Looks like no college football. NFL on Saturdays?

[4Corners]

24 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

I wan't sports like anyone else. However, in general they are just going to prolong this ordeal with the pandemic.  If only we had taken this seriously when we had the chance to get ahead of it. 

Agree with this but what people really need to realize is that there is a strong possibility that College sports could be cancelled next year as well. What on earth gives people any sort of inclination to believe that the virus in this country will be under control by then? Things are worse than what they were in March and don’t forget we have flu season around the corner. 

[Moo Daeng]

4 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

NCAA had ample time to create plans and viable options to avoid this. Big surprise, the NCAA wasn’t up to the task. I guess they bought into the trump logic that the virus would burn itself out with hot weather (LOL!) or just magically disappear (even bigger LOL). We are probably going to see some athletic departments completely disband in some schools. Bubba Cunningham, AD for UNC, said if college FB is cancelled this year Carolina would lose around $51 million dollars. Yowza. The NCAA is about as incompetent of a sports organization as there is. The people in charge are too rich for their own good. They probably want to cancel the season NOT because of Covid but because there are serious rumblings of the student athletes organizing and creating a sort of players union which absolutely strikes fear in the NCAA. 
 

NFL season is probably next. 

The NCAA doesn't do things like that. They don't organize anything. They just make money. The conferences are in the ones running the show.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

24 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

I wan't sports like anyone else. However, in general they are just going to prolong this ordeal with the pandemic.  If only we had taken this seriously when we had the chance to get ahead of it. 

That was never going to happen.  Millions still refuse to social distance or wear a mask. 

[Moo Daeng]

2 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Agree with this but what people really need to realize is that there is a strong possibility that College sports could be cancelled next year as well. What on earth gives people any sort of inclination to believe that the virus in this country will be under control by then? Things are worse than what they were in March and don’t forget we have flu season around the corner. 

My hope is that we have a semi competent and functioning government by then.

[4Corners]

Just now, Moo Daeng said:

My hope is that we have a semi competent and functioning government by then.

Amen brother. This fall could be really really interesting in America. I still think the NFL season is going to be cancelled as well. 

[NanuqoftheNorth]

3 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

don’t forget we have flu season around the corner. 

Yeap, scientists have been warning for awhile now that things could get much worse once flu season hits.

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Agree with this but what people really need to realize is that there is a strong possibility that College sports could be cancelled next year as well. What on earth gives people any sort of inclination to believe that the virus in this country will be under control by then? Things are worse than what they were in March and don’t forget we have flu season around the corner. 

The only way football was going to happen is if we were able to get the pandemic under control as a nation. With the virus prevalent in society as a whole, there's nothing you can do that is going to make college football with their 125 player rosters and college lifestyles a reasonable option.

Fug the NCAA, but this one for once ain't on them.

[4Corners]

3 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

The NCAA doesn't do things like that. They don't organize anything. They just make money. The conferences are in the ones running the show.

Yup, agree here. there is no leadership in the NCAA. They print money and exploit student athletes. Nothing else. I’m sure there is some sort of massive insurance fund that the NCAA signed to protect the top 10% and fug over everyone else. 
 

for most of the NCAA schools - college football season, gate/TV/sponsorships/buy games, pay the bills and create enough revenue to fund the entire sports budget the entire year. This is going to be a knockout punch for a lot of athletic departments. Schools like tOSU, Texas, UNC, BAMA, etc will be able to handle it but schools like Akron U, East Carolina, UNC Charlotte, Buffalo, Bowling Green, etc.....man I would not want to be in a leadership position at those schools this fall because they are going to have a lot of restless nights. 

[4Corners]

10 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The only way football was going to happen is if we were able to get the pandemic under control as a nation. With the virus prevalent in society as a whole, there's nothing you can do that is going to make college football with their 125 player rosters and college lifestyles a reasonable option.

Fug the NCAA, but this one for once ain't on them.

I disagree here with your last part. The failure to plan, prepare and be proactive is 100% on the NCAA. They cancelled March Madness basically because a few teams said they weren’t going to show up, and then it became in t best interest of the NCAA to cancel. The NCAA has so much money and resources they could have had a better plan( not to mention almost 6 months of planning). Or at least not waited to the last minute to cancel the season which is what it looks like is going to happen. I’m sure Mark Emmert and his buddies won’t be affected by this but like I said this is going to be a super kick to nuts of a lot of athletic programs. 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

I disagree here with your last part. The failure to plan, prepare and be proactive is 100% on the NCAA. They cancelled March Madness basically because a few teams said they weren’t going to show up, and then it became in t best interest of the NCAA to cancel. The NCAA has so much money and resources they could have had a better plan( not to mention almost 6 months of planning). Or at least not waited to the last minute to cancel the season which is what it looks like is going to happen. I’m sure Mark Emmert and his buddies won’t be affected by this but like I said this is going to be a super kick to nuts of a lot of athletic programs. 

What plan would possibly work given the amount of virus circulating in the general population? Why make the cancellation call any sooner than absolutely necessary? Hell, maybe some wildly effective therapeutic would've come along in the meantime that made college football a viable option.

I hate to be put in a position to look like I'm defending the NCAA because that's not my intent, but they really were in a no win situation that was beyond their control with this one.

[4Corners]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

What plan would possibly work given the amount of virus circulating in the general population? Why make the cancellation call any sooner than absolutely necessary? Hell, maybe some wildly effective therapeutic would've come along in the meantime that made college football a viable option.

I hate to be put in a position to look like I'm defending the NCAA because that's not my intent, but they really were in a no win situation that was beyond their control with this one.

I don’t know what plan they could have created but my point is they floundered 5 months in creating one. In fact it looks like the only reason there won’t be a season now is because p5 leagues are opting out. It’s a tough, slippery slope here I’ll agree with you on that but we also have poor leadership from the NCAA which is to no ones surprise. 

[Moo Daeng]

The NCAA doesn't organize. They were never in a place to do so. They just exploit for profit. This was always in the hands of the conferences and that's exactly what we are seeing unfold. 

You can argue they should but they don't.

Without treating the students as employees I don't see how you  could ever pull this off.

[4Corners]

13 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

The NCAA doesn't organize. They were never in a place to do so. They just exploit for profit. This was always in the hands of the conferences and that's exactly what we are seeing unfold. 

You can argue they should but they don't.

Without treating the students as employees I don't see how you  could ever pull this off.

I mean I agree with this as well. The NCAA should be eliminated and this pandemic is more evidence. 

[CRA]

53 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

NCAA had ample time to create plans and viable options to avoid this. Big surprise, the NCAA wasn’t up to the task. I guess they bought into the trump logic that the virus would burn itself out with hot weather (LOL!) or just magically disappear (even bigger LOL). We are probably going to see some athletic departments completely disband in some schools. Bubba Cunningham, AD for UNC, said if college FB is cancelled this year Carolina would lose around $51 million dollars. Yowza. The NCAA is about as incompetent of a sports organization as there is. The people in charge are too rich for their own good. They probably want to cancel the season NOT because of Covid but because there are serious rumblings of the student athletes organizing and creating a sort of players union which absolutely strikes fear in the NCAA. 
 

NFL season is probably next. 

Think it was projected that Bama not having a season would be a 2 billion economic impact.   So it also extends well beyond  the schools themselves. 

But I don’t put that on the NCAA as much as I do others.