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I see this as a smart and calculated move by UNCP to cancel the WSSU game. Aside from the COVID-19 situation which is still going strong in NC, Winston Salem has recently seen multiple protest and demonstrations (with many of the protesters not wearing mask or practicing social distancing) with no end date in the foreseeable future. These demonstrations / protest include blocking streets and highways, including I-40 for long periods of time. I can foresee lots of other cancellations of football games, especially in towns and cities where travel of both fans and teams can be impeded and safety could potentially be an issue on days of protest.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-...st/ar-BB15gmj0
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Originally posted by Eagle74 View PostI see this as a smart and calculated move by UNCP to cancel the WSSU game. Aside from the COVID-19 situation which is still going strong in NC, Winston Salem has recently seen multiple protest and demonstrations (with many of the protesters not wearing mask or practicing social distancing) with no end date in the foreseeable future. These demonstrations / protest include blocking streets and highways, including I-40 for long periods of time. I can foresee lots of other cancellations of football games, especially in towns and cities where travel of both fans and teams can be impeded and safety could potentially be an issue on days of protest.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-...st/ar-BB15gmj0
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Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
It wasn't UNCP's choice. The MEC is not playing any non-conference games this season.
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Originally posted by Eagle74 View PostI see this as a smart and calculated move by UNCP to cancel the WSSU game. Aside from the COVID-19 situation which is still going strong in NC, Winston Salem has recently seen multiple protest and demonstrations (with many of the protesters not wearing mask or practicing social distancing) with no end date in the foreseeable future. These demonstrations / protest include blocking streets and highways, including I-40 for long periods of time. I can foresee lots of other cancellations of football games, especially in towns and cities where travel of both fans and teams can be impeded and safety could potentially be an issue on days of protest.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-...st/ar-BB15gmj0
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Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
It wasn't UNCP's choice. The MEC is not playing any non-conference games this season.
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Originally posted by boatcapt View Post
Maybe that's fake news?????
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Originally posted by wssuram View Post
Nah, that happened. But Eagle has greatly exaggerated the protests in Winston-Salem. They have been downtown other than that and very peaceful. I attended one myself. There were very few people not wearing masks. And that mask comment is a joke as I have traveled in the MEC footprint recently. I saw fewer people wearing masks in public than those wearing them. My family was often the only ones wearing masks when we entered an establishment.
I took the mask comment as a shot at people who pruor to the protests had said a person not wearing a mask in public at a minimum would drive the corona cases up and in the extreme was tantamount to trying to kill people.
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Highway 52 runs right beside the WSSU campus and football stadium / blocked during protest.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pr...em/ar-BB14WuzF
News footage of earlier protest in Winston Salem / clearly shows plenty of protesters not wearing mask or practicing social distancing. NC's COVID -19 numbers are really high and both hospitalizations and deaths numbers continue to grow.
https://www.journalnow.com/news/loca...3670b8b.html#2
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They protested two seperate days, well over a week ago when blocking 52 for less than 20 minutes. To think that would affect football is ridiculous. Yall know his modus operandi. Look at his past contributions.
On another note, homecoming festivities were cancelled today as well.Last edited by shonuff3; 06-18-2020, 06:56 PM.
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Originally posted by Eagle74 View PostHighway 52 runs right beside the WSSU campus and football stadium / blocked during protest.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pr...em/ar-BB14WuzF
News footage of earlier protest in Winston Salem / clearly shows plenty of protesters not wearing mask or practicing social distancing. NC's COVID -19 numbers are really high and both hospitalizations and deaths numbers continue to grow.
https://www.journalnow.com/news/loca...3670b8b.html#2
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Originally posted by gsutiger2002 View Post
One thing for sure. US 52 isn't I-40. Second, I drove through the area around Hanes Mall that day coming from Lowe's. They never made it to I-40. The article was incorrect. I got stuck in traffic on Hanes Mall boulevard. Also the stadium is not directly beside US 52, the campus is.
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Originally posted by Eagle74 View Post
I'm very familiar with the area, been there countless times. Bowman Gray Stadium is within several hundred yards of US-52, and that's one of the key routes that fans (including children, grandmothers, emergency vehicles, etc) take to get to and from the football games. Not many other good viable options if traffic is blocked / stopped.
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