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

[CONeill]

Today's story on how Wake Forest is progressing with football practices.

 

[Milhouse]

first part of this thread is pretty top notch

for sure

 

[DeaconSig]

Wfu1977 should never get to post again.

 

[BeachBumDeac]

Wfu1977 should never get to post again.

It’s an all timer. Should just quote it back at them whenever they try to post again.

 

[centerdeac]

Cuse having serious player complaints. No overall plan. Can't let these kids play

 

[Pilchard]

SEC Week 1 (September 26) is out:

Soft opening for Jamie Newman: UGA plays at struggling Arkansas.

The schedule:

SEC Opening Week Schedule
Alabama at Missouri
Florida at Ole Miss
Georgia at Arkansas
Kentucky at Auburn
Mississippi State at LSU
Tennessee at South Carolina
Vanderbilt at Texas A&M

 

[birdman]

SEC Week 1 (September 26) is out:

Soft opening for Jamie Newman: UGA plays at struggling Arkansas.

The schedule:

SEC Opening Week Schedule
Alabama at Missouri
Florida at Ole Miss
Georgia at Arkansas
Kentucky at Auburn
Mississippi State at LSU
Tennessee at South Carolina
Vanderbilt at Texas A&M

There is almost no chance those universities will be open on September 26th. They should have started football the day classes started so they'd have an chance to get at least 2 or 3 games in before it all shuts down.

 

[WRS]

Oh, so the US is doing a good job with the pandemic. Cool, cool.

Some are even saying the best job !

 

[Pilchard]

There is almost no chance those universities will be open on September 26th. They should have started football the day classes started so they'd have an chance to get at least 2 or 3 games in before it all shuts down.

Would guess all coaches would prefer their schools to be shutdown for in person classes. College football commissioners and coaches have both said that they don't need the campuses to be open for classes to play football. 4 months ago that might have been unthinkable, but today, it seems like there is general acceptance that college athletics can and will move on even if students aren't on campus. There have even been discussions about "bubbles" for college basketball season.

UNC shutdown the campus today. Will see if the infections that shutdown the school impact the football program. My guess is that, if there is no outbreak among the football players, UNC will be ready to play football in 3 weeks.

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

you mean another outbreak among the football players?

 

[awaken]

If campuses can only stay open a week, how long will football players last?

 

[Pilchard]

If campuses can only stay open a week, how long will football players last?

Football players have been on campus since June at most schools, and reportedly, the infection right has been extremely low since the return to campus. The risk is not having the football players on campus; it's having thousands of other students on campus who are not regularly tested interacting with the football players.

 

[PhDeac]

Football players have been on campus since June at most schools, and reportedly, the infection right has been extremely low since the return to campus. The risk is not having the football players on campus; it's having thousands of other students on campus who are not regularly tested interacting with the football players.

The problem is the student part, not the athlete part. The sooner we admit “student-athlete” is a farce the better. Looks like college football is going to rip off the band aid.

 

[Rafi]

The problem is the student part, not the athlete part. The sooner we admit “student-athlete” is a farce the better. Looks like college football is going to rip off the band aid.

No, the problems are the numbers and the plan. 200 student athletes can be managed with a good testing protocol. 30,000 students with no plan, which is what UNC tried to do, isn't going to work.

 

[PhDeac]

No, the problems are the numbers and the plan. 200 student athletes can be managed with a good testing protocol. 30,000 students with no plan, which is what UNC tried to do, isn't going to work.

That’s the point. They’re not really “student-athletes” if they’re kept away from their fellow students so they can play sports.

 

[Rafi]

That’s the point. They’re not really “student-athletes” if they’re kept away from their fellow students so they can play sports.

The rest of the students will be home doing virtual learning, while the student athletes from all fall sports will be on campus. The student athletes will be living in dorms, eating at the cafeteria, and hanging out with friends - they'll be much more like typical college students than the rest of the students will be.

 

[PhDeac]

Are you trolling or purposefully missing the point?

 

[Rafi]

Are you trolling or purposefully missing the point?

I'm not trolling. All the fall athletes (football, soccer, volleyball, etc) are getting a much more normal college experience than the non-student athletes (assuming this continues - big assumption). The student athletes were given the option of not attending in person, and they almost all chose to move to campus.

 

[PhDeac]

So you’re purposefully missing the point. Whatever experience regular students get is the normal student experience.

 

[Rafi]

So you’re purposefully missing the point. Whatever experience regular students get is the normal student experience.

If your argument is that student athletes get benefits that other students do not, then duh, that’s the way it always has been. The women’s volleyball team gets the training table, early registration, etc that other students do not. But now they also get better healthcare (frequent testing and checks) and a more typical college experience than non student athletes.