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Mid-American and Mountain West already did. Others considering what to do.
https://www.espn.com/college-f...fall-football-season
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It appears that the Commissioner of the Big Ten drove this decision because of his personal concern about possible lifelong cardiac complications from infection. | |||
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
You mean he has some redeeming, human qualities? Wow. I am still waiting for our conference and our uni in particular to step up... BTW, I sometimes help our tennis program with their translation needs (they periodically try to recruit players from Japan) and this year, they finally succeeded in getting one of their target players to agree to come here. I no zero about the tennis schedule, but I imagine it would be impacted. More to the point though, I cannot imagine how his parents feel thinking about sending him to the US in the middle of this
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PAC-12, too.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity  |
You will wait long, I fear. Clemson would only cancel under extreme duress. | |||
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Three things this might foreshadow, in declining order of likelihood but not into total fantasy: 1. Emmert is toast 2. College athletes will be represented (legally) by agents and unionize 3. NCAA is dissolved or significantly reconstituted | |||
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
Once one of the Power Five conferences folds, the value of the big-money contracts falls, as does the value of post-season games that involve huge payoffs to the schools. Now that the big 10 is out, this should lower the cost of pulling out for the next one in line. Ultimately, we'll be down to the SEC playing itself, largely for a pittance of COVID-reduced gate receipts and local TV. | |||
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The pressure is mounting, and it's called potential liability. You cannot claim that you chose the gold standard course of action when two Power Five conferences canceled their schedules. Given the potential for long-term cardiac, respiratory, and neurological issues, the possible liability is huge. Just wait until the governing boards of these universities start hearing from their lawyers about the magnitude of the potential risk. Given the Big Ten and Pac 12 cancellations, the plaintiff's bar will be salivating. Imagine if counsel starts warning those boards about the limitations of the liability insurance and their potential personal liability. I imagine the schools will try to get the players to sign liability waivers. I'd be warning them that there's a decent chance those liability waivers won't hold up. | |||
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The Big 12 is hanging tight. We just got an e-mail clarifying the schedule, which is reduced to one out-of-conference game. Oh, and we also just got an email about the "Welcome, Freshmen!" event. It'll be held in the football stadium and masks are required. Extra seats will be blocked off to enforce social distancing. However, there will be food that attendees can eat in their seats, so maybe the masks are only for entering and exiting? What could possibly go wrong?
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How many kids die before they shut it all down?
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
This morning I saw a headline to the effect that some voters are blaming Trump's handling of the virus for OSU's canceled football season. Hope they remember that on Nov. 3rd!
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| Does This Avatar Make My Butt Look Big? Minor Deity  |
Quirt, what makes you say there is a good chance the waivers wouldn't hold up? | |||
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