milehiiu Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 I feel badly about how this pandemic has impacted college athletes. Looked like De'ron Davis was well on his way to play in his first NCAA tournament. Only to have it taken away from him... due to the virus. What's to say that other college athletes in all kinds of sports will also be robbed of finishing out their athletic college careers ? Darned Pandemic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrangerHoosier Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Don't cling to the hope that football will actually be played in the spring. They're just kicking the can down the road at this point. I guarantee the second week of January the same university presidents will again vote to delay the season until the fall. Good luck trying to determine eligibility, bowl games, etc. Not to mention the enormous budget deficits this will cause. Guess I'll be canceling my YouTube TV subscription now that it's all but certain there won't be any fall sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, IUskim said: So will it be the big ten and the pac 12 playing each other in the spring while the sec acc and big 12 play this fall Maybe...play the rose bowl for the spring NC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, GrangerHoosier said: Don't cling to the hope that football will actually be played in the spring. They're just kicking the can down the road at this point. I guarantee the second week of January the same university presidents will again vote to delay the season until the fall. Good luck trying to determine eligibility, bowl games, etc. Not to mention the enormous budget deficits this will cause. Guess I'll be canceling my YouTube TV subscription now that it's all but certain there won't be any fall sports. It went up like $15 anyways....way to kick people when they are down Google! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dgambill Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Probably right but it is easier to protect 15 players than a 110 So who protects these kids at home? It’s not like people aren’t already getting the virus running around town already. Safest place these kids can be besides the International Space Station is in a sports bubble where they are taking precautions and testing regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 years in a row with no march madness. Winter sports wont be played either. no vaccine by then. The Big Ten had 5 months to figure this out and failed. Kevin Warren should go. One stupid choice after another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Just now, dgambill said: So who protects these kids at home? It’s not like people aren’t already getting the virus running around town already. Safest place these kids can be besides the International Space Station is in a sports bubble where they are taking precautions and testing regularly. Well for football u can't play in the bubble so you will be traveling around the country. Look at the mistakes that the baseball players are making so far during the season and causing all sorts of problems with the schedule. The reason the NBA is going well because they are actually in a bubble and they are not allowed to go out of that bubble. You think all of these football players while on campus will stay in their rooms when they are not at the facilites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Indykev said: 2 years in a row with no march madness. Winter sports wont be played either. no vaccine by then. The Big Ten had 5 months to figure this out and failed. Kevin Warren should go. One stupid choice after another. Bowing to media pressure. I do think they will have a vaccine this winter....but college kids would be the last to get it. Front line, nursing home, and at risk adults would go first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, dgambill said: So who protects these kids at home? It’s not like people aren’t already getting the virus running around town already. Safest place these kids can be besides the International Space Station is in a sports bubble where they are taking precautions and testing regularly. Actually, social distancing at the Space Station is kind of difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, IU Scott said: Well for football u can't play in the bubble so you will be traveling around the country. Look at the mistakes that the baseball players are making so far during the season and causing all sorts of problems with the schedule. The reason the NBA is going well because they are actually in a bubble and they are not allowed to go out of that bubble. You think all of these football players while on campus will stay in their rooms when they are not at the facilites. Meaning they are kept separate from the other college students in separate housing and would charter private travel along with quarantined to their hotel rooms night before. It isn’t perfect but much safer than running around the way most kids are right now at the beach, night clubs, house parties, etc. Athletes would be strictly monitored at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Just now, 5fouls said: Actually, social distancing at the Space Station is kind of difficult. Well if they get tested before going up shouldn’t be any virus up there lol. Unless China is testing up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, RoadToZion said: What. A. JOKE! A Rabbi and a Priest walk into a bar.... Oh wait, you said WHAT a joke, not WANT a joke, Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 At a loss for words. Absolute zero leadership shown today or the last 5 months by Kevin Warren and whoever else he's been speaking with. If the idea is to look out for best interests creating a bubble on a campus for these student athletes is the only way to go. Now you just send them out with the other 40,000 students. Great plan. And for the crowd who thinks these same people will come up with a plan for hoops??? Kidding yourself. The long term damage done to the Big 10 today will be impossible to trace. What recruit in the very least wouldn't be thinking about ACC, SEC, Big 12 over Big 10 in football...and potentially hoops. Great plan Big 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierJax Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Why cant they play in a "bubble" or with no fans like nascar...hell the Sturgis bike rally happened with over 60,000 ppl attended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGIUAndy Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 The sad thing is this could have been prevented if the entire country followed the protocols being suggested in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, dgambill said: Meaning they are kept separate from the other college students in separate housing and would charter private travel along with quarantined to their hotel rooms night before. It isn’t perfect but much safer than running around the way most kids are right now at the beach, night clubs, house parties, etc. Athletes would be strictly monitored at school. It would be about impossible making those players stay in while all the other students are on campus. How are you going to monitor 110 players for 24 hours a day. I could see the big ten in basketball being able to go to one site and setting up a bubble because you are only dealing with 15 players. Also it is easier to play multiple games in a day in one venue in basketball than it is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrangerHoosier Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, OGIUAndy said: The sad thing is this could have been prevented if the entire country followed the protocols being suggested in March. Kidding yourself. This is fear-based bullsh1t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 I get all the people being upset but I feel most of us are just being selfish because we won't get to watch football in the fall. I don't think we as fans really care about the long term ramifications that can come from this virus so we just want to see football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, GrangerHoosier said: Kidding yourself. This is fear-based bullsh1t. No if everyone would have done what we were supposed to do we would still not be dealing with this 4 months later. if people wasn't so selfish and they wore mask and did not go against closing down the country so much we could had slowed this virus way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said: The sad thing is this could have been prevented if the entire country followed the protocols being suggested in March. Yes but at some time we would have to go back to our lives as normal. Once we did that won't it come back at some point? The virus would still be out there and people would still be traveling in and out of the country. It would return eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, HoosierJax said: Why cant they play in a "bubble" or with no fans like nascar...hell the Sturgis bike rally happened with over 60,000 ppl attended Hard to play football in a bubble like the NBA because you would need numerous field sin one location. When you have 110 players and all of the staff it is hard to keep all of those teams in one area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 minute ago, dbmhoosier said: Yes but at some time we would have to go back to our lives as normal. Once we did that won't it come back at some point? The virus would still be out there and people would still be traveling in and out of the country. It would return eventually. Not if they totally closed the country for about 8 weeks because the virus would have fissiled out since it wouldn't have come into contact with many people. If everyone wa sin quarantine for 8 weeks it could not spread since everyone would have been inside by themselves or families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Listened to part of the presser after the announcement was made. Kevin Warren is a real smooth talker that can make it appear that he actually is providing information, when in reality he's just a spin doctor. Dave Revsine from the B1G Network repeatedly asked him what had changed from 6 days ago when the schedules were released, and he was as evasive as could be. He was also asked about what specific statistics they were referencing to determine that things in the B1G footprint were getting worse, and again, nothing. The only bit of meaningful information that was divulged was in the concern over the number of myocardia cases that have resulted from having covid. However, in hearing from other medical experts, myocardia can be caused by many different viruses, so if that's what they're hanging their hats on to justify this decision, that's weak, imo. Finally, Warren was asked who voted to play, and he refused to answer. Already, Nebraska has come out and said they are evaluating the situation, Ohio St. is set to come out with a statement shortly, and there will probably be others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Listened to part of the presser after the announcement was made. Kevin Warren is a real smooth talker that can make it appear that he actually is providing information, when in reality he's just a spin doctor. Dave Revsine from the B1G Network repeatedly asked him what had changed from 6 days ago when the schedules were released, and he was as evasive as could be. He was also asked about what specific statistics they were referencing to determine that things in the B1G footprint were getting worse, and again, nothing. The only bit of meaningful information that was divulged was in the concern over the number of myocardia cases that have resulted from having covid. However, in hearing from other medical experts, myocardia can be caused by many different viruses, so if that's what they're hanging their hats on to justify this decision, that's weak, imo. Finally, Warren was asked who voted to play, and he refused to answer. Already, Nebraska has come out and said they are evaluating the situation, Ohio St. is set to come out with a statement shortly, and there will probably be others. Let Nebraska go to another conference because they shouldn't have been in the conference in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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