under a reduced capacity for the 2020 season. Any previously purchased single game tickets are no longer valid and will be refunded in full. We are working with our local government and public health officials to determine a capacity that is safe for our fans, staff and players and will go on sale with reduced-capacity tickets at that time.
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Philadelphia Eagles will play with no fans in attendance...I really think there will be NO full season, but they'll try...

[laker]

D3 non football SCAC cancels fall sports.

https://www.scacsports.com/news/covid19_update3

[SW_Mustang]

D3 MIAC goes the Big 10 route - cancels non-conference games in the fall. They got a head start on this last year when they cancelled St. Thomas.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesot...rts/571791632/

EDIT: D3 UMAC (aka the "other" MN conference) also cancels non-conference games. Unlike the MIAC, they did not have a head start, and the University of Minnesota-Morris is safe... for now.

[SW_Mustang]

No MEAC fall sports this... well, fall.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...efinite-period

[SW_Mustang]

DIII MASCAC cancels fall sports

https://www.recorder.com/MASCAC-canc...State-35253647

[SW_Mustang]

Horizon League pushed fall sports back to October 1

https://local12.com/sports/college-s...ts-coronavirus

[wscsuperfan]

Not that exciting, but Syracuse is switching to mobile ticketing as a small precaution against COVID-19

https://www.nny360.com/sports/colleg...3beb47c97.html

Nebraska is doing the same thing

[laker]

West Coast Conference is delaying their start.

https://www.kxly.com/west-coast-conf...until-sept-24/

[crixus]

Due to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BIG EAST Conference and its member institutions have announced that 2020 fall sports schedules will not include any non-conference competition.

No decision has been made at this time regarding BIG EAST fall sports conference competition and championships. In the coming weeks, the BIG EAST will continue to monitor COVID-19 conditions across the country and in BIG EAST communities and will provide further updates on dates and formats as appropriate.

All decisions regarding fall conference competition will continue to be guided first and foremost by the health and safety of BIG EAST campuses and their athletics program participants and will be made in accordance with NCAA actions and policies.

The sports affected are: men's and women's soccer, volleyball, cross country and field hockey. The BIG EAST's plans for the 2020-21 winter and spring sports seasons remain unaffected at this time.
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*I copied this information from the UCONN Huskies website.

[SW_Mustang]

D1 MAC delays start of "Olympic" sports - so basically everything but football.

https://wmubroncos.com/news/2020/7/1...ts-season.aspx

[Redwing]

I'm getting a sense that college admin are quite risk adverse. Therefore, in spite of tangible and intangible impacts with cancellations, many will take, in their mine, the safer route. I hope I'm wrong, but the rhetoric coming out appears to point that way.

[SW_Mustang]

I'm getting a sense that college admin are quite risk adverse. Therefore, in spite of tangible and intangible impacts with cancellations, many will take, in their mine, the safer route. I hope I'm wrong, but the rhetoric coming out appears to point that way.

That all changes when the second string o lineman from a college nobody has ever heard of becomes that *1* that passes away.

Then that university administration and athletic department get put on full blast - because they should have done something, but they didn't. It's the duality of our society, really. Grass is always greener.

[Redwing]

That all changes when the second string o lineman from a college nobody has ever heard of becomes that *1* that passes away.

Then that university administration and athletic department get put on full blast - because they should have done something, but they didn't. It's the duality of our society, really. Grass is always greener.

Pretty low odds. "risk adverse" You can play the "what if" game for so many situations. What ifs are impossible to win. I'll go the other way. So, what if by canceling the season, the players drop out of school and go "south?" Probably higher odds for that. Or I'll play it this way. No covid at all. It's gone. What if 5 people die due to going/coming to the football game. I could go on and on, but I think you get my point.

[laker]