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2020 CU football season POSTPONED until Nov 6th?
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ahoelsken
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The only take in this post that is close to correct is the one on the Pac 12-and I'd amend it slightly. The Pac 12 just got backed into a corner with the B1G's return. They now have to do something-even if that means having Stanford, Cal, USC, and UCLA play out of state.
I am glad that you clarified because 233 likely has problems with math since he thinks we’re out of the woods...
Arizona has been using the Quidel machine for months and has administered 25k tests already. This isn't some prototype that takes weeks to ensure accuracy. They work, they are portable, they are faster, more accurate, more efficient, and cheaper than the NFL PCR tests.
Promising results from initial use of the Covid-19 antigens tests central to Pac-12 football’s return
The University of Arizona has been using Quidel Corp.’s rapid-result antigen tests for months and found them to be as accurate as PCR tests in detecting Covid-19.
www.mercurynews.com
Pac 12 AD’s don’t get them for a couple weeks though.Arizona has been using the Quidel machine for months and has administered 25k tests already. This isn't some prototype that takes weeks to ensure accuracy. They work, they are portable, they are faster, more accurate, more efficient, and cheaper than the NFL PCR tests.
Promising results from initial use of the Covid-19 antigens tests central to Pac-12 football’s return
The University of Arizona has been using Quidel Corp.’s rapid-result antigen tests for months and found them to be as accurate as PCR tests in detecting Covid-19.
Duke couldn't pass up a paycheck from Norte Dame to pay the salary of their basketball coaches.
Or maybe they care more about money than danger...
hawg1
Well-Known Member
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Correct. But they still need to be delivered, trained, validated with manufacturer’s specs according to P12 protocol.Arizona has been using the Quidel machine for months and has administered 25k tests already. This isn't some prototype that takes weeks to ensure accuracy. They work, they are portable, they are faster, more accurate, more efficient, and cheaper than the NFL PCR tests.
Promising results from initial use of the Covid-19 antigens tests central to Pac-12 football’s return
The University of Arizona has been using Quidel Corp.’s rapid-result antigen tests for months and found them to be as accurate as PCR tests in detecting Covid-19.
hawg1
Well-Known Member
But it’s fun to scream into the void.
There can still be a plan formulated and communicated. This isn’t a wait and see situation
They communicated this when they announced the testing deal. They then said there were still local governments prohibiting 6 teams from practicing. Do you just want them to put out a daily status report that says the same thing?
hawg1
Well-Known Member
You don’t like plan communicated?
I'm talking about putting out some kind update that says as soon as daily testing capabilities for all athletes are being administered, practices can resume and here is a tentative schedule for season kickoff.
What plan? "We are currently waiting on California health officials"?
jpbuff
Well-Known Member
Every damn college out there cares more about money than danger. Otherwise everything would be online and we wouldn't have students on campus. But they have to get those dorms filled to the brim and get those classrooms full.
If they can get this done safely, then I'm for it. But the ripping of the Pac12 is just silly, and most of you are using it in a not so subtle manner to take political shots at various states and to advance you agenda.
This is a global pandemic for a highly contagious and deadly virus. Those are the facts. The Pac-12 made a decision - the correct decision imo - based on the data available at the time. You might think that the SEC and ACC has it figured out with their rampant infection numbers, but those infection numbers are contributing to the pandemic, and they have and will contribute to deaths. Every 2 months we get the 'see it isn't a big deal' crowd crawling out from their holes to crow about the fact that the numbers are low again, yet they ignore that 200k people have died and the numbers are low again because of measures taken by public health officials. To maintain and continue those low numbers, you have to continue to adhere to those protocols. Things didn't magically get better because you wished it to be so.
Now, if the data is showing the Big10 that they can do proper testing and play sports in a safe manner, then go for it. But blaming any state or school for not participating in amateur athletics is just stupid.
This is a global pandemic for a highly contagious and deadly virus. Those are the facts. The Pac-12 made a decision - the correct decision imo - based on the data available at the time. You might think that the SEC and ACC has it figured out with their rampant infection numbers, but those infection numbers are contributing to the pandemic, and they have and will contribute to deaths. Every 2 months we get the 'see it isn't a big deal' crowd crawling out from their holes to crow about the fact that the numbers are low again, yet they ignore that 200k people have died and the numbers are low again because of measures taken by public health officials. To maintain and continue those low numbers, you have to continue to adhere to those protocols. Things didn't magically get better because you wished it to be so.
Now, if the data is showing the Big10 that they can do proper testing and play sports in a safe manner, then go for it. But blaming any state or school for not participating in amateur athletics is just stupid.
Do some of you think there is a possible path forward this fall/winter, or is shutting completely down the only possible outcome to move forward?
Rapid testing seems to be a game changer to me and that seems to be what state and local health agencies are wanting (at least in California). Along with correct protocols from state and local health departments, I like to believe there is a path forward.
Rapid testing seems to be a game changer to me and that seems to be what state and local health agencies are wanting (at least in California). Along with correct protocols from state and local health departments, I like to believe there is a path forward.
They have done that though. They said the tests will be available later this month and they are waiting for clearance from health officials in two states to remind practice. I don’t know how it can be more clear than that.
hawg1
Well-Known Member
I posted a six game path yesterday starting 11/14. It’s doable IMO.
Thanks. Some have been very vocal that shutting down is the only path forward to a spring season, so I'm just curious if that has changed
Nice try, clownface. Couldn't even respond directly to my post owing your moronic arguments. The difference between Ivy League universities and those found in the ACC, SEC, Big 12, and Big 10 is that the AD is subordinate to the academic administration in the Ivy League, but the situation is reversed (or at least at equipoise) in the others.If that's too many words for you to understand, just think of this: those genius with N for knowledge on their helmets were hell-bent on playing no matter what. That makes you just like them. So, are you a husker?
There was no windfall of money from ND with this partnership, plus television revenues will be down due to less games. Not to mention that revenue from this football season will likely go toward additional costs surrounding Covid and to help cover lost revenue across an AD as a whole.
GuySmiley
Don't Drink the Kool-Aid
With the B1G's decision, I see the PAC either moving forward in late October/November with 5 games, or no football until next fall. Who is really left to place the Spring season anyways?
