The family factor would be the main complication, but many pros conduct their version of a 9-to-5 that other professionals undergo. Wake up at home, go to work, go home to family. There's more structure, both from having a job that pays for their living, a family structure (for married ones) and more focus and perspective that comes from growing older and having life experience. College athletes have less structure because they're learning in all aspects.
Would be a hard sell when you wouldn't see your family for months. Imo you have to get the spread under control in the country before you think about sports. Positive cases are going to be a continuing problem otherwise.
Being away from family during this time would be tough. If they try to conduct a season with the same level of travel and outside interactions, there will likely be constant infections. If you wanted to really minimize infections, life in a bubble is the only way in light of how infectious CV is.
Herd immunity would require 60-80% of the country to get it. On the low end 60% would be 200M. A 1% CFR would mean 2 million Americans dying. If you are okay with that then fuck you.
did some plaintiff’s lawyer hurt you or something Thank god for people like you standing up for the little guy: college athletic programs.
Yep, we play in the same league as Surf in San Diego. Finished the second week of practice yesterday. Kids all practiced ball rhythms in a 10x10 box the first week. This week they did passing drills and stayed relatively distanced but weren't in boxes the whole time. The coach checked everyones temperature before practice for the first time yesterday. Next week practices are 90 minutes so I'm interested to see how it evolves. The temp check is a nice precaution but I don't know how effective it is? I'm going to be surprised if we play in any league or tournament games this year. I was optimistic a few weeks ago but with the rising case count and all the tourists showing up this summer without masks, its going to to get less safe throughout the year.
Doesn't that portend the possibility of canceling/postponing conference games if one team has too many sick kids? Why else have an open week before teh conference championship. What's the threshold going to be? 10 positive tests? 15? 5? To the point of..."hey we know this is going to be ugly, but we're pushing through no matter what!"
I can't wait to forget our scorching hot takes from this past winter in 6 more months when officials will propose that it'll go away when it gets warmer.
Feel like most the facilities have already been built, this should end the absurd extension for meh coaches like Brett Bieliema and Danny Manning. Shitty thing is this will probably only add to the amount of athletic fees they take out of students tuition, that shit should have ended a long time ago.
When the death toll rises a good amount in 3-4 weeks due to the recent spikes I just dont see how CFB and CBB is played in the fall. You're telling me a month before we kick-off football that a second wave of deaths and likely more players being infected as kids come back to campus will make them trudge on? Dont see it.
at Oregon (which is still planning on students being back for the fall term) they've decided that everything goes remote after thanksgiving, so that students don't travel back to campus for another few weeks before leaving again for the winter break.
A fan could throw their shoulder out trying to throw a beer at an opposing fan seated socially distanced 6 feet away?