Chance of Football in 2020

Some more on the NCAA's grant of an extra year for athletes in the Spring sports.

IF you stay at your school, you do not count against the numbers or scholarship limits (so, for example, Texas Softball gets Miranda Elish back, and pays her scholarship, but it does not count against the 12.5 allotted to softball).

IF you transferred schools, you do count against the new schools numbers and scholarship limits.

Thus, assuming it stays the same for fall sports (including football), then it will likely decrease the numbers of transfers because it'll cost them scholarship money and a countable roster spot. Without this rule, Alabama would probably have 150 scholarship players for one season,

 

And somewhere Tom Osborne is asking, "What's the big deal, I had 200 for years"

 

I prefer horns fans other wise horn fans makes me think of porn fans.

 

The sitename hornyfans.com is taken already
For better or worse

 

Check out the next 3 graphs. Does anyone believe stadiums at 25% every 2 weeks will be noticeable? Also note how FL is following AZ and Texas is following FL.

 

How the hell we ever tamed the frontier becomes more mysterious by the day. For roughly the last month prevention has been increased where I live in the greater Nashville area and I've come down with a case of the sniffles despite being required to wear a mask. Bunch a horsecrap.

 

As a Nashville resident, totally agree. Cooper purposively killing the economy.

 

Every athletic director in the Big 10 voted in favor of playing football this season
And Kevin Warren knew it

To make matters even worse, McKewon reported that the most powerful ADs in the conference were left out of the decision making process. Most notably, Wisconsin’s Barry Alvarez and Ohio State’s Gene Smith “were left out of key discussions that shaped the league’s decisions.”​

Do you still think the topic that shall not be mentioned played no role?

REPORT: Every Big 10 Athletic Director Was Against Canceling Football

 

Great quote ide, no way we do that today.

I’ve come down with something too while here in Nashville area and my ‘virtual’ visit insisted I take a Covid test. Reluctantly I gave in, not painful but certainly uncomfortable enough I’m glad I do not have to take it regularly like our players. My smellers and tasters are still fine so don’t believe I have it but sure feel lousy.

 

Add one more story to support the get on and get with it thesis.
OU now struggling with covid after overly-cautious and tepid initial approach while UT has gone through the wave and moved on to some ball...
Report: One Sooners position group wiped out by COVID test

 

You guys are fools. OU is purposely infecting one position group at a time. That’s how you do it.

 

Oh yeah... more riley genius

 

FDA authorizes Abbott's $5 rapid COVID-19 test

50 million tests to be shipped in October. B10 could have every fan take this test prior to entering the stadium. The test reports the results to your phone to show authorities if needed.

 

Should be the game changer that lifts all the restrictions, but will it? We know the answer.

 

There’s a good chance there will be an OTC covid test by Oct 1. Why didn’t B10 wait? Why didn’t they look at the charts of the states that surged before the Midwest states (which are now falling)? They can start the practice TODAY and make the first weekend game in October.

 

Can't say because, you know, West Mall and all.

 

Almost 1000 tests for Big Blue. 0 positive results.

 

Since it appears Big 10 ADs were in favor of playing football. the decision not to play was made at a level above their heads.
But there is no record of a vote by school presidents either, nor even an admission that there was a vote.
Some players have grouped together to sue. They wont be able to change the outcome but hopefully they can force a release of the details. Most of these people work for state institutions and, thus, the public has a legal right to those records. You would think the media would have already made FOIA requests and/or sued but I guess they dont want to know the answer. Or perhaps they already know.

Huskers players sue Big Ten over postponement

 

Transparency for thee but not for me. ********.

 

It is interesting - not playing sports the rest of this year in the Big 10 is a huge decision with massive financial implications. And yet, no one really knows who decided it or why.

 

BigTen has been a one man show for years. Delaney was strong and knew what he was doing, like the TV contract that he used to nail the networks. His replacement has made a liar out of me. I swore no one could be as clueless and incapable as Bowelsby, but the BigTen commissioner proved me wrong. Look for him to be working for the NCAA in Indianapolis very soon.

 

From what I've seen, the PAC at least whitewashed their decision with various doom and gloom statements from medical types and made a joint decision. The Big just seems to have played follow the PAC from the league commissioner's office, and now has to try to explain how they decided to lose out on what, 50 million, 100 million, dollars of TV and game day revenue, all while having the same expenses for the rest of the year.

 

And yet they are unduly and irresponsibly hindered from competing in the sport they have all devoted themselves to. Smh

 

President Trump calls on Big Ten to reverse ‘disgraceful’ football season cancellation

Just my observation from the western gulf, Houston to New Orleans, most Covid decisions seem driven by politics not medicine. I heard Biden blamed Trump for Big decision and Trump calls the decision 'disgraceful".

No one seems to care that the Pac canceled as well because the Pac states really aren't in play. Kinda crazy.

On another note I believe the cancelations by Big 10 and Pac will kill them for a long time for not trying. Shows a complete lack of commitment.

 

Follow the money trail, which few are capable of doing, but no one seems to care.

 

I wonder if anyone in California will sue over this?
heh

 

It appears that not only were ADs taken out of the loop, they were all instructed not to talk about it