The SEC is trying to form a super-conference with the ACC and Big12

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PlanetVolunteer said:
Covid case totals down to its lowest since June 26th!

Deaths lowest in three weeks!

LET THEM PLAY
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I honestly don't think you can link the decision to play or not to play based on percentage ups or downs in the general population. The players and staff will have to be isolated at an extreme level because a single positive in your team or close contact support staff will shut you down.

Its a combination of the money to be made, versus the loss if no season occurs, plus factor in the extreme cost of making it work. Remember, you can't house all these teams and play in one place a la the NBA. The cost to isolate 100 people for 11 or 12 weeks so as to play a ten game season, plus travel, is going to be huge.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I honestly don't think you can link the decision to play or not to play based on percentage ups or downs in the general population. The players and staff will have to be isolated at an extreme level because a single positive in your team or close contact support staff will shut you down.

Its a combination of the money to be made, versus the loss if no season occurs, plus factor in the extreme cost of making it work. Remember, you can't house all these teams and play in one place a la the NBA. The cost to isolate 100 people for 11 or 12 weeks so as to play a ten game season, plus travel, is going to be huge.
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Practically not doable. There is no way to unravel this situation that will work unless something dramatically changes. And that isn't happening either.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I honestly don't think you can link the decision to play or not to play based on percentage ups or downs in the general population. The players and staff will have to be isolated at an extreme level because a single positive in your team or close contact support staff will shut you down.

Its a combination of the money to be made, versus the loss if no season occurs, plus factor in the extreme cost of making it work. Remember, you can't house all these teams and play in one place a la the NBA. The cost to isolate 100 people for 11 or 12 weeks so as to play a ten game season, plus travel, is going to be huge.
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sounds to me like an advertisement for athletic dorms with online learning.
 
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bamawriter said:
I haven't read every line of these contracts, but it's unlikely that choosing to postpone the season due to a global pandemic would render the contract null and void. I'm sure there will be some negotiations regarding whether ESPN, Fox, etc get an option for an extra year and perhaps some other stuff along those lines, but the contract itself will still be in effect.
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Many contracts have an "act of God" clause that gives both parties an out for issues/events like COVID. I am not sure, however, that would automatically nullify a long term contract. I think the big question is who is going to pay OSU, Mich et cetera to play in the SEC in 2020? They sure as heck don't deserve a cut of the SEC media money.
 
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Blah blah blah

Point being is the, virus has been trending down for a couple weeks now and at worst is spreading amongst the young who brush it off like nothing.

We are forming a herd immunity folks.
 
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One of the classic misdirections of social media is to respond to a stance by taking it to its logical extreme, then decrying it.

And so taking necessary caution with COVID is called out as living in fear.
 
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zaqhhh said:
Your presumption is wrong lol, I too was laid off (worked for a University after graduating the year before with my MPH). People are going to catch COVID yes. We do need to MINIMIZE spread though. Until a vaccine has been developed and administered.

There is a reason why other countries have done so well with this. Not everything is some big media conspiracy. Wear a damn mask, edit your routine a bit, and yes it will be inconvenient. Suck it up and deal with it for a bit and we will be better off in the long run.

Look I am clearly a sports fan as well. But sports are not that important in the grand scheme of a pandemic.
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Tell that to the kid who's spent his whole life planning to go pro with the prospect of making millions of dollars for his family.
 
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vols 30 said:
But if you don't play, doesn't that nullify TV contracts?
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I'm sure there is some kind of insurance or clause in place for contract issues due to force majeure. Just like in baseball teams have insurance policies on their high dollar players so if they have a devastating injury and have to quit then the insurance pays their salary and not the club.
 
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vols 30 said:
But if you don't play, doesn't that nullify TV contracts?
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The bottom line is that if youre not opening up the stadium and players arent on campus or practicing and nobody is travelling to away games then the operating budget can go dramatically down. Basically just paying the coaches salaries etc. Once you decide to play, money starts flying out the door and if you dont have fans in the stands then you have little ability to fill the gaping deficit in your budget.
 
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Dumbledorange said:
But sports are not that important in the grand scheme of a pandemic.



It would go like this. "Kid, stop planning. Life is MUCH greater than a silly football season/game."
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Pride85 said:
Well, antiviral vaccines boost some portion of your immune system, ie general increase in reaction to any antigen or specific aspects (b-cell, t-cell, antibody etc) viral vaccines (flu shot) introduce a piece of a ground up virus, denatured virus or seriously weakened virus to help your body produce antibodies. Either of these vaccines require a properly functioning immune system to be effective. The most at risk group for this virus are those with compromised immune systems. Good enough?
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The bold is true for just about every vaccine there is. Plenty of people with weakened immune systems are able to be vaccinated anyway.
 
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1 in 102 455 said:
I’m not saying that lawsuits would not be filed over COVID, but the fact is proving causation would be near impossible. There is simply no way to prove engaging in a specific activity caused or contributed to contracting the virus. And as for employees in Tennessee, workers compensation would be the sole remedy.
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Lawsuits would be filed after the fact, likely years from now, when we may well have discovered that playing football gives players a much higher chance of contracting the virus. Think CTE
 
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Dumbledorange said:
One of the classic misdirections of social media is to respond to a stance by taking it to its logical extreme, then decrying it.

And so taking necessary caution with COVID is called out as living in fear.
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And attempting to live your life while mitigating the threat like an intelligent person is called out as being part of the problem. This isn’t a one sided fallacy.
 
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