It will also be tough if they go back too soon and many of the big donors die in the process.
Okay so let's decide, football this fall or not.
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It will also be tough if they go back too soon and many of the big donors die in the process.
One option would be to play football without fans in the stadium. The WWE is doing it. 
But I’m not for this because I bet with the lack of pre season team practices and conditioning..... a low energy televised only football season would be like watching sloppy exhibition games. Imagine watching us play like we did in the UVA bowl game 12 weeks in a row
straight! Everyone playing at half speed like they don’t care.
not to mention that is still a lot of people gathering at one time in the same area even without fans. The players, coaches, support staff, tv crew, medical, security, the list goes on...
The 2020 season is probably not happening.
But I’m not for this because I bet with the lack of pre season team practices and conditioning..... a low energy televised only football season would be like watching sloppy exhibition games. Imagine watching us play like we did in the UVA bowl game 12 weeks in a row straight! Everyone playing at half speed like they don’t care.not to mention that is still a lot of people gathering at one time in the same area even without fans. The players, coaches, support staff, tv crew, medical, security, the list goes on...
The 2020 season is probably not happening.
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Liability, Liability, Liability.
Athletes can be screened and insure no one has the germs.
Campuses will be closed and coursework will be online until January, at least.
I hope Fall sports are played with no fans. Schools will receive TV money, the hit will not be as bad.
Of course, athletes will be on campus and no one else.
Athletes can be screened and insure no one has the germs.
Campuses will be closed and coursework will be online until January, at least.
I hope Fall sports are played with no fans. Schools will receive TV money, the hit will not be as bad.
Of course, athletes will be on campus and no one else.
So you think that everything will stay shut down for 6 months. No economy can survive that.
Nope. In a crisis you triage to try to limit overall harm. But if we eff our country up beyond the point of no return then the small fraction of the population with compromised immune systems that we manage to save for a few more years are going to wonder why we bothered. Obviously the folks who lost their livelihoods (ie money AND personal dignity, maybe even more important) are going to wonder. Already are in fact.
Ok, but how much risk would their be?
If I was 19 years old again, and a football player, I would be far more concerned about a 300 lb. linebacker coming my way; COVID-19 would be the least of my worries. I do believe hugging and kissing between football players probably should be banned. Also, groping by the Tigers should have been banned long ago.
