NCAA should allow teams to do “spring practice” in May-June.
by 1NDGal (2020-03-14 11:23:05)
Edited on 2020-03-14 11:30:18
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Or June-July. The players are on campus almost all summer anyway for classes and “voluntary” workouts.

I don’t know what to do about teams like Clemson who had 5+ practices in before the shutdown. Impossible to make a perfectly level playing field.

I think the players really look forward to the Spring Game. It’s goofy, it’s loose, they get to run out of the tunnel, minimal tackling. And I’m sure that, after months of zero sports anywhere, fans will come to watch. Delightful South Bend mid-summer weather notwithstanding.

Recruiting visits can happen during that time as well.

Skipping the spring cycle altogether would be such a huge loss for teams’ and players’ development.

This might go on for several months. Fall season in jeopardy
by Frank Drebin  (2020-03-16 11:15:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

We are in uncharted waters. College football might be the very least of our concerns these next few months
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by 1NDGal  (2020-03-16 18:02:40)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

H1N1 in US: 60 million infected, 273k hospital, 12k died
by Btd  (2020-03-16 14:52:32)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

We are not even remotely close to uncharted territory. What’s new is the irrational panic this time around. We didn’t even begin to act in 2009 until after the first 1000 people were already dead in the US.

This virus is following the exact same flow as previous ones. Death rate is dropping, they already are using new treatments based on antibodies of people that beat it, etc.

This is serious - but the reaction to it has been dramatically overblown compared to the 2009 pandemic that killed orders of magnitude more people 20% of US was infected.

The US acted within a week of H1N1 being discovered. *
by Leeroy_Jenkins  (2020-03-16 16:31:37)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

No, we didn't. 6 months before national emergency declared *
by Btd  (2020-03-16 22:47:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

5000 H1N1 tests were done in the first month with 1 mil...
by localirishfan  (2020-03-17 10:57:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

...being sent out in the first 5 months. Obama declared a public health emergency on April 26 (first case in the US confirmed April 15th) and declared the national emergency in October.
If it is that soon
by MBOIRISH  (2020-03-14 14:29:51)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I could supply toilet paper for the hole team....
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by DBCooper  (2020-03-14 16:41:34)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Just typed it and pressed
by MBOIRISH  (2020-03-14 18:45:05)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

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by Beaknd  (2020-03-14 21:31:51)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Flush that thought...* *
by MBOIRISH  (2020-03-15 10:21:32)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Still too early to know whether that's feasible *
by garbageplate  (2020-03-14 12:21:38)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post