It will be interesting to see how the professional sports work out with no fans in attendance. That will start up in just two short weeks. We will learn a lot very soon. But yes you are right, it looks like some states are going completely off the rails and if that trend continues and spreads, yeah, this might be a really long fall.
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It will be interesting to see how the professional sports work out with no fans in attendance. That will start up in just two short weeks. We will learn a lot very soon. But yes you are right, it looks like some states are going completely off the rails and if that trend continues and spreads, yeah, this might be a really long fall.
Will be worse in the north by then most likely, already spiking in some northern states. It’s just going to keep flaring up.
My thoughts are that season is probably over, delaying the start means you won't end up with a mess and disappointment when canceled after a couple games. With a delay in starting we will know if games can be played.
Your idea might have been possible in March, but not now. Too many already have been exposed to the virus, its now airborne. We are better off opening up as best as possible, protect those that getting the disease will be fatal, and HOPE and PRAY for a vaccine to get here sooner than later.
If I were them, I'd cancel the nonconference, then move conference games up to Week 0. Play 3-4 games followed by a bye. Then another 3-4 and a bye. Follow that up with 2-3 with another bye spaced in there. Gives you maximum flexibility to reschedule or pick up an opponent. No conference championships, no bowl games. Maybe a playoff. If things go off the rails, have a plan to shut it all down and start up in the spring.
I totally understand this will never happen, but it'd be pretty freakin cool for a year. Big 12-SEC alliance. Four pods of six
North:
ISU
KSU
KU
OU
OSU
Mizzou
South:
Texas
TCU
Tech
Baylor
A&M
Arkansas
East:
LSU
Bama
Auburn
WVU (didn't know where else to put them)
Ole Miss
Miss St
Farther East:
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
Play each team in your pod and the other geographically closest to you. Top team in each pod goes to a 4 team playoff
North:
ISU
KSU
KU
OU
OSU
Mizzou
South:
Texas
TCU
Tech
Baylor
A&M
Arkansas
East:
LSU
Bama
Auburn
WVU (didn't know where else to put them)
Ole Miss
Miss St
Farther East:
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
Play each team in your pod and the other geographically closest to you. Top team in each pod goes to a 4 team playoff
I would have started a new post but honestly dont know how since im usually just an observer. If there was ever a year for college sports video games to come back, this is it. seasons will likely be cancelled. easports could release football and basketball games and simply use their old models of stadiums and arenas and then just just update rosters. Of course any renovations like the sez at isu wouldnt be in there but they could use the current madden and nba live gameplay and put out new games right away. Use money from sales to reward players for playing and get schools out of financial ruin. people who are smart enough to go to college, are smart enough to go to online community college and transfer to iowa or iowa state. the schools are desperate for money and im sure ea would love to collect the easy money.
It ain't happening. People are going to have to suffer a bit off the stupid decisions of the last two months.
I like the idea especially because conference champions get into an expanded playoff. Most important for the sport is the TV contract, so i dont even think we have to start with 50% seating. Maybe start with srudents only, then each week, depending on how things go, add to attendance through donor levels and ticket seniority.
I'm liking this idea, especially correcting a typo.
But I now believe there is a chance that zero attendance may be the solution to allow the games to be played.
I don't agree with that. If the criteria was that no player can get the virus, we wouldn't even be discussing the possibility of playing. We wouldn't even be discussing the possibility of having colleges open period.
I'll ask this. Are athletes more likely to contract the virus while practicing and playing games, or while going to classes, living in the dorms/apartments and in general life outside the football complex? In my opinion, being inside the football complex is going to be as safe, or safer than being around campus. Think about meals alone. On campus cafeterias have hundreds of students in there at one time. Students who probably aren't adhering to strict protocols and periodic testing like athletes will be. Athletes would be much safer eating meals at the football complex.
If experts determine that athletes are put at a higher risk than the average student, then it probably makes sense to not play. I don't believe that is the case, though. But, I could be wrong.