UConn opts out for Football
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Saw the article on the IU player who got Covid and was pretty sick. Now UConn opts out. Are they going to opt out of classes also? What happens when all the sports teams do not play but these athletes get Covid from the general school population and get sick? Young people do not social distance very well and they like to party. Are these schools going to then close down or just isolate the affected?
bwifan
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Was really holding out hope but getting worried now there won't be a season... I would gladly take a 6 game season but even that seems like a stretch now
It just feels like a matter of time before it’s called off.
Do you really think in person classes are going to be a go? All it's going to take is student or professor to get sick and it's online.
Well in UConn's defense, they are an independent, (I think this was their first year) and as of today, 6 of their 12 games were cancelled against P5 opponents/Maine. So, they have a 6 game schedule and doubtful they will make enough money "to keep the lights on this year".
Since it looks like P5 are playing conference only schedules, they were left out in the cold. Other independents (save ND and BYU) might have been/are in the same boat. (ND already on an ACC schedule). UMass, Liberty, New Mexico State may be facing a similar decisions.
So, I assume cancelling the season is not the same thing as cancelling the program, ala SMU or UAB. So, the kids can't transfer without penalty (?).
Since it looks like P5 are playing conference only schedules, they were left out in the cold. Other independents (save ND and BYU) might have been/are in the same boat. (ND already on an ACC schedule). UMass, Liberty, New Mexico State may be facing a similar decisions.
So, I assume cancelling the season is not the same thing as cancelling the program, ala SMU or UAB. So, the kids can't transfer without penalty (?).
Colleges will get into October when the sh!t hits the fan... not one college I know of is scaling back enrollment to the point where they’d be able to pull in-person instruction off this fall, one has even admitted it to me.... it’s gonna be a shit-show w/o 100% single occupancy residence halls and disciplined practices for campus life and instruction
Colleges in rural areas w/o adequate primary care hospitals will be most-vulnerable should things go really south as their Campus-based health centers prepared to treat chlamydia and other urinary-tract infections will have their heads spinning when, god forbid, kids start coming in with symptoms
BYU has lost six games and no other conference they have approached will treat them like the ACC/ND model.
Uconn may be an independent, but this could be the start of a trend. For instance, Rutgers has 28 players testing positive, and that limits their ability to compete. But the most important issue is the health and welfare of players and staff, and playing a season simply puts more people at risk. One infected lineman huffing and puffing during a game puts everyone at risk. I expect that the grown-ups will eventually cancel the season, money be damned.
