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Post by hc2020 on Mar 10, 2021 10:00:55 GMT -5
I was told that Lehigh recently relaxed their rules for this Saturday’s game and will permit parents of HC players to attend the game, provided they have the necessary credentials to identify themselves. I was told that HC players can request up to 2 tickets/passes for the game.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 10, 2021 12:16:27 GMT -5
I was told that Lehigh recently relaxed their rules for this Saturday’s game and will permit parents of HC players to attend the game, provided they have the necessary credentials to identify themselves. I was told that HC players can request up to 2 tickets/passes for the game. The total outdoor fan ban never did make any sense - I guess this (if true) is a baby step towards letting in Lehigh students and then the general public.
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Post by joshua1 on Mar 10, 2021 14:24:16 GMT -5
What do you think Holycross will decide I saw today they want the students to buy cardboard cutouts do you think we could be back in the spring watching football and other spring sports
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Mar 10, 2021 21:02:26 GMT -5
Im happy to accept 0% this spring as long as common sense prevails and we get 100% this coming fall.
Just my two cents.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 10, 2021 21:20:53 GMT -5
PP's excellent posts have shown how careful HC has been to avoid outbreaks and clusters on campus and that students will be sent home if quarantine space is exhausted, so it's hard to see them relaxing the protocols this Spring, but I'll be happy for the players and families if they do.
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Post by bfoley82 on Mar 10, 2021 22:07:36 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 10, 2021 22:39:40 GMT -5
First football game is at Lehigh at 12:00 Can HC fans make the trip? Does anybody know? Looking at the Ivy League message board they are talking about a conference only fall football season. You can't make this stuff up. They are in the dark ages when it comes to athletics. Makes you think why teams keep playing them. Probably because to people who work in higher ed, any association with the Ivy leagues is a good association.
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Post by HC92 on Mar 10, 2021 22:46:51 GMT -5
Lafayette fan policy for this weekend:
Two tickets will be distributed to each Lafayette player and coach and there will limited alumni allowed in. There will be no tickets available to the general public, but the game can be viewed on numerous outlets, including RCN4 and WBPH-60 locally and SNY, and NBC Sports Philadelphia.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 10, 2021 23:11:40 GMT -5
Ivy League teams will no longer publish schedules with "Conference" and "Out of Conference" games. It will be changed to "Conference" and "Versus the Great Unwashed Masses" games.
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Post by Tom on Mar 11, 2021 10:52:39 GMT -5
What do you think Holycross will decide I saw today they want the students to buy cardboard cutouts do you think we could be back in the spring watching football and other spring sports That sounds like a bad sign to me. My wild speculation based on zero information is that the return of fans will come in phases. Students will be first since they're already on campus and tested regularly. Second would be parents in a very controlled opening of the campus to outsiders. Last will be general fans If they're looking at students, whom I'm guessing are the first ones in the gate, for cardboard cutouts, I can't see general fans at all this Spring. Things are changing rapidly and this is just one person's guess, but that's what I think
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Post by trimster on Mar 11, 2021 11:00:09 GMT -5
Ivy League teams will no longer publish schedules with "Conference" and "Out of Conference" games. It will be changed to "Conference" and "Versus the Great Unwashed Masses" games. Good one.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 11, 2021 12:14:47 GMT -5
MB mentioned that the Ivies are opening their summer sports camps, and he, and HC, had to get on the stick to do likewise, and start scheduling and promoting camps.
According to the Globe, the Ivies are planning on a normal, typical fall; everyone on campus and in-person classes.
And NESCAC is opening up spring sports, at least lacrosse, if member schools choose to do so.
And as the vaccines are approved under an emergency authorization, students cannot be compelled to get vaccinated. That potentially could influence travel, for games in states where there is major resistance to being vaccinated.
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Post by hc2020 on Mar 12, 2021 17:50:31 GMT -5
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 12, 2021 17:53:02 GMT -5
It’s to depressing to read..... ☹️
I can only hope it changes. As more people get vaccinated. Such a small number in a giant Fitton Field.
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Post by hc2020 on Mar 12, 2021 17:55:38 GMT -5
It’s to depressing to read..... ☹️ I can only hope it changes. As more people get vaccinated. Such a small number in a giant Fitton Field. Yes. Limiting attendance to 1,000 fans when MA guidelines permit as many as 2,800 is depressing.
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 12, 2021 18:13:57 GMT -5
Holy Cross has not played a football game in 486 days!!!
The idea that more fans will be allowed at the an indoor NCAA tournament game then at Fitton Field is unbelievable to me. All the people that can go to the game telling everybody else they can’t go.
Who ever made this decision on fans. Shame on them. Science what science, guidelines what guidelines?
Your most loyal fans shut out again. In a 23,500 seat stadium. I don’t see the students at the games regularly. I don’t see the professors at the games, I don’t see the administration at the games?
But you can watch on ESPN plus! It’s not a National TV operation. They give you little to no pregame, no postgame. All they replay is the same commercial clips the entire season.
For the people that don’t want to go because they feel it is unsafe. Fine but not everybody feels that way.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 12, 2021 18:31:21 GMT -5
Total insanity
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Post by hcpride on Mar 12, 2021 18:32:48 GMT -5
One of the casualties of this entire Covid experience has been science. No surprise the powers that be cannot/will not follow the science regarding outdoor spectators.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 12, 2021 18:42:20 GMT -5
I’m actually surprised.
Knowing how HC operates, I would have guessed there’d be no fans allowed.
Does this tell us everything we need to know about President Vince?
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Post by hcpride on Mar 12, 2021 18:56:45 GMT -5
It’s to depressing to read..... ☹️ I can only hope it changes. As more people get vaccinated. Such a small number in a giant Fitton Field. Yes. Limiting attendance to 1,000 fans when MA guidelines permit as many as 2,800 is depressing. Well, it is a distinguishing display of ‘wokeness’ (not to mention superstition - if that is the opposite of science) to set an outdoor spectator limit substantially under the Massachusetts standard.
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Post by hc2020 on Mar 12, 2021 20:09:38 GMT -5
Permitting 500-1,000 true diehard HC football fans to attend wouldn’t be so hard to pull off, would it?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 13, 2021 7:38:47 GMT -5
The policy does say this: Not unreasonable, given that some HC students are being less than diligent about masks and social distancing. The number of positive cases among HC students over the past seven days (through March 12) is 23, the highest it has been. (Seventeen positives the week before, so the rate is accelerating.) A month ago, for the seven days ending February 13th, there were eight positive student cases.
These are disappointing values, the trend is not favorable, and, IMO, if positives continue at this rate, this poses a real threat to the athletic teams continuing to compete this spring.
The positive test rate for the city of Worcester for the 14 day period ending March 9 is 1.3 percent; two months ago it was 8.44 percent. As Worcester improves, HC deteriorates.
But of course, there are those who know better epidemiologically about risk and exposure.
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Post by gks on Mar 13, 2021 8:57:59 GMT -5
Nothing but a case of I can out-cautious you when there is absolutely no need to.
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Post by gks on Mar 13, 2021 8:58:53 GMT -5
One of the casualties of this entire Covid experience has been science. No surprise the powers that be cannot/will not follow the science regarding outdoor spectators. Following convenient science.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 13, 2021 9:29:36 GMT -5
The policy does say this: Not unreasonable, given that some HC students are being less than diligent about masks and social distancing. The number of positive cases among HC students over the past seven days (through March 12) is 23, the highest it has been. (Seventeen positives the week before, so the rate is accelerating.) A month ago, for the seven days ending February 13th, there were eight positive student cases. These are disappointing values, the trend is not favorable, and, IMO, if positives continue at this rate, this poses a real threat to the athletic teams continuing to compete this spring. The positive test rate for the city of Worcester for the 14 day period ending March 9 is 1.3 percent; two months ago it was 8.44 percent. As Worcester improves, HC deteriorates. But of course, there are those who know better epidemiologically about risk and exposure. Is there evidence of Covid transmission (significant or otherwise) amongst the socially distanced outdoor fans during the FBS and NFL football games this past season? I understand there were theoretical predictions/superstitions of transmission but the science seems to have gone the other way. There once were theoretical predictions/superstitions regarding grocery store items/FedEx packages and Covid transmission but the science seems to have gone the other way.
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