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Poll: Will College Sports Be Cancelled for the 2020-21 School Year?

Will College Sports Be Canceled for the 2020-21 school year?

  • College sports will not be canceled & will resume as normal in the fall

    Votes: 60 31.6%

  • All College sports will be canceled for the entire school year

    Votes: 29 15.3%

  • Fall Sports will be canceled, Winter & Spring Sports will be played as normal

    Votes: 28 14.7%

  • Fall & Winter Sports will be canceled, but Spring Sports will be played as Normal

    Votes: 33 17.4%

  • All Sports will be played for tv but no fans will be allowed to attend

    Votes: 32 16.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 8 4.2%
  • Total voters
    190
A lot of people are banking on this warm weather theory. Along with the possibility it’s simply not true (FL has consistently been in the mid-80s during this crisis), the whole nation won’t get consistently hot enough anyway. You’d have SEC teams playing in 99 degree weather.
 
Without a miracle vaccine that gets pushed through red tape in an unheard of manner I am starting to lean towards no sports next year. Decent chance we aren't back in an actual classroom teaching until Fall 2021 either. Luckily I bought MLB The Show '20 last night so I can act like sports exist. The unlocking of the door and handing the game out in a little black bag was a little too sketchy for me though.
 
Football pays for all sports; therefore, if no football it will be interesting how schools will pay for spring and winter sports
 
WFU1977 said:
The testing situation is much, much better and should be licked within a week. We have an FDA approved malaria drug which is showing anecdotal evidence of working in Europe, and the supplies are plentiful. There are many other drugs in development which may become available under compassionate use, and the FDA is clearly working with urgency and creativity. The medical device industry has mobilized to manufacture thousands of ventillators. The acute issue we have is protecting our healthcare workers for the next month until supplies can catch up. It is inexcusable that nearly the entire supply chain for gowns, booties, masks and shields was off-shored. This unfortunately will take time to fix. The best thing we can all do to help reduce the need for protective gear for our healthcare workers is to avoid contact with each other.

Keep in mind that in addition to technology, the US has a huge worldwide competitive advantage in biotech, pharma, diagnostics and medical devices. I am confident that these industries will lead us out of this mess. We are comparatively better off that many other countries.
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It has been a week. Are they licking the tests yet?
 
WFU1977 said:
The testing situation is much, much better and should be licked within a week. We have an FDA approved malaria drug which is showing anecdotal evidence of working in Europe, and the supplies are plentiful. There are many other drugs in development which may become available under compassionate use, and the FDA is clearly working with urgency and creativity. The medical device industry has mobilized to manufacture thousands of ventillators. The acute issue we have is protecting our healthcare workers for the next month until supplies can catch up. It is inexcusable that nearly the entire supply chain for gowns, booties, masks and shields was off-shored. This unfortunately will take time to fix. The best thing we can all do to help reduce the need for protective gear for our healthcare workers is to avoid contact with each other.

Keep in mind that in addition to technology, the US has a huge worldwide competitive advantage in biotech, pharma, diagnostics and medical devices. I am confident that these industries will lead us out of this mess. We are comparatively better off that many other countries.
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Wow this aged badly
 
The problem with projecting whether there will be sports in the fall is the lunatic Republican governments of many states that are either denying the reality or that it could come to their state. Sadly, this will almost ensure their people being involved.

Add to this, Fauci and others seem to think a recurrence in the fall is possible. This would be devastating and end sports for much of the rest of the year.
 
RJKarl said:
The problem with projecting whether there will be sports in the fall is the lunatic Republican governments of many states that are either denying the reality or that it could come to their state. Sadly, this will almost ensure their people being involved.

Add to this, Fauci and others seem to think a recurrence in the fall is possible. This would be devastating and end sports for much of the rest of the year.
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Agreed on all points. I also want to reiterate that many are focusing on sports but this is a decision that will be made at the university level. We are already being told that next semester could begin online. If students aren't allowed on campus then there is no way sports are being played. This isn't just about whether athletes can safely practice and play/fans can be in the stands, but if universities have cases then they will be closed.
 
Duke cancelled summer session 1, delaying the start of workouts, which then most likely delays the start of the season once more schools follow suit. Duke has been at the forefront of these decisions.
 
So you're saying Duke is going to carry the torch for future football decisions across the football landscape? lol
 
Let's see what the circumstances are on June 1.

If the virus remains out of control and if there is no expectation of treatment or vaccination on the horizon, then we won't see campus re-open or college sports.

On the flip side, a lot of experts claimed that the US is seven to 8 weeks behind China which claims to be returning to normal (realize anything China says must be taken with a grain of salt).
 
This should be one of the busiest times of the year for sports. Baseball season underway. Golf season underway and the Masters soon. Horse racing leading up to Kentucky Derby. NBA and NHL seasons heading into playoffs. NFL draft soon and speculation rampant.

Instead, nothing except replays.
 
Deaconblue said:
This should be one of the busiest times of the year for sports. Baseball season underway. Golf season underway and the Masters soon. Horse racing leading up to Kentucky Derby. NBA and NHL seasons heading into playoffs. NFL draft soon and speculation rampant.

Instead, nothing except replays.
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If you’re going to include golf and horse racing then don’t forget NASCAR! They are also the only sport that has been doing live events. IRacing on Sunday afternoons has actually been pretty entertaining.
 
PhDeac said:
A lot of people are banking on this warm weather theory. Along with the possibility it’s simply not true (FL has consistently been in the mid-80s during this crisis), the whole nation won’t get consistently hot enough anyway. You’d have SEC teams playing in 99 degree weather.
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It's just as possible that the virus could mutate to deal with higher weather temperatures and carry on as normal as that the weather temperatures could suppress it.
What I do know of viruses, in general terms, the more you try to interfere or mettle with their genetic information they quicker they'll attempt to mutate to counteract it. That's one of the primary reasons we keep being told to not expect a vaccine for a year to eighteen months.
 
shogun6066 said:
It's just as possible that the virus could mutate to deal with higher weather temperatures and carry on as normal as that the weather temperatures could suppress it.
What I do know of viruses, in general terms, the more you try to interfere or mettle with their genetic information they quicker they'll attempt to mutate to counteract it. That's one of the primary reasons we keep being told to not expect a vaccine for a year to eighteen months.
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The Corona virus does not seem to be mutating. The long time to produce vaccine is for two reasons:

one, to make sure the vaccine actually works and gives the vaccine recipient immunity to the virus.

Two, to make sure that the vaccine does not produce disease or other bad reaction in the recipient.

Proving both these things to the satisfaction of FDA for nationwide distribution takes time.
 
Deaconblue said:
The Corona virus does not seem to be mutating. The long time to produce vaccine is for two reasons:

one, to make sure the vaccine actually works and gives the vaccine recipient immunity to the virus.

Two, to make sure that the vaccine does not produce disease or other bad reaction in the recipient.

Proving both these things to the satisfaction of FDA for nationwide distribution takes time.
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Just for the record one of our resident experts (believe Deacman) indicated 8 mutations to date although none much different and thankfully not deadlier. Also read up on Spanish flu. More like flu in spring and then mutated by fall and became very deadly killing 10s of millions. Thankfully we have a lot better tools and growing capacity for testing, antivirals, etc., but just goes to show way too many variables with this virus. While I hope things are starting to normalize by fall it is hard to imagine large crowd events are going to be in full swing.

Oh and don’t believe China hype. Govt workers going back but have friends still under quarantine in Beijing. More concern that demand is not coming back either.
 
Demand for what? In what sectors?
 
Deaconblue said:
The Corona virus does not seem to be mutating. The long time to produce vaccine is for two reasons:

one, to make sure the vaccine actually works and gives the vaccine recipient immunity to the virus.

Two, to make sure that the vaccine does not produce disease or other bad reaction in the recipient.

Proving both these things to the satisfaction of FDA for nationwide distribution takes time.
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I'm aware of the two stage human trials process.
 
FBS ADs seem to think college football will happen, but admit that "If there is no season we will be fucked."

https://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/01/college-football-canceled-would-be-fd/

Brett McMurphy of The Stadium conducted a survey of 130 athletic directors with FBS programs, with 112 of them participating. According to McMurphy, the ADs “were asked to rank their optimism on the upcoming season being played from ‘1’ (will not be played) to ’10’ (definitely will be played).”

Not a single AD gave less than a “5” in response, meaning everyone who responded, at least at this time, feels there’s at least a 50-50 chance the season will go off as planned. A slight majority of respondents (51%) assigned either the numbers seven or eight in McMurphy’s survey. One-quarter of them were decidedly optimistic with either a nine or 10 as a response. Most of that optimism was on the part of Group of Five programs that, already financially reeling from the distilled NCAA’s revenue distribution last month, desperately need a college football season to be played.
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