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My guess there will be no football and basketball in general in the college game is still way up in the air.
 
BballinsiderfromPitt said:
No OOC schedule. Straight to league play in January with no fans. They’re saying it’s Plan B the NCAA has had for a while but they’re getting close to where it will have to be planned for that way.

OOC schedule makes zero sense for anyone right now. Sucks for Pitt.
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I thought this really makes the most sense , why put your players and entire season at risk to play meaningless warmup games that generate very little fan interest and more importantly very little money . The ACC payout doesn’t depend on a Pitt vs Robert Morris matchup .
There’s two options
1) start season in Jan hoping for a vaccine
2) start the season on time with no fans with a schedule that’s spread out with options to reschedule games if one team has health issues . This allows games to be televised from Oct thur Feb requiring teams to only play 1 game most weeks .
I’d favor #2 the games lost can be compensated by more practice .
 
I’d rather just have them create a bubble and do a massive double-or triple loss elimination tournament with every single d-1 team. They can all quarantine and only play a short time. All the teams that were supposed to make it in last year get in and get a bye. Everyone else gets in as well, well because it is 2020 and what other craziness can happen.
 
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BballinsiderfromPitt said:
No OOC schedule. Straight to league play in January with no fans. They’re saying it’s Plan B the NCAA has had for a while but they’re getting close to where it will have to be planned for that way.

OOC schedule makes zero sense for anyone right now. Sucks for Pitt.
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That makes sense and I believe you but I'm wondering how the heck they would select the NCAA tournament teams.
 
Fsgolfdr said:
How would it be any different , conference champs and the best of the rest .
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There is enough interconnection between teams and leagues brought on by OOC games to be able to be able to numerically (and even subjectively in an informed way) compare for example, the #3 team in the A-10, versus the #9 ACC team.

If there are only conference games, it's completely and purely guesswork.
 
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Pitt2006 said:
I’d rather just have them create a bubble and do a massive double-or triple loss elimination tournament with every single d-1 team. They can all quarantine and only play a short time. All the teams that were supposed to make it in last year get in and get a bye. Everyone else gets in as well, well because it is 2020 and what other craziness can happen.
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There is no bubble
The nba isn’t going to be able to do it ,either.
Stars are already dropping out
 
DT_PITT said:
There is enough interconnection between teams and leagues brought on by OOC games to be able to be able to numerically (and even subjectively in an informed way) compare for example, the #3 team in the A-10, versus the #9 ACC team.

If there are only conference games, it's completely and purely guesswork.
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Well we already have that , just ask any bubble team that’s excluded .

I’m not sure a potential sweet 16 team has ever gotten the short end of the stick .

This isn’t a permanent solution, but with billions at stake why would any conference risk their athletes and their payday to keep things as they are with the virus looming out there ?
 
Pitt2006 said:
I’d rather just have them create a bubble and do a massive double-or triple loss elimination tournament with every single d-1 team. They can all quarantine and only play a short time. All the teams that were supposed to make it in last year get in and get a bye. Everyone else gets in as well, well because it is 2020 and what other craziness can happen.
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These kids are supposed to be in college for the school part.....
How is that supposed to work in a bubble?
 
Fsgolfdr said:
Well we already have that , just ask any bubble team that’s excluded .

I’m not sure a potential sweet 16 team has ever gotten the short end of the stick .

This isn’t a permanent solution, but with billions at stake why would any conference risk their athletes and their payday to keep things as they are with the virus looming out there ?
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Don’t get me wrong ... I think this is the best possible solution. I’m in favor of Conference games only. However, it just makes selecting the tournament field with any connected numerical criteria impossible.
 
DT_PITT said:
Don’t get me wrong ... I think this is the best possible solution. I’m in favor of Conference games only. However, it just makes selecting the tournament field with any connected numerical criteria impossible.
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What would they do? Go off history and say something like the top 7 finishers in the ACC are in, top 8 in Big 10&12 are in and so on?
 
DT_PITT said:
Don’t get me wrong ... I think this is the best possible solution. I’m in favor of Conference games only. However, it just makes selecting the tournament field with any connected numerical criteria impossible.
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Yeah, as a math problem it would be impossible to rank teams so this would be pretty devastating for schools outside of the P6.
 
thirteenNINE said:
Yeah, as a math problem it would be impossible to rank teams so this would be pretty devastating for schools outside of the P6.
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Maybe make two distinct tournaments P6 and everyone else and the winners face each other for the national championship . Another TV event what’s not to like .
 
Ronnyp91 said:
What would they do? Go off history and say something like the top 7 finishers in the ACC are in, top 8 in Big 10&12 are in and so on?
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I’m sure they will figure out something. The bigger issue is even being able to have the conference games.
 
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Not doubting the possibility of only league play beginning in January and no fans. Nevertheless, I believe the thinking on this is way over the top being excessively cautious to an extreme.

Covid isn't really any more dangerous to most healthy people than the ordinary Flu. You are only at serious risk if--

1. You are old (mainly because many older folks have heart, B.P., diabetes or other health issues).

2. Athough younger, you have health issues like diabetes or heart disease, or are obese, etc.

College athletes are in neither category so they should be able to play and not be at any serious personal risk. Isolate the high risk folks, test players daily to catch and isolate infected individuals at the earliest possible moment, and then let the healthy play on!

Not doubting that not having indoor arenas full of fans isn't a good idea, however.
 
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Covid isn't really any more dangerous to most healthy people than the ordinary Flu.

I guess it depends if you care about pulmonary fibrosis or if you're only concerned with short term mortality rate data. I would simply try to avoid getting COVID-19, being a reasonable human being.
 
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Ha, I forgot to check back in from this. This is only PLAN B, last case scenario before an entire lost season. This came from a big ten assistant. Obviously it would be a challenge to select NCAA tournament participants, but I believe you could do it. The alternative of losing out on tournament money two years straight isn’t an option, imo.

Again, this is Plan B, last ditch scenario to have a season. If it doesn’t happen, we either have plan A which is the entire season or Plan C which is no season. So to me, this is still a pretty good option.
 
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MarshallGoldberg said:
Covid isn't really any more dangerous to most healthy people than the ordinary Flu.

I guess it depends if you care about pulmonary fibrosis or if you're only concerned with short term mortality rate data. I would simply try to avoid getting COVID-19, being a reasonable human being.
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Yeah, preliminary studies are starting to show that even milder cases are leading to long term lung and heart damage and an increased rate of blood clots. There's far too much that we don't know yet to be making broad declarative statements about how "dangerous" this is and I think that the public health response has done a very poor job of communicating that fact to younger people.
 
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DC_Area_Panther said:
Not doubting the possibility of only league play beginning in January and no fans. Nevertheless, I believe the thinking on this is way over the top being excessively cautious to an extreme.

Covid isn't really any more dangerous to most healthy people than the ordinary Flu. You are only at serious risk if--

1. You are old (mainly because many older folks have heart, B.P., diabetes or other health issues).

2. Athough younger, you have health issues like diabetes or heart disease, or are obese, etc.

College athletes are in neither category so they should be able to play and not be at any serious personal risk. Isolate the high risk folks, test players daily to catch and isolate infected individuals at the earliest possible moment, and then let the healthy play on!

Not doubting that not having indoor arenas full of fans isn't a good idea, however.
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Dude you sound like Trump. Please just stop.
 
thirteenNINE said:
Yeah, preliminary studies are starting to show that even milder cases are leading to long term lung and heart damage and an increased rate of blood clots. There's far too much that we don't know yet to be making broad declarative statements about how "dangerous" this is and I think that the public health response has done a very poor job of communicating that fact to younger people.
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Yea. It’s absolutely not just as simple as “they’re young they’ll be fine”. If you have teams traveling all over the place they will get infected. And even if there is an attempt to create a bubble, they’re kids. Do you think they’re not gonna be out doing what kids do? And they’ll likely transmit before they even know they have it. And some may be asymptomatic. The CDC said the other day tons of people only thought they had allergies. So anyone with symptoms that mild might not even change their behaviors.

To be CERTAIN I don’t have the answers. But it’s not just a matter of they’re young they’ll be fine. That’s incredibly myopic.
 
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DC_Area_Panther said:
Not doubting the possibility of only league play beginning in January and no fans. Nevertheless, I believe the thinking on this is way over the top being excessively cautious to an extreme.

Covid isn't really any more dangerous to most healthy people than the ordinary Flu. You are only at serious risk if--

1. You are old (mainly because many older folks have heart, B.P., diabetes or other health issues).

2. Athough younger, you have health issues like diabetes or heart disease, or are obese, etc.

College athletes are in neither category so they should be able to play and not be at any serious personal risk. Isolate the high risk folks, test players daily to catch and isolate infected individuals at the earliest possible moment, and then let the healthy play on!

Not doubting that not having indoor arenas full of fans isn't a good idea, however.
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Here's a picture of a lung from a person in their 20's who had COVID. It's insane. Looks like this poor kid survived a gas attack at the Somme. Risking lung damage to that degree to play free sports is just not acceptable.

If we don't get this under control, high end players are going to drop out. A lottery pick like Cole Anthony is just not going to risk his lungs for a few more free games. In football, I could see guys like Trevor Lawrence and Etienne sitting out as well.

https://kslnewsradio.com/wp-content..._5c2ce97970baa7d367a23ea85d569e2f-620x370.jpg
 
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lilspainishflea said:
Here's a picture of a lung from a person in their 20's who had COVID. It's insane. Looks like this poor kid survived a gas attack at the Somme. Risking lung damage to that degree to play free sports is just not acceptable.

If we don't get this under control, high end players are going to drop out. A lottery pick like Cole Anthony is just not going to risk his lungs for a few more free games. In football, I could see guys like Trevor Lawrence and Etienne sitting out as well.

https://kslnewsradio.com/wp-content..._5c2ce97970baa7d367a23ea85d569e2f-620x370.jpg
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Until more is known, I am not going to join the chicken little crowd. Unless, or until, proven wrong by sufficient data, I am going to continue to assume that this outcome in some young people is rare rather than ordinary and usual. The press likes to exaggerate and fear monger about everything because it helps ratings/sales and generates advertising revenue so I take everything from press/media skeptically with that proverbial "large grain of salt."
 
DC_Area_Panther said:
Until more is known, I am not going to join the chicken little crowd. Unless, or until, proven wrong by sufficient data, I am going to continue to assume that this outcome in some young people is rare rather than ordinary and usual. The press likes to exaggerate and fear monger about everything because it helps ratings/sales and generates advertising revenue so I take everything from press/media skeptically with that proverbial "large grain of salt."
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Kayleigh McEnany couldn't have said it better herself.

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Until more is known, I am not going to join the chicken little crowd. Unless, or until, proven wrong by sufficient data, I am going to continue to assume that this outcome in some young people is rare rather than ordinary and usual. The press likes to exaggerate and fear monger about everything because it helps ratings/sales and generates advertising revenue so I take everything from press/media skeptically with that proverbial "large grain of salt."
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I love how you're simultaneously sure that there's sufficient information to be certain that young people are not at great personal risk for the consequences of COVID infection, but that you're also just assuming that to be the case.
 
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lilspainishflea said:
Here's a picture of a lung from a person in their 20's who had COVID. It's insane. Looks like this poor kid survived a gas attack at the Somme. Risking lung damage to that degree to play free sports is just not acceptable.

If we don't get this under control, high end players are going to drop out. A lottery pick like Cole Anthony is just not going to risk his lungs for a few more free games. In football, I could see guys like Trevor Lawrence and Etienne sitting out as well.

https://kslnewsradio.com/wp-content..._5c2ce97970baa7d367a23ea85d569e2f-620x370.jpg
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You are absolutely correct , any sure fire first round selection in either Fb or bb would be a fool to risk their health to play this season without a vaccine.
 
DC_Area_Panther said:
Until more is known, I am not going to join the chicken little crowd. Unless, or until, proven wrong by sufficient data, I am going to continue to assume that this outcome in some young people is rare rather than ordinary and usual. The press likes to exaggerate and fear monger about everything because it helps ratings/sales and generates advertising revenue so I take everything from press/media skeptically with that proverbial "large grain of salt."
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Your bullshit, uninformed take has already been proven wrong by sufficient data. You're sitting here trying to act like you're too smart to fall for the media's scare tactics, but it's obvious that you're uninformed and scared and can't process that like a mature, intelligent adult. You've already proven to be incapable of objectivity by dismissing those who are rightfully concerned about Covid-19 as "the chicken little crowd". You can't say that and then claim that you're a skeptic waiting for empiric data. That's not what skepticism is, you've clearly made up your mind already.
 
DC_Area_Panther said:
Until more is known, I am not going to join the chicken little crowd. Unless, or until, proven wrong by sufficient data, I am going to continue to assume that this outcome in some young people is rare rather than ordinary and usual. The press likes to exaggerate and fear monger about everything because it helps ratings/sales and generates advertising revenue so I take everything from press/media skeptically with that proverbial "large grain of salt."
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Ostrich approach
Got it
 
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Until more is known, I am not going to join the chicken little crowd. Unless, or until, proven wrong by sufficient data, I am going to continue to assume that this outcome in some young people is rare rather than ordinary and usual. The press likes to exaggerate and fear monger about everything because it helps ratings/sales and generates advertising revenue so I take everything from press/media skeptically with that proverbial "large grain of salt."
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DC you say you assume that this outcome in some young people is rare. My god man, the flea showed you a picture of a lung from a 20 year old that HAD COVID. I mean, they took his lung out and that's what it looks like. I bet he's really sorry he caught it and now has to live an impaired life. I think they should take more lungs out of people who had COVID and see if they all look that bad.
 
LCFP79 said:
DC you say you assume that this outcome in some young people is rare. My god man, the flea showed you a picture of a lung from a 20 year old that HAD COVID. I mean, they took his lung out and that's what it looks like. I bet he's really sorry he caught it and now has to live an impaired life. I think they should take more lungs out of people who had COVID and see if they all look that bad.
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This is making the assumption that a single specific case is reflective of what happen to all or most young people who contract Covid. That is an unscientific assumption.
 
DC that guy is dead. Your assumption that this is rare outcome for a 20 year old is correct.
 
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Congratulations Rick. You’re repeating what you heard is Plan B to make it look like your idea again. What a ****ing tool.

I was specifically told by Maryland to not release it to anyone... I figured this was a safe place wouldn’t be all over Twitter. But rick is an asshole and wants ppl to think this was his idea.
 
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