(08-21-2020 09:41 AM)DavidSt Wrote: (08-20-2020 12:10 PM)EigenEagle Wrote: One player got the covids? That's it, cancel the season, I'm now convinced.
Send them home or just let them to team workouts, practice all Fall semester with no strict testing protocol.
This shows how you and others who wants football this fall. You care more about the sport, and do not give a damn about the health and well being of the players. This is not just one player. There are now more than a dozen players with this heart condition caused by this virus, and most are from the Big 10.
Respectfully, I think it is much deeper and more complicated than that.
Every state, every college, every campus, every student body is different. However, by taking away college sports (like football for example) for the student-athletes - and completely disregarding the wants and needs of the fans - is that truly the best decision, for health purposes? By taking away structured athletic activities, activities that could be held under respective state guidelines and proper health protocols, we are removing outlets for young adults to not only socialize safely, but also engage in healthy athletic participation that allows for physical health and well-being too. You, David, have made repeated notes of obese football players being at-risk. What if, by taking away these structured activities, more football players (because they are not eating properly under program-given nutrition guidelines or stop working out more by being remote) do, in fact, become obese (and leading to more risk of COVID)? In addition, by taking away these structured activities (like football), what will young adults, like those in college, turn to? They could turn to more drinking, more involvement with drugs, more partying and more unstructured and unsafe gatherings that would not have been overseen by a college/university athletic department. And that does not even cover the access these student-athletes could have in-terms of on-campus health resources (physical and-or mental well-being).
For all of these decisions being made in the name of student-athlete safety, I question whether or not the potential unintended consequences could be, possibly, more severe. I genuinely fear for the younger population today, especially since 1 in 4 has considered harming them self since the start of the pandemic. For all the decisions being made to "protect" people during the pandemic, very few have considered the long-term consequences of ignoring the physical and mental health component (especially in the young adult population).
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13...mic-394832
I think there is generalized thought that "If we cancel fall sports, like football, and cancel in-person learning, like at colleges, that all students will then automatically conform to safer habits, like isolating and staying home". I do not think that is accurate or true at all.