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2020 CU football season POSTPONED until Nov 6th?

I’d think the P12 and MWC are max two weeks away from announcing spring football. UCLA, USC, Furd, Cal, SDSU, SJSU, Fresneck are all in counties in the naughty list and I don’t see any way they get the required 14 consecutive days off the naughty list for at least 4-6 weeks to even consider opening in person school.
 
My brother told me last night the high schools down in Texas even pushed back the season. He coaches and teaches there. If they are doing that down there, no telling what other parts of the country are planning, high school or college.
 
Football Oversight Committee wants NCAA Board of Governors to delay decision of fall sports championships Friday.

If Board of Governors cancels VB, XC, etc fall championships, it will be a blow for College football. Committee begging for more time.
 
patebuff said:
Initially, I thought a spring season would give enough time to make adjustments and give time for this to die off or at least be manageable. Plus, having football in the fall (nfl) and college in the spring would be awesome. Now, I think that is probably something that is complete fantasy. Even with a vaccine, its going to be some time before everyone has this available to them. This isn't going away any time soon and the same risks are still there in the spring, even if infection rates go down. Its got to really suck being a college president and AD. You are basically weighing two options that is almost ruin in both scenarios. Regardless of what you do, you have massive amount of liability involved with support spread even and criticism even on both sides.

Do you postpone the season to the spring, which almost certainly will be cancelled again? Or do you go forward in the fall with protocols in place to hopefully mitigate infections?

Whether we want to believe it or not, there is no correct solution and I truly believe moving to the spring just kicks the can down the road to possible financial ruin for your AD and potentially to your School. The alternative is how much risk do you take if a player/student gets sick and has long term effects or even death? These same issues will still be there in the spring regardless of where we are at with numbers and a vaccine.

At this point, I think Schools are taking the best approach and waiting till the last moment. I am doubtful there is a fall season, but I do think that is probably the best approach. If you need to shut down, shut down, but I am not sure making that decision before hand makes any sense. Have the correct protocols in place, test when you need to, disallow any fans, and have as much flexibility as you need to keep everyone safe. We can do this, even in the fall.

Ultimately, this boils down to how entitled Americans are and really sucks that we can't make small sacrifices for the betterment of all. Something I truly love and care about is more than likely going away, or best case going to be drastically changed forever. Sucks and sucks that Americans really do suck right now.
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We can all do our parts to stop this-I had a fiery convo yesterday with a guy I golf with sometimes on the subject of masks. He's a big Trump supporter. One of the "I believe in freedom, so I'm against masks" idiots we've all seen. Thinks this is all a hoax. Told him basically I don't feel safe being around or exposing my family (my father has played with us before) to people who think like you do-so until you change your thinking, don't bother asking me to play golf or anything social.

I think the NFL can do what MLB is doing easily, and they'll play on time. CFB? Depends. I think our guy Chris Fowler has been right all along, though-we will have some sort of season at some point during this calendar year. What it's going to look like? Who knows.
 
New Mexico's governor has asked both New Mexico and New Mexico State to postpone fall sports. Basing this on the last time I watched New Mexico play football-but social distancing at a game for either school didn't appear to be a problem.
 
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hawg1 said:
Football Oversight Committee wants NCAA Board of Governors to delay decision of fall sports championships Friday.

If Board of Governors cancels VB, XC, etc fall championships, it will be a blow for College football. Committee begging for more time.
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is there an impact on FBS D1 here or only for FCS and lower divisions?
 
TSchekler said:
Literally no restriction in Alabama for high school sports. I wonder if we’re going to see an SEC season by itself with other conferences delaying to Spring.
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my first thought is that if they do, and can pull it off, it could put them even further ahead of the rest of college football in terms of branding and marketing advantage.
 
ahoelsken said:
New Mexico's governor has asked both New Mexico and New Mexico State to postpone fall sports. Basing this on the last time I watched New Mexico play football-but social distancing at a game for either school didn't appear to be a problem last year.
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Good Lord man, it never has been. Their only claim to fame somewhat recently is Brian Urlacher. Hell, it's a basketball school anyway.
 
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Daaah said:
Cal has gone to all online classes following a COVID outbreak.

sfist.com

UC Berkeley Reverts To Online-Only Classes After Frat Party Outbreak and a Local COVID-19 Spike

"After weeks of developing a very elaborate plan for a hybrid model in the fall, we decided after we had a serious fraternity outbreak, that it was just too risky to teach face to face," said UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ in a letter to students on Tuesday.
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That is the nail in the coffin. No physical classes means no football at Cal...and the rest of the conference.
 
Duff Man said:
No fan limitation is wild.
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Obviously Florida, Georgia and Texas are the 3 big states for Big 12 and SEC, but if those three follow the same Alabama high school protocols, I can't see any way those two conferences don't play in the Fall. Very unlikely that high school and NFL happen as normal and CFB says "nah, we're waiting until Spring".
 
TSchekler said:
Obviously Florida, Georgia and Texas are the 3 big states for Big 12 and SEC, but if those three follow the same Alabama high school protocols, I can't see any way those two conferences don't play in the Fall. Very unlikely that high school and NFL happen as normal and CFB says "nah, we're waiting until Spring".
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Yeah. If they have HS sports they sure as hell will have college sports
 
TSchekler said:
Obviously Florida, Georgia and Texas are the 3 big states for Big 12 and SEC, but if those three follow the same Alabama high school protocols, I can't see any way those two conferences don't play in the Fall. Very unlikely that high school and NFL happen as normal and CFB says "nah, we're waiting until Spring".
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It just seems crazy to me. I think it is obvious football is driving the bus on a lot of these decisions, but a sport like cross country has a ****load of participants as well. Safety measures are going to be really hard to implement.
 
Duff Man said:
It just seems crazy to me. I think it is obvious football is driving the bus on a lot of these decisions, but a sport like cross country has a ****load of participants as well. Safety measures are going to be really hard to implement.
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The difference is that universities can afford to skip a cross country season. A lot can't afford to skip a football season.
 
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