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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 27, 2020 15:37:51 GMT -5
I can see SEC and Big 10 offering to quarantine players in dorms--everybody tested beforehand and no one gets in to dorm or practices-- with games in empty stadia if that's what it takes to go ahead
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Post by Ray on Mar 27, 2020 17:36:16 GMT -5
Just picked this out of a sports business e-newsletter I receive (Sports Business Journal). Seems like a fantasy to me, but file under "all options on the table"...
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 27, 2020 20:15:54 GMT -5
This would totally divorce football from academics--just what many in P5 would like to do
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Post by hchoops on Mar 27, 2020 20:36:56 GMT -5
Then what about the big money bowl and playoff games ?
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 27, 2020 22:41:31 GMT -5
Good point about a possible second wave of virus in the fall. When the OK to play finally arrives, perhaps concurrent with a vaccine, all sports could start simultaneously as they all will feel urgency to resume revenues and all will have pent up demand from their dedicated fan bases. Sports generalists will be like hamsters on a treadmill trying to keep up.
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Post by efg72 on Mar 28, 2020 6:55:00 GMT -5
To put vaccines and treatment availability in perspective as we think about sports Earliest vaccine, best case scenario, is next February/March -probably from Moderna Off label treatments by physicians are being explored/used now Other repurposed meds will need some clinical data, not anecdotal, to get FDA approval - probably another 6-10 weeks There are over 100 possible vaccines and repurposed drugs. Here is a list we have compiled that is updated daily milkeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/Covid19%20Tracker%20NEW3-24-20-REVISED.pdf
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 28, 2020 9:01:18 GMT -5
The SBJ's Michael Smith proposal is premised on the virus disappearing in the hot summer months. The premise is not yet supported by evidence; modeling by MIT suggests it may slow down during a hot summer, but not disappear. With respect to testing, the FDA has greenlighted Abbott's new test which can provide a positive test in as fast as five minutes, and a negative test result in 13 minutes. www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/product-and-innovation/detect-covid-19-in-as-little-as-5-minutes.htmlIf football was a priority, in theory, one could test all the participants before a game. This would still mean playing before empty stands.
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Post by sarasota on Mar 28, 2020 9:15:01 GMT -5
Each OOC team would have to agree. What if their league prohibits OOC games? Way too many problematic issues.
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Post by HC92 on Mar 28, 2020 9:22:36 GMT -5
No way they play college football over the summer.
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 28, 2020 9:26:37 GMT -5
They could do this if the P5 give up the fantasy that what they play is amateur college football. They could do it as the semi-pro programs that some have already become.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 28, 2020 10:08:10 GMT -5
If the season is not played (and I'm not saying by any means it should be; or some variation thereof), it's going to look like WW2. Kids quitting football outright, kids ending up at other schools (e.g. George Connor from HC to Notre Dame). And, in today's world, you have pro football to entice players as well.
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Post by hc2020 on Mar 28, 2020 11:46:42 GMT -5
No way they play college football over the summer. I wish I could say I disagree with you at this point. I think we should all keep a close eye on how MLB deals with this issue. If they are not playing baseball this summer, we’re likely not playing any football any time soon.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Mar 28, 2020 12:23:30 GMT -5
With an ongoing pandemic that may not be stopped by warmer temperatures like other flu virus, there is no way the college football season gets pulled FORWARD to the summer. That would be insane.
What I could see happening is a NESCAC-style season starting October 1st with much of the non-conference slate cancelled. It's looking unlikely that college campuses across the board would be open by the start of camp in early August. This will likely push back fall sports IMO.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 28, 2020 16:22:34 GMT -5
If football was a priority, in theory, one could test all the participants before a game. This would still mean playing before empty stands. Wait, I thought we were told everyone is back to work after Easter? It's too soon to add 2 + 2 and get 22. One could make a totally unsubstantiated argument that all colleges will end residential housing because students will no longer be allowed to assemble on campuses ever again, or that colleges will sell off its land and just become online endeavors. We're getting way ahead of ourselves here. FWIW, the 1918 and 1919 football seasons were played during the influenza outbreak then.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 29, 2020 10:46:09 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Mar 29, 2020 11:19:40 GMT -5
Gov. Cuomo:
"after the curve is flattened, when is it ok to go back to work?".
And no one knows.
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Post by joe on Mar 29, 2020 11:39:05 GMT -5
Testing aside, unnecessary diversions do not resume without a reliable treatment or vaccine. Period.
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 29, 2020 12:24:35 GMT -5
My guess would be that a treatment is the more likely to occur.
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Post by joe on Mar 29, 2020 12:42:42 GMT -5
Boston U is one of a handful of centers able to safely isolate viruses and run sensitivities to existing drugs. They or another university can very well save the day once they figure out which existing and readily available drugs are capable of treating this. I believe clearance to begin testing began Friday but a lot is word of mouth. Game would obviously change dramatically when this happens, and can save lives until a vaccine goes live.
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Post by efg72 on Mar 29, 2020 19:01:36 GMT -5
Boston U is one of a handful of centers able to safely isolate viruses and run sensitivities to existing drugs. They or another university can very well save the day once they figure out which existing and readily available drugs are capable of treating this. I believe clearance to begin testing began Friday but a lot is word of mouth. Game would obviously change dramatically when this happens, and can save lives until a vaccine goes live. I attached a tracker we put out for drug treatments and vaccines which is updated daily for those interested. milkeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/Covid19%20Tracker%20NEW3-24-20-REVISED.pdf
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Post by hcpride on Mar 30, 2020 6:49:23 GMT -5
Testing aside, unnecessary diversions do not resume without a reliable treatment or vaccine. Period. Does that mean colleges remain shuttered without a reliable treatment (medications) or vaccine? Or will folks revisit the logic of closing colleges given the particularities of this Coronavirus and decide to reopen notwithstanding a reliable treatment or vaccine? I'm thinking that if the colleges reopen (and some might term that an unnecessary diversion considering the on-line alternative currently being utilized) we will see a return of college sports and clubs.
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Post by joe on Mar 30, 2020 7:24:41 GMT -5
Re-opening things and having people actually show up are 2 different things. With treatment options, the overall anxiety level goes down and you have a shot, but this is only my opinion.
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 30, 2020 7:53:43 GMT -5
hcpride, I agree with your point of view. Reopening to students and faculty on campus is clearly the first step. However, once the campus is open, adding things that help restore a feeling of "normal" is an important next step. Sports could be a part of that. There is an old line in a song ("Big Yellow Taxi" IIRC) "you don't know want you got till it's gone." That could be the case here.
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Post by alum on Mar 30, 2020 8:38:34 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Mar 30, 2020 9:02:12 GMT -5
That's a lot of good work in such a short amount of time.
Hope the country can weather the next couple weeks.
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