Will there be College Football this fall - Update

[ScoobaDawg]

Ok

Big 10 - out. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29640222/sources-big-ten-pulls-plug-fall-football-season
Pac 10 - out https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29640603/sources-pac-12-calls-fall-sports-eyes-spring


Big 12 - on the clock. ad meeting at 5. presidents at 6. split as of now.
https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1293280165603287047

SEC is asking Big 10 and Pac10 for their medical reasoning's...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfK6mKdXgAkay-Z?format=jpg


Scooba tech - OUT
https://twitter.com/sdndannyp/status/1293305454882426887

[Lord McBuckethead]

Their medical reasoning is that players could contract the virus on the field or at practice and potentially die. Something that the school could avoid by simply not playing football. This in no way diminishes the players ability to contract the virus going to class, the store, their mother's house, or banging some coed. Difference is, all of those actions are totally out of the control of the university and is a personal choice by each student/athlete.

Chances are, if every single football player in america contracted Covid, some would need to hospitalized. Some may even die.

Now, here is the biggest kicker in the entire discussion. If every single college guaranteed the players their scholarships regardless if they played or not. Allowed each player to decide whether they are going to play or not independently and they can change their mind at anytime. All medical expenses covered for as long as you show symptoms by the university. Sign on the dotted line acknowledging the risk of death due to covid. Then hell the players chose it. Let's kick off.

Edited to Add
I am sympathetic to the players that really want to play. I am sympathetic to all the businesses that rely on football games. I am sympathetic to the universities need for football. But what happens if a guy on our team catches it and dies. I would rather not have it than for one of our players or any other player in Mississippi catch this thing and someone die. Chances are that is not going to happen, but I wouldn't take that risk.

[ScoobaDawg]

this shouldn't be funny but it is...

https://twitter.com/KylePorterCBS/status/1293266090714451968

[msbulldog]

Remember Rodney Stowers?

[DownwardDawg]

Remember Rodney Stowers?

Yes. Heart attack due to clot from broken leg right???

[Cooterpoot]

Their medical reasoning is that players could contract the virus on the field or at practice and potentially die. Something that the school could avoid by simply not playing football. This in no way diminishes the players ability to contract the virus going to class, the store, their mother's house, or banging some coed. Difference is, all of those actions are totally out of the control of the university and is a personal choice by each student/athlete.

Chances are, if every single football player in america contracted Covid, some would need to hospitalized. Some may even die.

Now, here is the biggest kicker in the entire discussion. If every single college guaranteed the players their scholarships regardless if they played or not. Allowed each player to decide whether they are going to play or not independently and they can change their mind at anytime. All medical expenses covered for as long as you show symptoms by the university. Sign on the dotted line acknowledging the risk of death due to covid. Then hell the players chose it. Let's kick off.

Edited to Add
I am sympathetic to the players that really want to play. I am sympathetic to all the businesses that rely on football games. I am sympathetic to the universities need for football. But what happens if a guy on our team catches it and dies. I would rather not have it than for one of our players or any other player in Mississippi catch this thing and someone die. Chances are that is not going to happen, but I wouldn't take that risk.

There's no protection for those millions of students and teachers on campuses across the country. So that argument is horse shit.
Still haven't seen any athletes die in pro ball. High school ball starts this week. What about those kids? HS has been going for a week plus now. No problems really.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Some folks will be wearing masks 10 years from now and will be working remotely forever.

Soccer has been playing and training for 2 months. German, English, Spanish and European Tournaments all started and some are now finished up.

Tomorrow the Champions League starts a new round. Paris SG vs Atalanta

[Jack Lambert]

Some folks will be wearing masks 10 years from now and will be working remotely forever.

Soccer has been playing and training for 2 months. German, English, Spanish and European Tournaments all started and some are now finished up.

Tomorrow the Champions League starts a new round. Paris SG vs Atalanta

There will be posters on this board who will be more upset if there is a season than posters if there isn't a season. As far as the SEC goes it comes down to how big and how long is the out break when the students get back on campus. I suspect most of those bar hopping, legg hunting horn dogs have already gotten it.

[Vandownbytheriver]

With all of the sketchy stuff that goes on in college football, I can see a coach covering up one of his star players having Covid if they think it will cost them a win. I think that might be part of some of the thought process with these folks. If that happens, the liability from a university could be crippling.

[Homedawg]

The way every team is doing tracing even w minimal positives it's impossible to play....

[Mobile Bay]

The way every team is doing tracing even w minimal positives it's impossible to play....


Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

[Homedawg]

Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

Dude if you don't like what I say don't read it. But I'm informing people how we trace. I don't like it. But it is what it is. Now either ignore me or crawl back on your hole. I don't care. I want to play. But it ain't happening.

[maroonmania]

Their medical reasoning is that players could contract the virus on the field or at practice and potentially die. Something that the school could avoid by simply not playing football. This in no way diminishes the players ability to contract the virus going to class, the store, their mother's house, or banging some coed. Difference is, all of those actions are totally out of the control of the university and is a personal choice by each student/athlete.



This is just flat out wrong. ANY player can opt out of playing football this season and still have his scholarship honored with no adverse consequences. Has a student that opts out of a class over COVID fears been guaranteed to pass the class or been guaranteed an online option of the class? Not that I'm aware of. Football players actually appear to have more choice options than regular students from what I can see.

[Commercecomet24]

This is just flat out wrong. ANY player can opt out of playing football this season and still have his scholarship honored with no adverse consequences. Has a student that opts out of a class over COVID fears been guaranteed to pass the class or been guaranteed an online option of the class? Not that I'm aware of. Football players actually appear to have more choice options than regular students from what I can see.

This.

[Liverpooldawg]

Some folks will be wearing masks 10 years from now and will be working remotely forever.

Soccer has been playing and training for 2 months. German, English, Spanish and European Tournaments all started and some are now finished up.

Tomorrow the Champions League starts a new round. Paris SG vs Atalanta

Different situation. It's a lot easier to do it with pros. Also, and this is the BIG one, they have their outbreaks under much better control than we do. They didn't start back till their numbers were way down. We have never even approached the way they did lockdown.

[Liverpooldawg]

Scooba has some other things going on. Wasn't there some doubt if they would play this year even prior to COVID?


Ok

Big 10 - out. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29640222/sources-big-ten-pulls-plug-fall-football-season
Pac 10 - out https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29640603/sources-pac-12-calls-fall-sports-eyes-spring


Big 12 - on the clock. ad meeting at 5. presidents at 6. split as of now.
1293280165603287047

SEC is asking Big 10 and Pac10 for their medical reasoning's...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfK6mKdXgAkay-Z?format=jpg


Scooba tech - OUT

1293305454882426887

[DLGDawg]

The way every team is doing tracing even w minimal positives it's impossible to play....

You were responding to beerfarley, right??

If so, that's good that they're tracing the positives so that a scumbag coach can't try and hide a positive so he could play. That would be lowdown.

[HoopsDawg]

I can see a path to playing, but there is too much bureaucracy for it to happen.

1. Opt in/Opt out for players. Opt out players remain on scholarships (this is already the case). Opt in players sign a waiver. (I don't want to argue whether or not it would hold up in court)

2. Only test players who are showing symptoms like they are doing in MS high schools. Quarantine positive Covid player only.

3. periodically screen for myocarditis as an extra layer of safety for the players.

4. Keep players in dorm, old school athletic dorm style. Each active player gets his own room.

5. Tough one here, Coaches must identify 60 man active roster. walk-ons and inactive players seperated from "active" roster and will serve as fill ins as active players test positive.

I think that could work, but I'm just a guy on a keyboard.

[Hambone]

A 7 year old healthy child in Savannah Georgia just died from COVID.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsav.com/news/local-news/breaking-7-year-old-chatham-co-boy-dies-of-covid-19/amp/


But yea, all’s good. Play ball baby!

[Dawg Tired]

A 7 year old healthy child in Savannah Georgia just died from COVID.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsav.com/news/local-news/breaking-7-year-old-chatham-co-boy-dies-of-covid-19/amp/


But yea, all’s good. Play ball baby!

Dude you are on it tonight. I can?t wait for you to update me every time there?s a death from the flu or pneumonia.

Play ball baby.

[Jack Lambert]

A 7 year old healthy child in Savannah Georgia just died from COVID.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsav.com/news/local-news/breaking-7-year-old-chatham-co-boy-dies-of-covid-19/amp/


But yea, all’s good. Play ball baby!

there was around 2360 abortions today. There will be about that many tomorrow.

[Dawgcap]

Athletes play. That?s what they do. At some point in time where do we draw the line of someone who tests positive? 2 weeks, a month? See at some point in time you can?t blame a virus on the future when you?ve never seen it before. It?s a novel virus. Do you stop people from living when you have no way to show it affects them? Last time I checked you just go. That?s what great people do

[Dawgcap]

I say that with all sincerity. I?m almost 57. If I get it it I hope to get past it. I have a great job but sometimes I have to stress myself. If I?m healthy I go back to work and handle my shit. If I get dealt a bad hand I?m not gonna blame anyone from doing what I gotta do. I can?t wait on doctors saying you are fine to no maybe you have issues when no one knows. I?ll not be disabled because someone has an ulterior motive

[hp22]

I get both points of view and am glad I dont have to make the decision.

[1bigdawg]

A 7 year old healthy child in Savannah Georgia just died from COVID.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsav.com/news/local-news/breaking-7-year-old-chatham-co-boy-dies-of-covid-19/amp/


But yea, all?s good. Play ball baby!

Was the child playing football?**

[Lord McBuckethead]

There's no protection for those millions of students and teachers on campuses across the country. So that argument is horse shit.
Still haven't seen any athletes die in pro ball. High school ball starts this week. What about those kids? HS has been going for a week plus now. No problems really.

Believe what you want, but the manner in which college players are exploited for gigantic sums of money does factor into this equation. Whether it is just optics or not, whether their scholarships is payment enough, whether it is fair they can't make money just like any other student or not.....it definitely means they are not the same discussion as a regular student.

Let me know when a 85 college students are worth a 40 million dollar windfall check from espn, and not to mention 47000 season tickets and donations.

Pro players have contracts, agents, players associations, and they get paid directly. Not the same discussion at all.

You do have a point about hs though. They profit motive isn't there like the ncaa. Other than UM recruits, these players are choosing to play similar to rec league competition. So if the player's families sign off, good to go.

All I am saying, make sure college players have their scholarship regardless. Have them sign a waiver acknowledging that football has direct contact and puts them at a higher risk of dying. Have a testing system in place that every team in the league has to meet. Have a bubble created around these guys for the season. Have 20 weeks to play 10 games. No fans. Lets kick this thing off.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Was the child playing football?**

If he was, then other players would catch it.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Was the child playing football?**

let us all know when someone you know catches this randomly and dies. I don't know a single one of our players personally, but they are our family.

[Lord McBuckethead]

There will be posters on this board who will be more upset if there is a season than posters if there isn't a season. As far as the SEC goes it comes down to how big and how long is the out break when the students get back on campus. I suspect most of those bar hopping, legg hunting horn dogs have already gotten it.

i will be more upset if we push for a season, without a clear way of handling this, without every option for a player to opt out, without safety protocals in place, without everyone acknowledging the true scientific danger that football has with covid, and one of our 18-22 year old players die due to something we all could have avoided.

I will not push for football because I feel like by pushing for it I am at fault if someone dies. The way our country opened back up after the shutdown was enough for me. People forgot safety measures that were simple. Football is an option, not a necessary need. Pandemics require reflection on what we have to have and want to have in my opinion.

[Cowbell]

Dude you are on it tonight. I can?t wait for you to update me every time there?s a death from the flu or pneumonia.

Play ball baby.

Yep. And somewhere tonight a young child died in a car wreck. So he better not get in a vehicle. Some of you lack perspective.

[KOdawg1]

i will be more upset if we push for a season, without a clear way of handling this, without every option for a player to opt out, without safety protocals in place, without everyone acknowledging the true scientific danger that football has with covid, and one of our 18-22 year old players die due to something we all could have avoided.


Something tells me you will be upset even if we abide by every single one of those precautions you outlined. Just a hunch.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Yep. And somewhere tonight a young child died in a car wreck. So he better not get in a vehicle. Some of you lack perspective.

You lack perspective. A kid dying in a car wreck and a person playing football contracting a virus and dying have literally nothing to do with each other. Sure, some would like to draw a parallel between the two, but the fundamental fact of how they died differentiates the realities of the situation. This exact fallacy is discussed without end because some cannot grasp the difference.

I will repeat. Give the players every opportunity not to play. Guarantee their scholarships, stipend, hell even their meal plans and tutors either way. Take away all modes of pressure to play. If they sign off on playing, then play. If they don't, let them come back next year to play once we have a vaccine. that is just one aspect along with a solid plan on how to practice, how to hold meetings, what type of in person meetings have to be held, mask protocals, socially distancing, etc. Like all things, this has to be attacked from every angle. Then and only then, play ball.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Something tells me you will be upset even if we abide by every single one of those precautions you outlined. Just a hunch.

Upset yes. But, if the players has every option to not play, but the choose to still play. Well that is their choice. Just as long as they are not coerced into it. I want football as much as the next guy. I have lived my life the last 6 months with every possible precaution taken, doing my duty, to keep the numbers down. some people on here still question basic science's direction on this virus. So forgive me if I believe one dang word out of some of your mouths. Too many people being "me, me, me" on here to be trusted with this discussion.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Something tells me you will be upset even if we abide by every single one of those precautions you outlined. Just a hunch.

I am also sure there are 20-30 more precautions that need to be taken over what I have stated. I was just spit balling off the top of my head.

[DownwardDawg]

These kids need college football more than anyone on this board does.

[ScoobaDawg]

Dude you are on it tonight. I can?t wait for you to update me every time there?s a death from the flu or pneumonia.

Play ball baby.

Fix your iphone Buddy!

[Johnson85]

Their medical reasoning is that players could contract the virus on the field or at practice and potentially die. Something that the school could avoid by simply not playing football. This in no way diminishes the players ability to contract the virus going to class, the store, their mother's house, or banging some coed. Difference is, all of those actions are totally out of the control of the university and is a personal choice by each student/athlete.

Chances are, if every single football player in america contracted Covid, some would need to hospitalized. Some may even die.

Now, here is the biggest kicker in the entire discussion. If every single college guaranteed the players their scholarships regardless if they played or not. Allowed each player to decide whether they are going to play or not independently and they can change their mind at anytime. All medical expenses covered for as long as you show symptoms by the university. Sign on the dotted line acknowledging the risk of death due to covid. Then hell the players chose it. Let's kick off.

Edited to Add
I am sympathetic to the players that really want to play. I am sympathetic to all the businesses that rely on football games. I am sympathetic to the universities need for football. But what happens if a guy on our team catches it and dies. I would rather not have it than for one of our players or any other player in Mississippi catch this thing and someone die. Chances are that is not going to happen, but I wouldn't take that risk.

What risk are you talking about? Unless we find out something funky about the spread during football, if a player catches COVID and dies, there's a pretty decent chance that means they would have caught covid and died had they not been playing football. You're talking about depriving a lot of college athletes of sports just because we'll feel less bad if they caught COVID from a bar and died than if they caught it at football and died? I don't really get why we'd feel worse about one than the other. If heart issues are the concern, then they can do ekgs and require anybody with any issue to abstain from practice or play for the rest of the season.

[ScoobaDawg]

Big 12 is playing! I fully expect that means we will have football boys!!!

[Commercecomet24]

These kids need college football more than anyone on this board does.

This. I know a lot of kids that if they aren't playing football will be running the streets and not in a good way. People are only focused on the virus without realizing the collateral damage that not playing football will bring to these kids.

[ScoobaDawg]

Big 12 will play 9 round robin + 1 non conference.
https://twitter.com/Big12Conference/status/1293570940689944578

3 tests per week...
https://twitter.com/BDavisAAS/status/1293570511491026945

[Johnson85]

i will be more upset if we push for a season, without a clear way of handling this, without every option for a player to opt out, without safety protocals in place, without everyone acknowledging the true scientific danger that football has with covid, and one of our 18-22 year old players die due to something we all could have avoided.

I will not push for football because I feel like by pushing for it I am at fault if someone dies. The way our country opened back up after the shutdown was enough for me. People forgot safety measures that were simple. Football is an option, not a necessary need. Pandemics require reflection on what we have to have and want to have in my opinion.

That's fine to not push for it. But you being irrational is no reason to punish 18-22 year old athletes.

[Johnson85]

let us all know when someone you know catches this randomly and dies. I don't know a single one of our players personally, but they are our family.

So the way you will feel better if one our players randomly dies, is to know that we deprived him of the chance to play the sport he loves during his last year on earth.

Man, it's weird how human being are wired.

[Cowbell]

The nice thing about all this discussion is that we will have a chance to go back and look at athletes who got to play vs those that didn't.

[Lord McBuckethead]

The nice thing about all this discussion is that we will have a chance to go back and look at athletes who got to play vs those that didn't.

And if they get sick outside of football, their actions that led to that were not coerced by a system that literally holds their future in their hands. At that point it is entirely their choice.

[Lord McBuckethead]

That's fine to not push for it. But you being irrational is no reason to punish 18-22 year old athletes.

It is irrational to believe that our university should give the players every opportunity to not play if they object to it. It is irrational to believe that the players should have 100% a clear choice whether to play or not. It is irrational to not minimize the risk anyone who is outside their bubble is under.

1. Players get a free choice to either play or don't, maintaining all perks or equal to what they would receive as a player.
2. The AD office to take every single precaution that can be taken to minimize the players ongoing risk day to day during the season.

That is pretty much all I would need to get behind it. None of that is irrational. Acknowledging and not minimizing the risk that humans have to this virus is the irrational part, by definition.

[Lord McBuckethead]

So the way you will feel better if one our players randomly dies, is to know that we deprived him of the chance to play the sport he loves during his last year on earth.

Man, it's weird how human being are wired.

What is weird is that you don't understand, whether they play or not, they still have a scholarship to attend classes and do all the things they would normally do as a student. Just no football. Kylin was talking as if they cancelled football he would be sitting his ass in Columbus every day. Shit man, he still has class and still can stay at his apartment in Starkville and chill. It's not a choice between football and selling shit on street corners.

[R2Dawg]

there was around 2360 abortions today. There will be about that many tomorrow.

Now there is a pandemic that needs solving.


Also for all the no football due to safety concerns, just listen to that statement. Athletes are hurt for life and some can even die playing football due to football so this not playing so no one ever gets damaged is a joke.

I got news for some one of out one persons born dies from something.

There is no safe bubble in this world but there is a safe bubble in the other world - trust in Jesus now while you can.

[Dawgology]

It is irrational to believe that our university should give the players every opportunity to not play if they object to it. It is irrational to believe that the players should have 100% a clear choice whether to play or not. It is irrational to not minimize the risk anyone who is outside their bubble is under.

1. Players get a free choice to either play or don't, maintaining all perks or equal to what they would receive as a player.
2. The AD office to take every single precaution that can be taken to minimize the players ongoing risk day to day during the season.

That is pretty much all I would need to get behind it. None of that is irrational. Acknowledging and not minimizing the risk that humans have to this virus is the irrational part, by definition.

That has literally already happened. So tyou are behind starting the season then?

[Jarius]

It is irrational to believe that our university should give the players every opportunity to not play if they object to it. It is irrational to believe that the players should have 100% a clear choice whether to play or not. It is irrational to not minimize the risk anyone who is outside their bubble is under.

1. Players get a free choice to either play or don't, maintaining all perks or equal to what they would receive as a player.
2. The AD office to take every single precaution that can be taken to minimize the players ongoing risk day to day during the season.

That is pretty much all I would need to get behind it. None of that is irrational. Acknowledging and not minimizing the risk that humans have to this virus is the irrational part, by definition.

Not trying to be an ass, but have you not read anything about the options these players have? All of this is happening.

[Johnson85]

It is irrational to believe that our university should give the players every opportunity to not play if they object to it. It is irrational to believe that the players should have 100% a clear choice whether to play or not. It is irrational to not minimize the risk anyone who is outside their bubble is under.

1. Players get a free choice to either play or don't, maintaining all perks or equal to what they would receive as a player.
2. The AD office to take every single precaution that can be taken to minimize the players ongoing risk day to day during the season.

That is pretty much all I would need to get behind it. None of that is irrational. Acknowledging and not minimizing the risk that humans have to this virus is the irrational part, by definition.


What is weird is that you don't understand, whether they play or not, they still have a scholarship to attend classes and do all the things they would normally do as a student. Just no football. Kylin was talking as if they cancelled football he would be sitting his ass in Columbus every day. Shit man, he still has class and still can stay at his apartment in Starkville and chill. It's not a choice between football and selling shit on street corners.

Man, the two of you posting on the same account really need to get separate accounts. It's not like they charge. The one that says he just wants the players to have a choice to play or not and not lose any benefits or perks and doesn't realize that was always going to be the case could be "Lord McBuckiethead1" and the one that does realize they aren't going to be losing their perks but for some reason accuses other people of not understanding that could be "Lord McBuckethead2".

Or maybe y'all could just come up with two completely new user names and cut out some of the confusion. But y'all posting on the same account two minutes apart from each other claiming opposite things is unnecessarily confusing.

But yes, McBuckethead2, you are correct that they won't have to sell shit on the corners if they opt out or if they aren't even given the choice to play. But that's irrelevant to the question of whether they should be denied even the opportunity to play because other people might feel bad if something bad happens in a pandemic. But McBuckethead1, despite not realizing that the players aren't being coerced into playing by threatening their scholarships if they opt to sit out, is correct that it shoudl just be their decision once they are informed of the risk and the procedures that will be put in place to try to minimize the risk to the extent possible.

[BrunswickDawg]

Man, the two of you posting on the same account really need to get separate accounts. It's not like they charge. The one that says he just wants the players to have a choice to play or not and not lose any benefits or perks and doesn't realize that was always going to be the case could be "Lord McBuckiethead1" and the one that does realize they aren't going to be losing their perks but for some reason accuses other people of not understanding that could be "Lord McBuckethead2".

Or maybe y'all could just come up with two completely new user names and cut out some of the confusion. But y'all posting on the same account two minutes apart from each other claiming opposite things is unnecessarily confusing.

But yes, McBuckethead2, you are correct that they won't have to sell shit on the corners if they opt out or if they aren't even given the choice to play. But that's irrelevant to the question of whether they should be denied even the opportunity to play because other people might feel bad if something bad happens in a pandemic. But McBuckethead1, despite not realizing that the players aren't being coerced into playing by threatening their scholarships if they opt to sit out, is correct that it shoudl just be their decision once they are informed of the risk and the procedures that will be put in place to try to minimize the risk to the extent possible.

So, with the schizophrenic posts, has Goat finally outed himself???

[FISHDAWG]

So, with the schizophrenic posts, has Goat finally outed himself???

repped

[Extendedcab]

Now there is a pandemic that needs solving.


Also for all the no football due to safety concerns, just listen to that statement. Athletes are hurt for life and some can even die playing football due to football so this not playing so no one ever gets damaged is a joke.

I got news for some one of out one persons born dies from something.

There is no safe bubble in this world but there is a safe bubble in the other world - trust in Jesus now while you can.

Truer words were never spoken! Amen a million times over! Tried to give Rep but need to spread it around more first.

[Commercecomet24]

Man, the two of you posting on the same account really need to get separate accounts. It's not like they charge. The one that says he just wants the players to have a choice to play or not and not lose any benefits or perks and doesn't realize that was always going to be the case could be "Lord McBuckiethead1" and the one that does realize they aren't going to be losing their perks but for some reason accuses other people of not understanding that could be "Lord McBuckethead2".

Or maybe y'all could just come up with two completely new user names and cut out some of the confusion. But y'all posting on the same account two minutes apart from each other claiming opposite things is unnecessarily confusing.

But yes, McBuckethead2, you are correct that they won't have to sell shit on the corners if they opt out or if they aren't even given the choice to play. But that's irrelevant to the question of whether they should be denied even the opportunity to play because other people might feel bad if something bad happens in a pandemic. But McBuckethead1, despite not realizing that the players aren't being coerced into playing by threatening their scholarships if they opt to sit out, is correct that it shoudl just be their decision once they are informed of the risk and the procedures that will be put in place to try to minimize the risk to the extent possible.

Wish I could rep you!

[DownwardDawg]

Wish I could rep you!

Me too.

[BiscuitEater]

A 7 year old healthy child in Savannah Georgia just died from COVID.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsav.com/news/local-news/breaking-7-year-old-chatham-co-boy-dies-of-covid-19/amp/


But yea, all?s good. Play ball baby!


Statistically, kids have a MUCH greater chance of falling and dying in the bathtub than from COVID. In the entire State of Virginia, NO ONE under the age of nineteen has died from COVID this entire year!

[DownwardDawg]

Statistically, kids have a MUCH greater chance of falling and dying in the bathtub than from COVID. In the entire State of Virginia, NO ONE under the age of nineteen has died from COVID this entire year!


There's a greater chance kids die from that nasty flesh eating bacteria in salt water than the virus also. We need to stop all activities in brackish/saltwater during summer months.

[Schultzy]

This is the best talk I’ve seen on the subject yet...

https://youtu.be/6RDffMCAujg