Will the RMAC have a season this year?

[sportsvine]

On 10/17 Colorado Mesa is at Black Hills at 12:00
On 10/17 South Dakota Mines is at Chadron State at 5:00

It would be nice if Chadron moved the kickoff back to 7:00 to make that double header easily doable.

You coming up this way?

[Brandon]

On 10/17 Colorado Mesa is at Black Hills at 12:00
On 10/17 South Dakota Mines is at Chadron State at 5:00

It would be nice if Chadron moved the kickoff back to 7:00 to make that double header easily doable.

[wscsuperfan]

Chadron State schedules five games for this fall against RMAC opponents, but the games will be "non-conference" contests

https://chadroneagles.com/news/2020/...-schedule.aspx

at Colorado Mesa (Oct. 10)
South Dakota Mines (Oct. 17)
Black Hills State (Oct. 24)
at South Dakota Mines (Oct. 31)
at Black Hills State (Nov. 14)

[Packfootball]

Yes, we have not heard about the general student population at CSU Pueblo. Just the 5 Student Athletes.

[ccmoney8]

I saw on the news last night that 5 athletes at CSU Pueblo tested positive for COVID 19. Pueblo wont say what sports are affected. 1 student is at home and the rest are restricted in dorms with food and other things being brought to them. I wonder how the other schools are doing with their athletes?

8 active cases at Chadron, and 25 recovered: https://www.csc.edu/covid19/csccases/index.csc

You would assume at least a couple of those are athletes, just playing the odds and the fact that they're the least socially distanced sorta by definition. They don't give specifics, though.

[Packfootball]

That's what happens when college kids are college kids and throw parties.

I had expectations of this happening. Kids think they are invincible to anything. Teachers, coaches, COVID and parents.

[Turbonium]

I saw on the news last night that 5 athletes at CSU Pueblo tested positive for COVID 19. Pueblo wont say what sports are affected. 1 student is at home and the rest are restricted in dorms with food and other things being brought to them. I wonder how the other schools are doing with their athletes?

That's what happens when college kids are college kids and throw parties.

[Packfootball]

I saw on the news last night that 5 athletes at CSU Pueblo tested positive for COVID 19. Pueblo wont say what sports are affected. 1 student is at home and the rest are restricted in dorms with food and other things being brought to them. I wonder how the other schools are doing with their athletes?

[ccmoney8]

I'm wondering what the RMAC will do about games played this fall as their statement only addresses schools scheduling games on their own accord in the spring of 2021. Nothing in the release gives much direction one way or another for scheduling fall games.

I basically read it as the RMAC abdicating any responsibility for football this year. Every man for himself in scheduling. NCAA allows either fall or spring.

[Turbonium]

I'm wondering what the RMAC will do about games played this fall as their statement only addresses schools scheduling games on their own accord in the spring of 2021. Nothing in the release gives much direction one way or another for scheduling fall games.

[Eagles Fly]

[ccmoney8]

Did anyone else see this little twist? It'll be interesting to see which football schools take advantage of this in the fall, and what happens after that...
https://rmacsports.org/news/2020/8/1...all-udate.aspx

• There will be no football championship contested.
• Institutions have the discretion to schedule conference and non-conference opponents.

"After the difficult decision last week by the Council to move fall team sports to the spring, and following consultation with football coaches and athletic administrators, it became clear that many factors would interfere with the conduct of a true championship season," noted RMAC Commissioner Chris Graham. "The removal of the championship structure in the spring will allow our programs to independently administer seasons in a way that fits individual opportunities and interests."

[ccmoney8]

Here's the criteria for the waiver:
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/...relief-2020-21
"The first allows schools to self-apply a season-of-competition waiver for student-athletes, provided all of these criteria are met:

• due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19.
• The student-athlete used a season of competition during the 2020-21 academic year.
• The student-athlete was eligible for competition while competing during the 2020-21 academic year.

Individual waiver requests for student-athletes who do not meet the criteria above can be submitted through the traditional process and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

The Administrative Committee also voted to allow schools to self-apply an extension of eligibility waiver (two semesters or three quarters) if one of these criteria is met:

• A student-athlete qualifies for a season-of-competition waiver as noted above.
• A student-athlete is unable to participate due to the cancellation of the sport season."

They later clarified this:
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/com...vedActions.pdf

[DIIguru]

The way I saw it worded, was "no more than 50% of the maximum" constests allowed, which is 10 this year. So five games could still be played and the players keep eligibility as long as the season ends "due to Covid-19"

[twolfbenchwarmer]

As long as no western slope schools are intercepting play calls and signaling like the Astros, an asterisk isn't needed. All five schools in the West have a championship, even FLC.