Sports shutdown tracking thread

[Bearcats1232002]

I took an online class this summer, just for the heck of it, and it was an absolute joke compared to the real in class, brick and mortar type learning.

B.C.

I definitely would prefer brick and mortar learning over internet classes but I am old!!

[Lobot]

The SWAC has offically moved it's 8 game conference season to spring.

[Lobot]

Mountain West and PAC 12 have postponed media day.

[Bearcat Chris]

I took an online class this summer, just for the heck of it, and it was an absolute joke compared to the real in class, brick and mortar type learning.

B.C.

[Lobot]

Rutgers has a big roadblock. NJ's Governor shut down gatherings of more than 500 people. Rutgers says it will abide by this which means by the time you factor in the teams and staff and media, maybe 300 fans at most?

[longtimefan]

It appears now that lung damage occurs even in non-symptomatic people. X-rays have shown scarring on lung tissue even in people who never knew they had the disease. This lung damage appears to be permanent. Obviously this is not the best situation for an athlete, time will tell if there are any long term adverse effects.

[longtimefan]

The point of Forde's article is simple. We've lost containment of the virus and the football season is in jeopardy. Now we see 28 WVU players have tested positive, which means most of the rest of the team will as well. If this were game week no way WVU would be playing, and with the quarantine they wouldn't play the next week either. How many other teams will face the same thing? I love the Bearcats and have looked forward to this season, but these guys don't get paid, and it just doesn't seem possible that we can complete a season. If any players get very sick, which seems likely, or heaven forbid die of this disease, the whole season will shut down anyway. I hope for a miracle, but right now shutting down the season appears the best option. But as the old saying goes, follow the money.

[red_n_black_attack]

Politics aside, I believe the American people were not able to be led by any leader. It's a problem in our culture where we have to solve the problem or find a better way to solve a fixed problem. Very few leaders (political, community, business, or university) have really come up with an approach that gets Americans to follow any restrictions or guidelines to stop or slow spread of the virus, or any virus. We simply do not do well at everyone doing the same thing.

Back to football. I found the article discussing Dave Brown to be a good read. I didn't realize he had created a tool to help with scheduling solutions and it has been applied when games have been canceled due to weather in the past. That is good stuff. However, I don't believe we should have any student-athletes on campus unless the campus is safe for all students. Call me a throwback, but having a mix of on campus, in person, off-campus, and virtual/remotes classrooms isn't a model I want to see for students or student-athletes. Campus is either open to all or closed to all with education being first priority.

[Lobot]

OK, everybody calm down. I posted Forde's article for everyone to read because it was relevant to the thread. That's it. I said "this gets political" as a warning, not so much as an invitation to defend your own political stance. On this board I don't care what your views are as long as you're a Bearcat fan.

Maybe I shouldn't have posted the article. That's on me. If you didn't like the article or disagreed with it, your disagreement should really be directed at Pat Forde. It's his article.

This kind of thing is why we try not to discuss politics at all. People get bent out of shape, stuff gets edited, everyone gets mad and then there's a downward spiral from there.

As far as the thread editing goes, stand by and I'll contact you individually.

[Bearcats1232002]

So our political opinions can be removed but Pat Fords political article can stay? No politics means no politics right? Or is it because the article was anti trump and our opinions were pro trump? Lobot if the rule is no politics there should be no exceptions.

I agree that if my comment is edited for political reasons and CincyBearcats2 was edited before I even had a chance to read it then Forde's article should be made to go away also. My comment that was edited even acknowledged that Trump hasn't handled this as well as he should have. My comment wasn't pro Trump as much as discussing how Forde's article is ridiculous in suggesting that if there isn't a football season it is completely Trump's fault.

This seems like the "cancel" culture to me.

[CincyBearcats2]

So our political opinions can be removed but Pat Fords political article can stay? No politics means no politics right? Or is it because the article was anti trump and our opinions were pro trump? Lobot if the rule is no politics there should be no exceptions.

[CincyBearcats2]

I’m not sure how a Spring Season gets played in all honesty. The NFL already came out and said they aren’t moving the draft. So with a Spring season of February-May. It’s going through the draft. Which essentially would mean any player that thinks they’re going to get drafted would most likely skip the season to prevent injury and work out for teams instead in an effort to stay healthy and try to raise their draft stock.

[Bearcats1232002]

This gets political but it's an interesting ready from Pat Forde.

https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/1...ootball-season

However, I am worried as well that this season may end getting moved to the spring.

[Pharmfam]

With so much money involved, I thought sure they would figure out a way to have some kind of a football season. But now I’m not so sure. It’s looking kinda bleak.

[Lobot]

This gets political but it's an interesting read from Pat Forde.

https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/1...ootball-season