Sports shutdown tracking thread

[London 'Cat]

Okay but it isn’t just the fans saying this stuff. Ryan Day himself thinks theres a way they can play football this year so that’s the part I’m confused about.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ele...ituation%3famp

The AD says that aO$U has contractual obligations as a member of the B1G. Those will be difficult to work out, especially if they want to play SEC, Big XII, and ACC teams. They all have those contracts to fulfill. Who will have the rights to broadcast the games?

[CincyBearcats2]

Okay but it isn’t just the fans saying this stuff. Ryan Day himself thinks theres a way they can play football this year so that’s the part I’m confused about.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ele...ituation%3famp

[longtimefan]

It's a university. Presidents must always have the final say over coaches and athletic directors in critical situations to do what's best for the institution.

[Lobot]

explain this to me.... Nebraska and Iowa I understand because they voted yes on having a season. OSU’s president voted to cancel the season. So why do OSU fans and OSU players/coaches think that decision is randomly going to change? I’m just confused on the OSU part. President made the decision to not play. It’s over with no football for them this year.

That decision isn’t changing. This ventures into the primary mission of a university. A lot of sports fans seem to think the primary mission is football or basketball which obviously isn’t true. I think particularly for OSU which has a lot of casual fans with no actual connection to the school itself, this decision hasn’t hit home yet. They’re in the denial stage still.

[CincyBearcats2]

I saw a bit of this coming from Nebraska, Iowa and OSU yesterday. I suppose schools could play non conference only. Since the Big 10 season is cancelled, I doubt the conference has say over contracts that were already signed between member and non member schools.

It’s probably wishful thinking on our part but who knows

explain this to me.... Nebraska and Iowa I understand because they voted yes on having a season. OSU’s president voted to cancel the season. So why do OSU fans and OSU players/coaches think that decision is randomly going to change? I’m just confused on the OSU part. President made the decision to not play. It’s over with no football for them this year.

[Pharmfam]

The Big 10 commissioner is saying that no way can Nebraska play this fall and remain a member of the league. Big $$$ at stake. I doubt Nebraska would want to give up the cash cow that has been the Big 10

https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...of-conference/

[Lobot]

Could the Nebraska game be back on?????

I saw a bit of this coming from Nebraska, Iowa and OSU yesterday. I suppose schools could play non conference only. Since the Big 10 season is cancelled, I doubt the conference has say over contracts that were already signed between member and non member schools.

It’s probably wishful thinking on our part but who knows

[Gilenerm]

Could the Nebraska game be back on?????

[Lobot]

McMurphy says the Big 12 is still playing

[Bearcat Chris]

The Big 12 has a presser coming up at noon ET today to announce something. Not sure what direction this is going to go honestly.

The legal liability is just too great these days, and no university is going to take a chance on losing millions of dollars in lawsuits. I am very sad that it appears we won’t be playing this year, especially with perhaps the best team we’ve had in 20 years. Such is the nature of this awful pandemic.

B.C.

[Lobot]

The Big 12 has a presser coming up at noon ET today to announce something. Not sure what direction this is going to go honestly.

[longtimefan]

Per Matt Norlander, the PAC 12 has cancelled all non-conference basketball games until January, which is probably all of the games.

[longtimefan]

The NFL have already said they have absolutely no interest in moving the draft back. So this tournament would be played without the elite draft eligible players most likely.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...to-spring-per/

Yeah, I saw that, but I'm not sure anything is set in stone these days.

[CincyBearcats2]

It seems very unlikely that college football will be played this year, and a full spring schedule seems unlikely. It may be a good idea to just play an elimination tournament for all D1 teams next spring, similar to the NCAA BB tournament but with one more round. Seed it 1 to max, with a losers bracket, so that every team plays at least 2 games. The final 2 would play seven games, and the national championship game would actually mean something. The championship game would be huge, and you wouldn't need any committee to choose who gets in and who doesn't. Play the semi-final a week after the basketball championship, and the final the following week. Push the NFL draft back from late April to early June.

The NFL have already said they have absolutely no interest in moving the draft back. So this tournament would be played without the elite draft eligible players most likely.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...to-spring-per/

[longtimefan]

It seems very unlikely that college football will be played this year, and a full spring schedule seems unlikely. It may be a good idea to just play an elimination tournament for all D1 teams next spring, similar to the NCAA BB tournament but with one more round. Seed it 1 to max, with a losers bracket, so that every team plays at least 2 games. The final 2 would play seven games, and the national championship game would actually mean something. The championship game would be huge, and you wouldn't need any committee to choose who gets in and who doesn't. Play the semi-final a week after the basketball championship, and the final the following week. Push the NFL draft back from late April to early June.