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Power 5 conferences moving toward postponing 2020 NCAA football season
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Academia in its current setting is nothing that anyone obviously needs. But unfortunately I don't think this will be nearly the hand grenade many suggest it will be. Students will just do what they've been doing for about 2 decades now - take out government backed loans and pay for a product that's worth about 10% of what's being charged for it. Only now it's only worth about 5% of what's being charged for it - so it's a marginally bigger rat-**** than it's ever been, but it's been a rat-**** for a long time now. It isn't like the average college student has proven a savvy shopper in this regard for a quite some time, so why should we expect any meaningful change to come from it?
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08-11-2020, 02:31 PM | #183 |
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Most schools are having students sign waivers to return to campus, as part of "Public Health Agreement and Acknowledgement of Shared Responsibility and Risk" document.
Why couldn't collegiate athletes be asked to sign similar waivers that are specific to athletics? |
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Yeah, they didn't want the liability that would ensue by allowing 18 year old kids, many of whom grew up in poverty, to sign away their rights because if an outbreak occurred that killed one or more players, the NCAA would pretty much cease to exist (which wouldn't be a bad thing but for the wrong reasons).
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So teams are still going to get to practice and do drill work together this fall.
Explain to me again how this is about safety? |
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This guy looks about 35 and in really good shape, and he wasn't all that sick. How many studies have really been done on what this does to people who need 100% of their heart and lung capacity for athletics or athletic hobbies? Sure most people go back to work and can do normal activities. But can they still compete at extremes? |
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That sucks too. Iowa was looking good this year. May have short season
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****ing pathetic that kids will be allowed on campus though. Absolutely lunacy. It makes ZERO sense!
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08-11-2020, 05:56 PM | #193 |
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This could be the end of the Pac 12 as a Power 5 football conference.
They were already competitively and financially weaker than the other power conferences and if they don’t play again until fall 2021, the long rumored exodus of certain schools to the Big 12 will happen. Just like when SMU got the death penalty and killed the Southwest Conference... this is now an entire conference giving itself the death penalty. Recruits, coaches, players will flee, schools/athletic programs will hemorrhage millions of $$$ without football for potentially 19+ months. |
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