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Originally posted by Redwing View Post
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.
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Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
Didn't expect to see that graphic here! (I didn't make it myself, but I helped gather the information for it.)
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Originally posted by Redwing View Post
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.
The odds are low, but there are still odds. No administration wants to be the one to "beat" those odds. They don't want to be the one school with the one player who didn't survive. The PR nightmare would be enough to sink a small school. Jobs would be lost and reputations would be ruined. I don't believe what we're seeing has anything to do with player safety or the best interests of the public's health - it's all about surviving the PR storm.
You just can't win in our society. Don't play, and teams are "weak" and "scared." Play and something happens, and teams are "negligent" and "incompetent." Our country is really fickle that way.
Schools don't also want to become the next "hot spot," either... for the very same reasons.
If this was truly about player safety and public health, I'm convinced we would have seen a more coordinated top-down effort. The big schools have more to lose and better resources than the small schools. If someone gets sick, they can handle it better. The same can't be said for Somewhere State in the NAIA. It's really every man for himself right now.
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Originally posted by UMary1 View Post
I can not agree more, post of the year right here. You can play the game until you are blue in the face but at the end of the day risk is all round us. Essentially what makes this issue stand out is it is relatively new. College football aside over the last 8 months it has come to my attention that the doers and risk takers are the ones prevailing. Businesses, school districts and hopefully conferences in the fall. Will there be positive tests , yes, but at the end of the day the show must go on. I spoke to a trustee at a college who stated there is no way in God's green earth they cut sports for college football and are not going to have a season.
I don't have any evidence to back this up, it's just my opinion. Personally, I think if this were about player safety and the best interest of public health, we'd see an effort lead association wide in a top-down fashion. The big schools want to play so they can keep their golden nugget, the small schools don't want to play for the same reason - if that makes any sense.
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Originally posted by WarriorVoice View PostKeeping players safe and avoiding a PR nightmare is a win/win, so why wouldn't ANYONE choose that?!
Again, that's all just my opinion - but there are more efficient ways to handle the process.
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The CAA football conference makes the rumors official- no fall season.
https://caasports.com/news/2020/7/17...n-in-2020.aspx
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Originally posted by OPSUALUM77&81 View PostSo we can never, ever, ever have football again since every year some kid is seriously hurt or dies. The odds are against a kid dying playing football, but can you imagine the PR nightmare if it happens?
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SEC to honor scholarships of student-athletes who opt out of playing this season.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...ng-coronavirus
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