Players reporting to campus/football season

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I certainly don't want to start another 10 page thread on the ins/outs, good/bad, smart/stupid reasons kids reporting to campus, but I do have a question for the informed posters: as players report to campus and athletic facilities, it is inevitable that multiple kids will contract the c-19. In a round-about way, isn't that a good thing..........eventually?

Hopefully, the poster with "Dumb" in his profile won't hijack the thread with multiple linked articles..........
 
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OffTackleVol said:
I certainly don't want to start another 10 page thread on the ins/outs, good/bad, smart/stupid reasons kids reporting to campus, but I do have a question for the informed posters: as players report to campus and athletic facilities, it is inevitable that multiple kids will contract the c-19. In a round-about way, isn't that a good thing..........eventually?

Hopefully, the poster with "Dumb" in his profile won't hijack the thread with multiple linked articles..........
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Yes and no. Vague I know, but you have some players such as Trey Smith that has a condition which makes him very vulnerable to serious complications from Covid-19. As much as I would love to see him play this season I don't think he will (personal opinion he can make his own decison).
 
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Yes and no. Vague I know, but you have some players such as Trey Smith that has a condition which makes him very vulnerable to serious complications from Covid-19. As much as I would love to see him play this season I don't think he will (personal opinion he can make his own decison).
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Yes, realize Trey is in the high risk group. So, this could pretty much end his career, professionally included.
 
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OffTackleVol said:
I certainly don't want to start another 10 page thread on the ins/outs, good/bad, smart/stupid reasons kids reporting to campus, but I do have a question for the informed posters: as players report to campus and athletic facilities, it is inevitable that multiple kids will contract the c-19. In a round-about way, isn't that a good thing..........eventually?

Hopefully, the poster with "Dumb" in his profile won't hijack the thread with multiple linked articles..........
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5 BAMA PLAYERS HAVE JUST TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS .
 
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OffTackleVol said:
I certainly don't want to start another 10 page thread on the ins/outs, good/bad, smart/stupid reasons kids reporting to campus, but I do have a question for the informed posters: as players report to campus and athletic facilities, it is inevitable that multiple kids will contract the c-19. In a round-about way, isn't that a good thing..........eventually?

Hopefully, the poster with "Dumb" in his profile won't hijack the thread with multiple linked articles..........
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If it means anything...and it probably doesn't...my daughter is a D1 swimmer, and her coach has told the team that swimming plan is to follow football. I don't know if football players have a different mindset than swimmers, or maybe just my daughter, but she's really apprehensive towards wanting to get thrown into the close proximity swim practice, and doesn't want to be part of a build to herd immunity. I'd be curious to know how football players REALLY feel about being the poster children for the first effort at operational NCAA sports since the shut down. I'd suspect feelings are mixed. As adults, we have formed opinions all over the spectrum...all based upon our life experiences and proximity to impacts of covid. Football players, in particular, usually have more of an invincible mentality, so most of them are probably ready to get after it...who knows.
 
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OffTackleVol said:
I certainly don't want to start another 10 page thread on the ins/outs, good/bad, smart/stupid reasons kids reporting to campus, but I do have a question for the informed posters: as players report to campus and athletic facilities, it is inevitable that multiple kids will contract the c-19. In a round-about way, isn't that a good

I ask myself a simular question everytime I drive by Walmart every day in my small town. The parking lot looks like Christmas Eve. My County has had about 40 cases for a couple of months and social distancing is almost void. My town is located between Nashville and Chattanooga right off 24. One would think the numbers would be higher and Im not so sure there not. I quess lack of testing in rural areas may be the reason and that might be a good thing.
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If it means anything...and it probably doesn't...my daughter is a D1 swimmer, and her coach has told the team that swimming plan is to follow football. I don't know if football players have a different mindset than swimmers, or maybe just my daughter, but she's really apprehensive towards wanting to get thrown into the close proximity swim practice, and doesn't want to be part of a build to herd immunity. I'd be curious to know how football players REALLY feel about being the poster children for the first effort at operational NCAA sports since the shut down. I'd suspect feelings are mixed. As adults, we have formed opinions all over the spectrum...all based upon our life experiences and proximity to impacts of covid. Football players, in particular, usually have more of an invincible mentality, so most of them are probably ready to get after it...who knows.
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The TN CDC reports 2 fatalities and 3,000 cases of CoVid 19 for the under 21 years old age group. That’s a fatality rate of 0.06% for <21 year olds known to have the virus. The actual fatality rate is likely much lower than 0.06% due to asymptomatic/untested cases.

I have a son playing high school football in TN, and hopefully in college one day. He started team conditioning this week in groups of 9 or less, like thousands of other ballers across the state.

Life is a risk. I’m way more concerned about head and neck injuries than a serious repercussion from him catching the virus. That’s just my view.

Good luck to your daughter.
 
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OffTackleVol said:
I certainly don't want to start another 10 page thread on the ins/outs, good/bad, smart/stupid reasons kids reporting to campus, but I do have a question for the informed posters: as players report to campus and athletic facilities, it is inevitable that multiple kids will contract the c-19. In a round-about way, isn't that a good thing..........eventually?

Hopefully, the poster with "Dumb" in his profile won't hijack the thread with multiple linked articles..........
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I don’t think “good” is the word, maybe expected.

The scarring of lungs is my issue for these young men. If that really is a thing.
 
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Athletes will receive better care on campus than @ home. Daily testing, physicians and trainers on site daily, nutritional meals provided and many other resources.
My 17 yr old twins are NOW allowed to hang out with friends and go to work. While my wife and I remind them of social distancing Etc, we can’t be with them 24/7.
The virus is horrible but the mental impact for our youth is concerning.
 
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I don’t think “good” is the word, maybe expected.

The scarring of lungs is my issue for these young men. If that really is a thing.
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It’s an upper respiratory condition and doesn’t scar the lungs. Where do some of you people come up with this crap? It’s become beyond ridiculous.
 
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BigBadVol said:
It’s an upper respiratory condition and doesn’t scar the lungs. Where do some of you people come up with this crap? It’s become beyond ridiculous.
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My son was asking me about it and I’ve asked several times on here and have gotten several different answers.

That’s why I posted... if that is really a thing.

Didn’t mean to upset you. Just trying to look out for mine while figuring out what’s up.
 
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