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Post by bfoley82 on Apr 23, 2020 22:24:40 GMT -5
ADMB said HC is studying three scenarios: 1.) Starting the fall sports season as scheduled 2.) Starting the season in early October. 3.) Cancelling the fall sports season Also looking at playing contests closer to New England, to save on costs. This may be a consequence of expecting lower generated revenue if fans are not in the stands. HC is not studying dropping any sport(s). There is ONLY one ticketed sport at Holy Cross in the fall.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Apr 24, 2020 4:47:47 GMT -5
ADMB said HC is studying three scenarios: 1.) Starting the fall sports season as scheduled 2.) Starting the season in early October. 3.) Cancelling the fall sports season Also looking at playing contests closer to New England, to save on costs. This may be a consequence of expecting lower generated revenue if fans are not in the stands. HC is not studying dropping any sport(s). There is ONLY one ticketed sport at Holy Cross in the fall. Yes, Yes, I know that. HC 'lost' $650,000 from an expected and budgeted NCAA distribution this year because there was no 'Dance'. There may be no fans in the stands come basketball season, too. The idea of paring back on travel is one way of cutting expenses when revenues will undoubtedly be less than budgeted. The budget cycle at HC is such that the BoT approved the budget for 2020-2021 circa January 2020, before the pandemic and the Great Lockdown. ADMB had a goal of cutting the athletic department budget deficit in half, which is a difficult goal to achieve when the flow of generated revenue dries up. (I am quite certain what he is referring to re: deficits is a subset of the overall budget, and does not include, for example, scollie $.)
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Post by sader1970 on Apr 24, 2020 8:09:17 GMT -5
Blossom did say that the loss of the NCAA tournament money was offset (partially/totally?) by the cancellation of spring sports.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 24, 2020 8:49:56 GMT -5
If Blossom said that the earliest date for fall sports is Oct 1,( as has been posted on another thread ) that eliminates Merrimack and .Yale, but what about league foe Lehigh ? Would there have to be another OOC game switched ? Would Lehigh have to drop an OOC game also.? If he said that, it must have been a PL decision.
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Post by breezy on Apr 24, 2020 9:01:08 GMT -5
To my recollection, Blossom did not say that the earliest date for fall sports would be October 1.
My recollection is that he said there are 3 possibilities -- [1] start as scheduled and as normal; [2] a delayed start at October 1; or [3] cancellation of the fall seasons. All to be determined at a later date.
No discussion of individual opponents.
Generally, it seemed that everything is up in the air and no one knows how it will all play out.
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 24, 2020 9:11:42 GMT -5
I think your last point is gospel right now..."no one knows how it will all play out."
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Post by efg72 on Apr 24, 2020 9:13:55 GMT -5
The crazy thing from my perspective is that we are putting a ton of emphasis on having a vaccine before we feel comfortable. Some schools are saying they might stay with distance learning until we have drug treatments, a vaccine or both before they re-open.
I had elements of the Sanofi-Pasteur business as part of my remit for a decade. and as I recall a successful vaccine helps protect about 60% of the population. While I am not an infectious disease doctor or an epidemiologist, this decision doesn't make a ton of sense so I will let both of these experts, who have more clinical insights, offer more clarity,
At some point we will need to find that balance or we will have mental health issues in this country far more deadly than the virus!
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Apr 24, 2020 9:41:00 GMT -5
If Blossom said that the earliest date for fall sports is Oct 1,( as has been posted on another thread ) that eliminates Merrimack and .Yale, but what about league foe Lehigh ? Would there have to be another OOC game switched ? Would Lehigh have to drop an OOC game also.? If he said that, it must have been a PL decision. IF an across-the-board October 1st fall sports date winds up being feasible, my prediction (as posted here and on AGS) is a NESCAC-model football season. Games start roughly Saturday October 3rd and everyone goes straight into the conference season. OOC largely canceled. This start date would allow for the most part an 8-game season with no byes. Given that there are a few smaller conferences that play less than 8 conference games (PL, Big South, Ivy), there may be some room for impromptu non-conference games to be scheduled to fill up gaps. Independents might be forced to just play each other.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Apr 24, 2020 9:55:24 GMT -5
To my recollection, Blossom did not say that the earliest date for fall sports would be October 1. My recollection is that he said there are 3 possibilities -- [1] start as scheduled and as normal; [2] a delayed start at October 1; or [3] cancellation of the fall seasons. All to be determined at a later date. No discussion of individual opponents. Generally, it seemed that everything is up in the air and no one knows how it will all play out. Exactly, with one nit. I believe he gave Oct 1 - Oct 15 as the timeframe for a delayed start. _____________________ I'll add this here. There are other webimars in the works, featuring individual coaches, and will start in the next several weeks. I'm guessing invites will first go to those who contribute to a particular sport associated with that coach.
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 24, 2020 10:07:26 GMT -5
That is good to hear. I look forward too hearing from Coaches Chesney, Nelson and Magarity in that order...but any and all information is appreciated.
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Post by timholycross on Apr 24, 2020 10:07:42 GMT -5
If the NCAA cancels football....look out. The financial devastation to the country's colleges and universities, as well as college town economies, would be catastrophic. Only FBS schools though....the NCAA does not distribute FBS money to the rest of the membership. What about the proposals to play in the spring- or are they FBS only?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Apr 24, 2020 10:33:28 GMT -5
The crazy thing from my perspective is that we are putting a ton of emphasis on having a vaccine before we feel comfortable. Some schools are saying they might stay with distance learning until we have drug treatments, a vaccine or both before they re-open. I had elements of the Sanofi-Pasteur business as part of my remit for a decade. and as I recall a successful vaccine helps protect about 60% of the population. While I am not an infectious disease doctor or an epidemiologist, this decision doesn't make a ton of sense so I will let both of these experts, who have more clinical insights, offer more clarity, At some point we will need to find that balance or we will have mental health issues in this country far more deadly than the virus! Well, I am not an epidemiologist, but I've done a whole lot of measurement. I assume what they are striving for is to get the coefficient of infection to a value of 0.5 or so. That means ten infected people would only further infect five people. Those five people would further infect 2.5 people. Those 2.5 people would further infect only one person. That's why the emphasis on testing and contact tracing to get the coefficient down. Go to: rt.live/Vermont, at 0.82, has the lowest coefficient of all the states. If the data existed on a more granular level, one could be more aggressive on re-opening parts of states, e.g., if the coefficient of infection in Franklin County MA was 0.7 and Middlesex county was 0.95, one would feel more comfortable in re-opening more types of businesses in Franklin Co than Middlesex. Maybe Chancellor Merkel, given her PhD in physical chemistry, would be comfortable in discussing Germany's approach, as that country has started on a progressive re-opening. www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-latest-german-health-institute-advises-slow-reopening/a-53227468Germany has 13x the population of MA. MA five day running average is <2,000 new cases a day, a very substantial percentage of those are in long term care facilities ___________________________ After I posted this, I serendipitously came across a link to a video of Frau Doktor Merkel explaining the coefficient. Its subtitled.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 24, 2020 14:08:38 GMT -5
If the 8 game schedule is the decision, there is a danger of playing in late November since the virus is likely to return in cold weather. One proposal the power conferences are considering is to split their season between the fall and the spring.
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Post by Tom on Apr 25, 2020 8:52:28 GMT -5
Blossom did say that the loss of the NCAA tournament money was offset (partially/totally?) by the cancellation of spring sports. This is probably a silly question, but other than travel, what money is saved by cancelling the season? Coaches are getting paid. Equipment and uniforms have been purchased (although they won't have to buy as many baseballs next season). Scholarship kids are still on scholarship. Ads in the Telegram?Snacks for the media covering the games? Since this happened after spring break, teams that take big southern trips already had them
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 25, 2020 9:42:47 GMT -5
Renting the baseball field in Northboro for early season games is quite expensive and B. Foley'82 eats quite a bit of snacks.😊
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Post by HC92 on Apr 25, 2020 9:55:19 GMT -5
Blossom did say that the loss of the NCAA tournament money was offset (partially/totally?) by the cancellation of spring sports. This is probably a silly question, but other than travel, what money is saved by cancelling the season? Coaches are getting paid. Equipment and uniforms have been purchased (although they won't have to buy as many baseballs next season). Scholarship kids are still on scholarship. Ads in the Telegram?Snacks for the media covering the games? Since this happened after spring break, teams that take big southern trips already had them One thing would be the costs of hosting each game. Probably not a lot per game but referees, scoreboard operators, announcers, etc all cost some money.
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Post by timholycross on Apr 25, 2020 10:22:22 GMT -5
Umpires/referees at the college level (not football or basketball) have to be $150 per person for sure. Varsity high school games in Mass. are around $90.
Depending on the contract, mileage may figure in as well.
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Post by hc2020 on Apr 27, 2020 16:13:48 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Apr 27, 2020 18:09:11 GMT -5
This is probably a silly question, but other than travel, what money is saved by cancelling the season? Coaches are getting paid. Equipment and uniforms have been purchased (although they won't have to buy as many baseballs next season). Scholarship kids are still on scholarship. Ads in the Telegram?Snacks for the media covering the games? Since this happened after spring break, teams that take big southern trips already had them One thing would be the costs of hosting each game. Probably not a lot per game but referees, scoreboard operators, announcers, etc all cost some money. Hotel stays for our PL road trips.
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Post by hc2020 on Apr 29, 2020 9:21:56 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 29, 2020 10:37:30 GMT -5
My friend just called over the moon with joy. Her senior center is reopening in June. She goes most days for classes and lunch. I think that is aggressive for seniors to be congregating so soon. Let's see what modifications they make for safety.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 29, 2020 11:42:44 GMT -5
What state is this ?
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Post by hc87 on Apr 29, 2020 16:00:18 GMT -5
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Post by hc2020 on Apr 30, 2020 11:47:03 GMT -5
Are these the kinds of written statements that we should be looking for from the powers that be at HC?
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Post by purplehaze on Apr 30, 2020 13:10:52 GMT -5
I think this 'intent' statement is clearly timed with the May 1st deposit deadline (maybe extended now) as Bryant needs to build their freshman class and keep their other classes coming back - It's a challenging time for small private colleges without the endowment to absorb another semester of on-line instruction.
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