just said a prominent insider said look for all conferences to suspend fall sports within the week.
Pat Forde of SI
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This is not surprising. Perhaps everyone was waiting for a FBS (MAC) to make the first move.
Anyone who really believed the season was going to happen in the fall was unfortunately lying to themselves.
Anyone who really believed the season was going to happen in the fall was unfortunately lying to themselves.
If they cancel football it will have nothing to do with the health risk but rather that somehow it would jeopardize the current financial dynamics of college football. Remember, left on their own, there were about 15 positive football players when Clemson returned to campus. That number ballooned to almost 40 before they could get it under control. Now that they have been in a controlled environment for almost 6 weeks there are no positive players. So this thing can be managed. The challenge is getting all the schools up to the same level. Not everyone has the money to do it.
Forde mistakenly hitched his wagon to Pitino by co-authoring "Rebound Rules: The Art of Success" with him in 2008. Then after Pitino started dragging UofLOL down with the NCAA Forde stupidly doubled down buying into Pitino's "See no evil, Hear no evil" schtick and proclaiming Pitino's innocence in his columns. Ultimately, his faith in Pitino cost Forde professionally in a big way.
Forde has since struggled to regain respect and relevance.
Forde has since struggled to regain respect and relevance.
Are they attending classes right now? That seems to be a variable no one is considering.
How many current athletes (professional—hell, let me know about college athletes in the US as well) worldwide have died from Covid?
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The vast majority of people want college football.
Fans overwhelmingly want it.
Players overwhelmingly want it.
Coaches overwhelmingly want it.
Administrations overwhelmingly want it.
The only threat is politics. Take COVID politics out of it, and the season happens.
No school/conference/etc wants to run the risk of becoming the poster child for a COVID flare up. Media would paint them as money grubbers who knowingly endangered players for their own financial gain...ignoring the fact that the players want to play.
Fans overwhelmingly want it.
Players overwhelmingly want it.
Coaches overwhelmingly want it.
Administrations overwhelmingly want it.
The only threat is politics. Take COVID politics out of it, and the season happens.
No school/conference/etc wants to run the risk of becoming the poster child for a COVID flare up. Media would paint them as money grubbers who knowingly endangered players for their own financial gain...ignoring the fact that the players want to play.
Classes start online on the 19th I believe. I suspect they all will have online classes for entirety of the Fall, even most regular students. They are talking about a hybrid model for some with an emphasis on Freshman having in-person classes. It ain’t the classes that pose the biggest challenge, it’s the hormones (and I ain’t talking about ostarine).
There will be college football this fall until the Power 5 conferences say they won't. The majority of players think they are in a safer, healthier environment than if they were left on their own in their hometowns. Makes sense. The Football Parents Association at Ohio State have put out a statement they want to play the 2020 season.
The president's of the universities are most likely more worried about liability aspects and possibly being sued endlessly.Look forward to 2021.
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