Will the RMAC have a season this year?

[Drunk in la junta]

[Turbonium]

Covid cases are rising in Colorado, but the deaths are steady. Just awaiting for July 25 to pass by. Then it will be 14 days since Independence Day. That's one day after the Presidents decision. Pueblo Health Officials are not happy with the way Covid cases rising in the county. But Denver and Colorado Springs are in worse shape than us. Well Friday at 5 pm we will know if the season is conference only minus Highlands, That's only 8 games! Or the fall football season is canceled. I wonder if Eastern and Western New Mexico has canceled fall sports?

Tourism up here in the Springs certainly isn't helping anything at the moment. The restaurant industry is starting to get hit as well, I know several individuals out of work for 14 days after positive tests. A professor I know at UCCS has switched all of his classes to online stating that it is idiotic to do anything else, especially with kids living in the dorms and coming in from all over the country. While some will argue that case numbers are going up due to testing increasing, this is wrong on two fronts. Testing is a bit more limited now than it was several weeks ago and the percentage of positive tests has increased. Whatever the reason is for the increases we are seeing, one can expect a step back for at least El Paso County as far as the reopening phase. Sigh.

[Packfootball]

Covid cases are rising in Colorado, but the deaths are steady. Just awaiting for July 25 to pass by. Then it will be 14 days since Independence Day. That's one day after the Presidents decision. Pueblo Health Officials are not happy with the way Covid cases rising in the county. But Denver and Colorado Springs are in worse shape than us. Well Friday at 5 pm we will know if the season is conference only minus Highlands, That's only 8 games! Or the fall football season is canceled. I wonder if Eastern and Western New Mexico has canceled fall sports?

[DIIguru]

RMAC AD's recommended a Conference Only Schedule with a pushed back start date. Presidents gave themselves another week. I would imagine RMAC Fall Sports will be cancelled next week.

[mountaineermagic]

Well tomorrow's big decision has been delayed. I had forgotten that Highlands won't be participating in fall sports.

https://durangoherald.com/articles/3...7U_G8cWk4oGX1k

[Turbonium]

Next week's paper will be interesting because a county official with a cop has been going around and issuing citations for violations at businesses. Lots of the rancher type people in the county have rebelled and of course questioned the science behind the masks. I had heard that the public health director was receiving death threats, but that may have stopped. If Western reverses its original on campus plan, it'll put the town morale in the gutter.

Heard Polis is going to announce a statewide mandate requiring masks today, we'll see. Unfortunately, I don't expect many in Colorado Springs to take kindly to that. Doesn't bode well for having a football season.

Update - https://www.9news.com/article/news/h...f-e36486fe6814

[mountaineermagic]

How is the community there responding to the masks? El Paso County is well on the way to shutting down again in two weeks if things don't get under control. Of course, it's all the Trumpers crying about their freedom being taken away who refuse to wear a mask.

Next week's paper will be interesting because a county official with a cop has been going around and issuing citations for violations at businesses. Lots of the rancher type people in the county have rebelled and of course questioned the science behind the masks. I had heard that the public health director was receiving death threats, but that may have stopped. If Western reverses its original on campus plan, it'll put the town morale in the gutter.

[Turbonium]

I work in Springs. My company requires masks if you're outside of your office and requires social distancing. But none of that is happening in any of the businesses I go in up here. More than once I have been the only person in a store wearing a mask.

Same experience for me, luckily I work 100% remote so I can very much limit possible exposure. I am seeing more and more businesses requiring masks though so that's a start.

[MinnequaFats]

How is the community there responding to the masks? El Paso County is well on the way to shutting down again in two weeks if things don't get under control. Of course, it's all the Trumpers crying about their freedom being taken away who refuse to wear a mask.

I work in Springs. My company requires masks if you're outside of your office and requires social distancing. But none of that is happening in any of the businesses I go in up here. More than once I have been the only person in a store wearing a mask.

[Turbonium]

That's great news. It's nice to see some progress. Things were nice and dreary here in April/May.

How is the community there responding to the masks? El Paso County is well on the way to shutting down again in two weeks if things don't get under control. Of course, it's all the Trumpers crying about their freedom being taken away who refuse to wear a mask.

[mountaineermagic]

Looks like Gunnison is doing very well to me. One new case and 5 overall. They just applied for a variance to open up more. They are classified as "Blue" with one more step to "green" which opens up fully. I think they are well on their way.

https://covid19.gunnisoncounty.org/2...y-13th-update/

That's great news. It's nice to see some progress. Things were nice and dreary here in April/May.

[crown7]

CB and Gunnison are just tourist hotspots for 3 months. The signs look pretty draconian, but it sounds like they've scared some off. From what I've heard from a friend at the hospital, most of the new cases have come from out of town with the second home owners. It's pretty disheartening to see Texans and others not wearing masks at Wal-Mart, City Market and Safeway. They just started fining businesses for not abiding by the masks. So maybe that will help. I have no clue how the athletic departments in the RMAC will stay a float and worry that the repercussions will be huge. Losing another school in football would be very bad.

Looks like Gunnison is doing very well to me. One new case and 5 overall. They just applied for a variance to open up more. They are classified as "Blue" with one more step to "green" which opens up fully. I think they are well on their way.

https://covid19.gunnisoncounty.org/2...y-13th-update/

[twolfbenchwarmer]

Haikus were fun to learn in 4th grade. Was that part of the curriculum at CSUP?

[mountaineermagic]

At least there's a chance that Western doesn't lose to Pueblo in 2020. :)

You'll probably cry wolf(pun definitely intended)and retire again when the day comes. It'd be a shocker to see happen in Pueblo, but it would make it all that much better.

[Turbonium]

Covid is terrible and not funny but I find it funny that a Pueblo fan would be open to writing off a year or years.

At least there's a chance that Western doesn't lose to Pueblo in 2020. :)