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Rick Pitino has many faults, but being a really smart guy, a great coach and caring about kids are not on his list of faults.
I think he has generally the right idea. I would actually take it further if I were the schools and just play the entire season starting after January. Maybe truncate the non-conference, but I am not sure that they should start from a base of needing to be rid of it (though they should have that plan in waiting, if needed).
Basketball is a lot more controllable than football. Less kids, less coaches/staff, less games, less crowds, less beating on the body. And the TV is still worth a lot of money.
You can start a basketball season even in February and have it not affect the next season that would start in October too much. These guys are young, are used to playing year round from AAU and the colleges have the necessary tools around to keep them as healthy as possible. And, I think the NBA is going to have acclimate their schedule around the colleges for scouting, etc.
I think that they really should just announce the postponement now and get ahead of things. Taking that time for potential vaccines, therapeutics and even potential herd immunity makes a lot of sense. I think football is much more problematic than basketball, without question.
FWIW, I know a guy who works in the Duquesne program and he’s saying the same thing. Might be some traction to this...
I have no doubt there traction to this. Two weeks ago, I might not have been so sure, but now I am.
While you are right that that assumption lacks validity, you should also note that the assumption that such lung damage isn't typical, or commonplace, also lacks validity. Given the unknown frequency of either outcome, the way to proceed must be governed by the consequences of that decision. It becomes the possibility of permanent lung damage vs. the possibility of inconveniencing some fans viewing choices and the loss of some revenue. And, let's face it, the main concern of message board posters is the viewing option. With that in mind, I think the long term health of the players has to be the overriding concern.
There will be football and there will be basketball. Might be limitations on fans but both sports will happen.
I'm hoping for basketball, however football seems increasingly unlikely. Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina have four ACC schools among them. Given the way things are trending there, it would require an amazing turnaround for football games to be allowed, under any circumstances, in eight weeks. While it would be out character, it's not beyond the pale of reason to imagine that the governors of those states might close colleges. And, if a quarter of the conference can't play a game, I suspect the ACC will cancel the season. None of this is written in stone, but as each day passes, it seems more probable than not.
That makes sense but I would have just delayed the entire season until Jan or Feb and finished around Memorial Day
You must read my Twitter... or u saw me say that on another thread. Please don’t try to use that as your original idea because IT IS genius.
And as I said previously, you can play multiple games in quick succession. If you are playing without fans, there's really no reason you couldn't play a 2-game series for Pitt-Syracuse in a weekend. There's no reason you have to have all 15 teams bouncing around potentially infecting each other over a 20-game season.
Hell, you could even do it sort of like the NBA putting all the games in one place. Isolate all your NC schools in Greensboro for a weekend and play a round-robin. I could see something like the ACC-B1G Challenge expanding and providing 2-3 games to each team rather than relying on Florida A&M or Wagner to properly test and quarantine their players on shoestring budgets.
There have been rumblings about changing the structure of the NCAA basketball season for years, so I won't be shocked to see the virus put in motion some changes that end up having permanent impacts.
No, Im not even on Twitter but I have said that college basketball season shouldn't play in the fall though I said they could do so without fans since no one goes anyway.
Different sport but similar concept. The A10 gave the schools their soccer conference games for the fall recently. They split the 14 team league into essentially three divisions for women's soccer, one four team division and two five team divisions. You only play games against the teams in your division. In the four team division the last two weeks of the season are two game series at the same location. In other words one school travels to another and plays them there on both Thursday and Sunday.
It's going to be difficult to have either a basketball or football season this year, with or without fans. Playing would put the players and coaches in jeopardy, even without fans. Maybe if there is a vaccine by January and every player and coach is tested daily and is vaccinated, play could be resumed by next spring. And putting fans in the stands within the next 9 months is just not going to happen, especially in basketball. That's unfortunate but I doubt there can be a consistent policy developed between conferences, so they'll just default to the most cautious path. No games and no fans until a vaccine is developed and has proven to be effective, and daily testing is done.
This might finally be the end of the college athletics bubble. So many schools barely break even or pull money out of their general fund as it is. I'm not sure how many schools will be able to fund their own scholarships if football and basketball both get canceled. The cable channels have been hemorrhaging subscribers for years now, and I have to believe a lot of customers have cut the cord since there are no games going on now.
We're already seeing the first ripples where Under Armour is pulling the plug on their collegiate sponsorships. The biggest concern has to be that this might not even be a one-year blip. We could be facing exactly the same type of concerns a year from now.
I’d favor a more spaced out schedule with 1 game/week , but 2 games against a common opponent over a weekend without fans and teams bubblized would work .
A more spaced out scheduling would give the drug makers more time to come up with a vaccine which could enable fans to be back in the picture .
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