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Conference games are safe for players to play but non-conference games aren't? Ridiculous. This has to be optics related to make the media and fans believe the conferences are being proactive while still being able to use the players to make big money.
From what I am hearing the whole point of this is to spread the conference schedule throughout the entire season (Sept. through November) where they can reschedule games if need be. This year I believe there was one open date per team. Now they will have maybe four. If there is an outbreak they can move a game to one of those open dates rather than cancel the game.
I imagine they may still have to cancel games but this way they can likely get the conference games in over the course of the season.
Conference games are safe for players to play but non-conference games aren't? Ridiculous. This has to be optics related to make the media and fans believe the conferences are being proactive while still being able to use the players to make big money.
They should cancel college and pro sports seasons and wait until we have a Covid-19 vaccine, which reportedly wont be available until at least the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2021. If they don't cancel now they'll probably be forced to cancel midway through the season after players start to fall ill and some of them die, coaches too. I'd like to see some of these big name coaches and players stand up and say no way, the risk is too severe.
For the Big Ten, they were saying that every school has testing capabilities that they weren't sure other conferences (probably MAC and smaller) would have.
I don't know the Big 10, bjut since the ACC went conference-only, that cut out some historic rivalry games. For instance, South Carolina and Clemson have played every year for more than a century. But not this year unless something changes. Same with Florida and Miami, Georgia and Georgia Tech and more than I can think of at the moment.
'Course, I doubt we get any college ball any time soon
It would seem more logical to keep games geographically closer. The ACC stretches from Massachusetts to Miami, but all the players and families who live in the same state (Clemson and South Carolina) can't play? Doesn't make sense.
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Pac-12 joined the Big10 in having only in conference games this year.
At least I won't have to suffer watching UCLA lose to USC again.
Also, if NFL doesnt play this fall, that is going to create some HUGE implications for stadium 'ownership' issues, where cities have staked the teams home, this has the potential to be VERY bad for numerous cities and teams.
Cities have no business funding sports stadiums. Maybe they will learn a harsh lesson through this.
For the Big Ten, they were saying that every school has testing capabilities that they weren't sure other conferences (probably MAC and smaller) would have.
That's what they say.
That's really strange. Last time I checked they all had working phones.
This may be a useful opportunity to test a championship tourney at the end of the season. Teams won't be so worn out, so they should be able to play in a 32-team tourney.
It's a money maker as long as fans fill the stands. But this year they won't....
TV money is the concern. No gate will hurt but the programs need that TV money if they want to continue to fund their athletic programs at anywhere near current levels.
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