Welp, there goes the NC State game.

[confucius say]

No. But we don't need everyone to take it. We just need a vaccine readily available like the flu vaccine so that hospitalizations can be mitigated. Once we get a vaccine, we accept there's a certain risk level and personal choice. Until then, the risk is too high because exposure isn't a personal choice.

Exposure, in the context of playing football, absolutely is a personal choice now, even without a vaccine. Nobody is forcing any player to play. They want to play. The players and coaches have access to the same data you and I have regarding exposure, and they want to play. How is that not personal choice?

Or do we just want to make the choice for them because we think we understand the data and their risks better than them?

[MetEdDawg]

Exposure, in the context of playing football, absolutely is a personal choice now, even without a vaccine. Nobody is forcing any player to play. They want to play. The players and coaches have access to the same data you and I have regarding exposure, and they want to play. How is that not personal choice?

Or do we just want to make the choice for them because we think we understand the data and their risks better than them?

You are naive as hell if you don't think kids feel pressured to play. May not be verbally, but the system isn't set up for people to succeed by not playing. And for coaches, their livelihood goes away if football goes away. Duh they want to play.

Also, this board talks all the time about how these kids make bad choices for what college they commit to. But now, all of a sudden, you are saying they are smart enough to know the risks better than medical professionals? Makes zero sense.

I get it. You want everyone to call off the dogs and fend for themselves. Football and everything else needs to go on like normal and forget any measure of safety because hell everything is a risk. That's not practical when we are taking about something that the vast majority of our population doesn't know one little shit about, regardless of what they say on message boards and Facebook.