Football Cancelled: Ivy League

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"This time, four months after the Ivy League tipped the first domino of the college sports shutdown, don’t expect the fallout to be as unanimous or swift among the power conferences. Especially not in the SEC.

“Follow the money” is a good philosophy for analyzing any decision, and the Ivies’ decision is the latest example. The Ivy League doesn’t offer its players scholarships to play football. Meanwhile, SEC schools averaged more than $1.3 million in recruiting expenditures alone during the 2018 fiscal year."- David Ubben
 
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I’m still optimistic that it will happen. This really doesn’t affect many Power 5 schools at all. There may be a hole in a schedule but those can easily and quickly be filled with alternates.
 
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dduncan4163 said:
I'll honestly be shocked if we have CFB this fall. COVID is spreading too fast and time is running out. Gonna be a extra long offseason. I hope I'm wrong but it is what it is
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We're all hopeful...I was hoping for at least conference, and maybe play every other week to allow for an ability to quarantine, but just don't think there's any way, with cases ramping up like they are. And, it's not just the increased testing, it's the increase in %...granted, most kids would have little impact, but they're not getting paid, and there's certain risk for coaches and families. Like you said, timeline isn't lining up. I do think NFL plays, to some degree.
 
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SNAFU said:
"This time, four months after the Ivy League tipped the first domino of the college sports shutdown, don’t expect the fallout to be as unanimous or swift among the power conferences. Especially not in the SEC.

“Follow the money” is a good philosophy for analyzing any decision, and the Ivies’ decision is the latest example. The Ivy League doesn’t offer its players scholarships to play football. Meanwhile, SEC schools averaged more than $1.3 million in recruiting expenditures alone during the 2018 fiscal year."- David Ubben
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Thank you. Like I said this is apples to oranges. Follow the money!

Rudy Gobert has the biggest impact of cancelling sports more than anything . Let’s stop pretending the Ivy League has anything to do with us . $$ makes the world go round.
 
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SNAFU said:
"This time, four months after the Ivy League tipped the first domino of the college sports shutdown, don’t expect the fallout to be as unanimous or swift among the power conferences. Especially not in the SEC.

“Follow the money” is a good philosophy for analyzing any decision, and the Ivies’ decision is the latest example. The Ivy League doesn’t offer its players scholarships to play football. Meanwhile, SEC schools averaged more than $1.3 million in recruiting expenditures alone during the 2018 fiscal year."- David Ubben
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One thing for sure, is SEC will be the last hold out. There's also a real chance that some Governors make the decisions for individual schools...though that's a sure fire way not to get re-elected.
 
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It’s not looking good right right now I expect the SEC and the rest of the power 5 conferences to wait till Aug 1st probaly before making a final decision. This virus isn’t going away anytime soon either and how long is it gonna take for the vaccine to be ready.
 
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dduncan4163 said:
I'll honestly be shocked if we have CFB this fall. COVID is spreading too fast and time is running out. Gonna be a extra long offseason. I hope I'm wrong but it is what it is
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I agree I thought we would be in better shape at this point but this thing is running wild in the South now it sucks gonna be a really long offseason
 
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hardyemt_p said:
Yep, hate to say but having football season looks slim. Virus is spreading like wild fire.
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Not to be pedantic, but is the virus spreading or, had the virus spread significantly months ago and the higher volume of tests are now confirming this? And do the number of positive tests (no surprise) make it look like the virus is spreading like wildfire? The important question that no one seems to want to ask is, "What is the status of all of these people testing positive for COVID-19 now?" Do they have symptoms, are they ill and if they are ill, how ill are they - are they "at home with flu-like symptoms" or are they hospitalized or in the ICU? And what is the mortality rate associated with all of these positive tests? I'm betting it's pretty low overall and likely close to what we see with other viruses. This is a very important point and it is not being discussed. And how many repeat tests have been done to confirm the first positive test was not actually a false-positive? Look at PGA Tour player Cameron Champ - he tested positive once, then had three consecutive negative tests - was never ill and was allowed to resume playing two weeks later. I'm not saying this virus is not serious and shouldn't be taken seriously - it is and should be. But like most things this day and age, the story/narrative here is incomplete and over-hyped most likely for political and economic reasons. Ask yourself, who benefits from this going on and on? And could the seriousness and grave assessments of this virus suddenly change sometime in mid-November - wouldn't surprise me at all. At some point though, common sense is going to have to prevail and we get on with life or we will be living this episode of our lives over and over for a long, long time. Wear your masks, wash your hands, be smart and let's play ball. GBO.
 
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Behr said:
Why do you and others care so much if someone wants to wear one or not? How do you determine if someone is legitimately (according to you) wearing a mask, or was "cowed" into wearing one?
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Hey Behr. What is the rule/law in SW FL?

In Sarasota County you must wear a mask. Next door in Manatee County (Bradenton) you don't. Personally, I don't like them but that's mainly because I wear glasses. and they fall off.
 
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