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Post by hcpride on Feb 3, 2021 9:19:00 GMT -5
Perhaps parents who are fully vaccinated with documentation can then take a rapid test, double mask, face shield, and sit inside those little individual and well ventilated plastic tents I've seen outside a few NYC restaurants? With individual porta-potties within. We can perch a 100 of these in the stands around Fitton or scatter them within view of Father K field. Would MA permit that? (Forgive the sarcasm...tomorrow I'll again be with 800 kids and 100 adult staff members for 7 hours in a smallish high school building. Indoors with non-private bathrooms, in case there is any confusion.) This is, of course, because high schools are among the most important "needs" and college sports are "wants." One way we can have the needs is by avoiding some of the wants. I agree that parents could be spread around a college football or lacrosse field wearing masks and keeping socially distant and I would certainly encourage high schools to allow parents to attend games, but perhaps the College is trying to do its part to encourage people to avoid travel which is among the best ways to control virus spread. We were all able to see the surges associated with Thanksgiving and Christmas travel and gatherings. I am confident that you have a colleague or student who has had a loved one become quite ill or die from this horrible disease and that you might be unaware of this happening. Are you so haughty when you pontificate about the disease at school not knowing who you could offend? Folks with combat patches aren’t usually called haughty. Beyond that, some might view opening a college/high school/elementary school/kindergarten campus at all as a ‘want’. (There are online alternatives). Labelling wants/needs may be a singularly unhelpful and subjective exercise...and, of course, may offend.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 3, 2021 10:20:08 GMT -5
Kids absolutely, positively need to get back to in-person attendance at grade schools, middle schools, high schools. They should be back in college as well
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 3, 2021 11:02:15 GMT -5
Switching from live attendance to ESPN+ seems like a modest sacrifice for the common good while these more transmissible variants are in the air.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 13, 2021 18:25:53 GMT -5
MEAC has cancelled the spring football season. In lieu of a conference schedule, three teams will play each other twice: Howard, SC State, Delaware State.
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Post by timholycross on Feb 14, 2021 10:29:27 GMT -5
Switching from live attendance to ESPN+ seems like a modest sacrifice for the common good while these more transmissible variants are in the air. Assuming we have a ESPN+ that works
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Post by lehighowl on Feb 14, 2021 11:37:36 GMT -5
Fordham just suspended all athletic activities and competitions for 2 weeks. Can't see how they'll be prepared to play football.
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Post by hc87 on Feb 14, 2021 13:24:22 GMT -5
Fordham just suspended all athletic activities and competitions for 2 weeks. Can't see how they'll be prepared to play football. Oh man....really looking forward to this USFLish PL season....fingahhs crossed we can get some games in.
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Post by lehighowl on Feb 14, 2021 13:52:18 GMT -5
Fordham just suspended all athletic activities and competitions for 2 weeks. Can't see how they'll be prepared to play football. Oh man....really looking forward to this USFLish PL season....fingahhs crossed we can get some games in. Holy Cross already has one Catholic brethren, Georgetown, sitting out and now another one will be put in a compromised position. This isn't good....
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Post by HC92 on Feb 14, 2021 13:57:36 GMT -5
Oh man....really looking forward to this USFLish PL season....fingahhs crossed we can get some games in. Holy Cross already has one Catholic brethren, Georgetown, sitting out and now another one will be put in a compromised position. This isn't good.... Because you assume all Catholics are attending one giant mass and if a Catholic school in DC and another in the Bronx have an issue then the one in Worcester must be next? HC, like every school in the PL, has had positive tests among student-athletes and/or coaches. Nothing happening at Fordham or Georgetown makes it more likely HC will have a similar issue than, say, Lehigh.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Feb 14, 2021 14:00:00 GMT -5
Fordham just suspended all athletic activities and competitions for 2 weeks. Can't see how they'll be prepared to play football.
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Post by lehighowl on Feb 14, 2021 14:05:58 GMT -5
Holy Cross already has one Catholic brethren, Georgetown, sitting out and now another one will be put in a compromised position. This isn't good.... Because you assume all Catholics are attending one giant mass and if a Catholic school in DC and another in the Bronx have an issue then the one in Worcester must be next? HC, like every school in the PL, has had positive tests among student-athletes and/or coaches. Nothing happening at Fordham or Georgetown makes it more likely HC will have a similar issue than, say, Lehigh. You completely missed the context of my post. There's certain schools that are more closely aligned with others in the league. I have no doubt in my mind that Georgetown, Fordham and Holy Cross lookout for each other when it comes to PL football. Just like Lehigh and Lafayette are more in lockstep, likewise Army and Navy, when it comes to certain decisions involving athletics within the PL and as a whole. It's within their missions to do so. Bottom line, I don't think (never did) there will be a spring season. This is the first ball to drop to facilitate that.
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 14, 2021 14:17:11 GMT -5
Bottom line, I don't think (never did) there will be a spring season. This is the first ball to drop to facilitate that. The PL should not cancel because Fordham can not play. They will be able to play at the end of the two weeks. Let's tell the athletes they can't play because their is cases on the Fordham campus.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Feb 14, 2021 14:20:30 GMT -5
Since I am ignorant of this I'd love to know how HC, Fordham, and Georgetown "lookout for each other when it comes to PL football."
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Post by HC92 on Feb 14, 2021 14:35:15 GMT -5
Because you assume all Catholics are attending one giant mass and if a Catholic school in DC and another in the Bronx have an issue then the one in Worcester must be next? HC, like every school in the PL, has had positive tests among student-athletes and/or coaches. Nothing happening at Fordham or Georgetown makes it more likely HC will have a similar issue than, say, Lehigh. You completely missed the context of my post. There's certain schools that are more closely aligned with others in the league. I have no doubt in my mind that Georgetown, Fordham and Holy Cross lookout for each other when it comes to PL football. Just like Lehigh and Lafayette are more in lockstep, likewise Army and Navy, when it comes to certain decisions involving athletics within the PL and as a whole. It's within their missions to do so. Bottom line, I don't think (never did) there will be a spring season. This is the first ball to drop to facilitate that. I think you overstate the relationship. Fordham and GU haven’t played HC in hoops in many years so I don’t think there’s this close relationship that makes us look out for each other. Each institution will do what is best for that institution. I have no idea if there will be a season. But I don’t think anything happening at Fordham on February 14 is likely to impact whether HC plays a football me on March 13. Certainly any such impact would be a league-wide impact as opposed to an HC impact.
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Post by lehighowl on Feb 14, 2021 14:36:12 GMT -5
Since I am ignorant of this I'd love to know how HC, Fordham, and Georgetown "lookout for each other when it comes to PL football." It's within their mission to lookout for each other. It's on the same principles of how the new Big East was formed or on a non-religious side how the Ivy League was created. There's little cliques within athletic conferences based on various things (geography, political, religious, military, academics, private/public etc.). Based on that precedent I believe HC's administration is paying a little extra attention to Fordham and Georgetown. I'm currently wrapping up a program at Notre Dame (finish in May) and will starting a grad program at DePaul in June in Educational Leadership. Their connection/bond had a huge impact on why I'm going to end up at DePaul.
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Post by hc87 on Feb 14, 2021 14:44:15 GMT -5
Since I am ignorant of this I'd love to know how HC, Fordham, and Georgetown "lookout for each other when it comes to PL football." It's within their mission to lookout for each other. It's on the same principles of how the new Big East was formed or on a non-religious side how the Ivy League was created. There's little cliques within athletic conferences based on various things (geography, political, religious, military, academics, private/public etc.). Based on that precedent I believe HC's administration is paying a little extra attention to Fordham and Georgetown. I'm currently wrapping up a program at Notre Dame (finish in May) and will starting a grad program at DePaul in June in Educational Leadership. Their connection/bond had a huge impact on why I'm going to end up at DePaul. Have you learned the secret Catholic handshake (elbow bump these days) yet?
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Post by HC92 on Feb 14, 2021 14:44:57 GMT -5
Since I am ignorant of this I'd love to know how HC, Fordham, and Georgetown "lookout for each other when it comes to PL football." It's within their mission to lookout for each other. It's on the same principles of how the new Big East was formed or on a non-religious side how the Ivy League was created. There's little cliques within athletic conferences based on various things (geography, political, religious, military, academics, private/public etc.). Based on that precedent I believe HC's administration is paying a little extra attention to Fordham and Georgetown. I'm currently wrapping a program at Notre Dame (finish in May) and will starting a grad program at DePaul in June in educational leadership. Their connection/bond had a huge impact on why I'm going to end up at DePaul. Congrats on your recent educational accomplishments. Still has nothing to do with this perceived relationship that would impact Athletics at HC or Fordham. The schools have a lot in common. That has not had any impact that I can see on Athletics in the last two decades. We last played Fordham in hoops in 2005. We last played Georgetown in 1980. It sure doesn’t seem like anyone is looking out for anyone else based on a common religious affiliation or that we’re likely to make decisions jointly. As the defending champs, HC should be the last school in the league to vote to pull the plug on the season regardless of what Fordham and Georgetown do.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 14, 2021 14:48:46 GMT -5
I like the other Jesuit schools, but after all these years in the PL I feel kindly towards Lehigh, Lafayette, Colgate, Bucknell, too. You realize over time they are high minded institutions fighting the same good fight Holy Cross is. I am positive about the other league members, but I appreciate the schools that have made the decades of investment and commitment to PL football for us to enjoy.
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Post by lehighowl on Feb 14, 2021 14:49:58 GMT -5
It's within their mission to lookout for each other. It's on the same principles of how the new Big East was formed or on a non-religious side how the Ivy League was created. There's little cliques within athletic conferences based on various things (geography, political, religious, military, academics, private/public etc.). Based on that precedent I believe HC's administration is paying a little extra attention to Fordham and Georgetown. I'm currently wrapping up a program at Notre Dame (finish in May) and will starting a grad program at DePaul in June in Educational Leadership. Their connection/bond had a huge impact on why I'm going to end up at DePaul. Have you learned the secret Catholic handshake (elbow bump these days) yet? Been there done that! Plenty of Irish Catholics in Scranton! Several University of Scranton alums/administrators are members at my club (work there....lol). PJ Carlesimo pops in once in a while for a round.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 14, 2021 14:52:14 GMT -5
It's within their mission to lookout for each other. It's on the same principles of how the new Big East was formed or on a non-religious side how the Ivy League was created. There's little cliques within athletic conferences based on various things (geography, political, religious, military, academics, private/public etc.). Based on that precedent I believe HC's administration is paying a little extra attention to Fordham and Georgetown. I'm currently wrapping up a program at Notre Dame (finish in May) and will starting a grad program at DePaul in June in Educational Leadership. Their connection/bond had a huge impact on why I'm going to end up at DePaul. Have you learned the secret Catholic handshake (elbow bump these days) yet? I can't wait to start wiggling the finger in the pre-Covid Catholic handshake again.🙂
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Post by newfieguy74 on Feb 14, 2021 14:53:19 GMT -5
I thought maybe HC, Georgetown, and Fordham communicated their secret plans to one another in Latin. Ave atque vale.
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Post by lehighowl on Feb 14, 2021 15:02:16 GMT -5
It's within their mission to lookout for each other. It's on the same principles of how the new Big East was formed or on a non-religious side how the Ivy League was created. There's little cliques within athletic conferences based on various things (geography, political, religious, military, academics, private/public etc.). Based on that precedent I believe HC's administration is paying a little extra attention to Fordham and Georgetown. I'm currently wrapping a program at Notre Dame (finish in May) and will starting a grad program at DePaul in June in educational leadership. Their connection/bond had a huge impact on why I'm going to end up at DePaul. Congrats on your recent educational accomplishments. Still has nothing to do with this perceived relationship that would impact Athletics at HC or Fordham. The schools have a lot in common. That has not had any impact that I can see on Athletics in the last two decades. We last played Fordham in hoops in 2005. We last played Georgetown in 1980. It sure doesn’t seem like anyone is looking out for anyone else based on a common religious affiliation or that we’re likely to make decisions jointly. As the defending champs, HC should be the last school in the league to vote to pull the plug on the season regardless of what Fordham and Georgetown do. Basketball has nothing to do with this. This strictly has to do with their association within PL football. Clearly the schools operate sports differently (one PL, one A10, one BE). However, PL football provided common ground for football. It's why Army and Navy joined in the PL while maintaining their separate FBS identities. Well, lets see what happens. I never thought a simple comment about institutional/athletic alliance would turn into this.
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Post by lehighowl on Feb 14, 2021 15:08:17 GMT -5
Back to the ultimate point at hand. This takes Fordham until March 1st until they can practice. Their first game is March 13th at Bucknell. I'm sure they will be contacting specialists regarding conditioning, tissue building etc. There's going to be a few layers to this (beyond schools getting cold feet). Given the fact Fordham won't be the only school/conference this happens to, it's worth monitoring the temp in the room!
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Post by hc87 on Feb 14, 2021 15:09:23 GMT -5
Congrats on your recent educational accomplishments. Still has nothing to do with this perceived relationship that would impact Athletics at HC or Fordham. The schools have a lot in common. That has not had any impact that I can see on Athletics in the last two decades. We last played Fordham in hoops in 2005. We last played Georgetown in 1980. It sure doesn’t seem like anyone is looking out for anyone else based on a common religious affiliation or that we’re likely to make decisions jointly. As the defending champs, HC should be the last school in the league to vote to pull the plug on the season regardless of what Fordham and Georgetown do. Basketball has nothing to do with this. This strictly has to do with their association within PL football. Clearly the schools operate sports differently (one PL, one A10, one BE). However, PL football provided common ground for football. It's why Army and Navy joined in the PL while maintaining their separate FBS identities. Well, lets see what happens. I never thought a simple comment about institutional/athletic alliance would turn into this. You haven't been on this board too long, have you?
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 14, 2021 16:01:15 GMT -5
Back to the ultimate point at hand. This takes Fordham until March 1st until they can practice. Their first game is March 13th at Bucknell. I'm sure they will be contacting specialists regarding conditioning, tissue building etc. There's going to be a few layers to this (beyond schools getting cold feet). Given the fact Fordham won't be the only school/conference this happens to, it's worth monitoring the temp in the room! There are ncaa minimal practice days for football and I think the number is over 14 days. I will have to look it up.
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