Desantis opens Florida stadium for full capacity

[Commercecomet24]

http://https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-clears-gators-open-stadium-175409399.html

Who'll be next?

[bulldawg28]

LSU, GA, or Alabama

[Jack Lambert]

I have a feeling that will happen in Miss and I will get screwed on my seats. Hell it is still showing I have a 1200.00 pledge for my two upper deck seats.

[Cooterpoot]

If other states don't do it, (Especially Bama), SEC may not allow it.

[Johnson85]

I have a feeling that will happen in Miss and I will get screwed on my seats. Hell it is still showing I have a 1200.00 pledge for my two upper deck seats.

I'm thinking not. Dobbs sounds like he's ready to shut down the state again because we have .017% of our population testing positive each day.

[Jack Lambert]

If other states don't do it, (Especially Bama), SEC may not allow it.

The SEC doesn't have that kind of power to tell governors what to do.

[Jack Lambert]

I'm thinking not. Dobbs sounds like he's ready to shut down the state again because we have .017% of our population testing positive each day.

That's not going to happen.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'm thinking not. Dobbs sounds like he's ready to shut down the state again because we have .017% of our population testing positive each day.

Doom and Gloom Dobbs is a funny nickname, but my god this guy never seems like he has anything positive to say. We could have 4 cases total and the only thing he'd harp on is how those 4 people weren't properly distancing or wearing masks. He wouldn't even mention whether they were symptomatic or not. It's like he honestly expects a virus with no known cure to just suddenly stop spreading and just decide to go home.

[RocketDawg]

That's not a wise decision, whether the SEC goes along with it or not.

[Cooterpoot]

The SEC doesn't have that kind of power to tell governors what to do.

They've got the power to tell the schools.

[Dolphus Raymond]

Lunacy. Trust science.

[Liverpooldawg]

The SEC doesn't have that kind of power to tell governors what to do.

They can flat tell their member institutions what to do.

[msstate7]

I'm an open up guy, but this seems to be pushing it

[Mobile Bay]

LSU, GA, or Alabama

Kay is being more cautious than most southern governors. It will not be Alabama.

This shit has gotten political. But keep in mind, here in Alabama we have the best doctors and hospitals in the south. She is getting good advice.

It's just not time yet

[RocketDawg]

Kay is being more cautious than most southern governors. It will not be Alabama.

This shit has gotten political. But keep in mind, here in Alabama we have the best doctors and hospitals in the south. She is getting good advice.

It's just not time yet

Generally speaking, we here in Alabama (the Huntsville area at least) are doing really well with masking and other precautions. I went to Costco this afternoon and it was crowded, but not a single person was unmasked. Costco, and most other businesses and public places, are doing well, and the numbers show it.

That said, I played in a golf tournament yesterday at the Huntsville Country Club, and you'd think there was no pandemic at all. There were two to a cart, totally disregarding the governor's orders, and people, mostly young, were in the dining area closely packed and just having a good old time. I would have not played had I known there would be such total disregard of the mandate. As it was, the only time I went inside was a brief registration period, and was sharing a cart with one of my regular golf buddies who I know is being very careful.

[Homedawg]

I think it's just pros from what I heard. Not sure if that's been said or not.

[Homedawg]

Generally speaking, we here in Alabama (the Huntsville area at least) are doing really well with masking and other precautions. I went to Costco this afternoon and it was crowded, but not a single person was unmasked. Costco, and most other businesses and public places, are doing well, and the numbers show it.

That said, I played in a golf tournament yesterday at the Huntsville Country Club, and you'd think there was no pandemic at all. There were two to a cart, totally disregarding the governor's orders, and people, mostly young, were in the dining area closely packed and just having a good old time. I would have not played had I known there would be such total disregard of the mandate. As it was, the only time I went inside was a brief registration period, and was sharing a cart with one of my regular golf buddies who I know is being very careful.
So you shared a cart. But are criticizing others for doing the same.... ok gotcha. Makes sense. Maybe the others were only w their buddies too?

[Jack Lambert]

They can flat tell their member institutions what to do.

You were arguing wrongly that there would not be any football. You have no credibility. You keep getting it wrong.

[Jarius]

The fact that stadiums aren’t full capacity already is a joke. As soon as one team in the conference allows it all others outside of Vandy and maybe Kentucky will follow.

[KOdawg1]

I'm all for opening up, but this seems a bit soon.

[RocketDawg]

So you shared a cart. But are criticizing others for doing the same.... ok gotcha. Makes sense. Maybe the others were only w their buddies too?

Perhaps most were, but it was still in violation of the state mandate. And they made no advance mention of the situation. Being a private club doesn't make it a safe environment.

[Ari Gold]

2nd best governor in the US behind only Kristi Noem of South Dakota..

[Mobile Bay]

Perhaps most were, but it was still in violation of the state mandate. And they made no advance mention of the situation. Being a private club doesn't make it a safe environment.

And you went along with the violation of the state mandate, but are shaming those who did the same as you?

[Commercecomet24]

2nd best governor in the US behind only Kristi Noem of South Dakota..

Rep Given

[Dawg-gone-dawgs]

This shit has gotten political.



hahahahahahahahahaa "HAS gotten political"....HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAA. IT WAS POLITICAL FROM THE START.

[StateDawg44]

Perhaps most were, but it was still in violation of the state mandate. And they made no advance mention of the situation. Being a private club doesn't make it a safe environment.



You can't be serious w/ this hypocrisy.

It also doesn't require that you join or be there either.

[BB30]

Perhaps most were, but it was still in violation of the state mandate. And they made no advance mention of the situation. Being a private club doesn't make it a safe environment.

So... It was ok for you to break the mandate because you "know" your buddy is being careful. But, those other people are just too dumb to share the same privilege you do? So it should apply to everyone not named Rocket Dog? How are you going to complain about others not following a rule that you yourself didn't follow?

Did you have masks on in the golf cart? Were yall 6' apart?

[Lord McBuckethead]

I'm all for opening up, but this seems a bit soon.

I agree. It is too soon for 100k to be all in close proximity in the stands. One could argue for maybe 30-40% capacity where each person/group does their damnest to be as socially distanced as they can. Maybe 50% if everyone was wearing a mask the entire time. There is just too much risk with that many different people and that many different covid lifestyles.

[R2Dawg]

The SEC doesn't have that kind of power to tell governors what to do.

Sure they do. Stankey told the whole state of MS what to do multiple times. Now they don't have the right but somehow we gave them the power.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I agree. It is too soon for 100k to be all in close proximity in the stands. One could argue for maybe 30-40% capacity where each person/group does their damnest to be as socially distanced as they can. Maybe 50% if everyone was wearing a mask the entire time. There is just too much risk with that many different people and that many different covid lifestyles.

50% could easily work, at least in our stadium. After being in our stadium Saturday, there's no reason 50% wouldn't be EASILY doable.

[R2Dawg]

50% could easily work, at least in our stadium. After being in our stadium Saturday, there's no reason 50% wouldn't be EASILY doable.

Agree, this should happen soon. Most of stadiums are sitting at 50% level now. Upper decks and corners are completely empty with people crunched down to around 50%. The election virus will lighten up or get worse depending on who wins.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Agree, this should happen soon. Most of stadiums are sitting at 50% level now. Upper decks and corners are completely empty with people crunched down to around 50%. The election virus will lighten up or get worse depending on who wins.

Our student section was definitely more than 50% capacity on Saturday. It honestly looked pretty normal. I've been a big critic of the student attendance so I was frankly surprised and pretty impressed.

[TrapGame]

It will be back to 100% for the Egg Bowl. Got to give Lane the crowd.

[Homedawg]

Perhaps most were, but it was still in violation of the state mandate. And they made no advance mention of the situation. Being a private club doesn't make it a safe environment.

But you violated the state mandate too, correct? You shared a cart. You said so.

[R2Dawg]

Our student section was definitely more than 50% capacity on Saturday. It honestly looked pretty normal. I've been a big critic of the student attendance so I was frankly surprised and pretty impressed.

Yeah, my daughter was there. She said they had monitors but after the game got going they could not keep students separated and contained. They all ended up down closer to the field. Had a great time except for the game. What a suck home opener with all this virus mess the students are having to deal with. I hated the loss mostly for the students. They deserve something good on campus this year. TAMU next.

[KB21]

I'm all for opening up, but this seems a bit soon.

It's not. The peak of this thing was 2 months ago in this area. Community immunity has developed in most areas. We aren't seeing an influx of positive cases from schools being open and the relaxed mask mandate. It's time to let people live their lives.

[Johnson85]

That's not going to happen.

It's not going to happen, but I'm not sure Dobbs doesn't want it to. Not sure what our hospital capacity looks like right now, but we are averaging around 500 confirmed cases a day. (Hard to say exactly because they did a dump in the past seven days that included some old results but they don't tell us when they are from or what percentage of the days total they represent.)

[confucius say]

They can flat tell their member institutions what to do.

Not sure who they is, but the member institutions collectively tell the sec office what to do. The sec office doesn't tell the institutions what to do. At most, the presidents would vote if a change to the current policy was at issue.

Speaking of current policy, and More to the point, sankey already has said attendance will be up to individual states.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I really wish we'd open it up to 40-50% for next week. If we can get by Knetucky this weekend, we could have a little extra juice in the stadium for A&M.

[Cooterpoot]

I don't expect an increase. In fact, was told today, Tator is about to start back with some mask mandates. Not sure it's statewide, but it's apparently coming back. Least that's the rumor.

[confucius say]

Heard the same. With cases and hospitalizations back up a little this week, my guess is the second wave is starting after the cold air we got.

[RougeDawg]

hahahahahahahahahaa "HAS gotten political"....HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAA. IT WAS POLITICAL FROM THE START.

Was hoping someone posted this. Anyone checked on Sweden lately?