(05-12-2020 08:37 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  The CSU System just suspended Fall semester in-person instruction. Here's an article about how it may have a ripple effect for other athletic programs:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/co...121272001/

I admit, I didn't think we'd be in this position by Fall. Tarleton announced last week they are committed to re-opening all campuses. What are your schools' position for Fall re-opening? Do you think we will see all of our Fall sports seasons in the WAC?

Tarleton State:
https://fortworthbusiness.com/education/...-semester/

GCU's president stated recently that there is actually a lot of pressure coming from student and parent advisory boards to return to campus in the Fall. It looks like GCU is on track for face-to-face instruction in the Fall semester, perhaps with some significant modifications.

Some of the ideas include splitting classes that meet multiple times weekly into smaller groups of students. By doing so, you could have just half or a third of the class attend lectures in-person any given day of the week while everyone else remotely logs into the lecture. Professors would also transition to virtual office hours. There was also talk of leveraging the Phoenix weather from mid-October through April and moving instruction to outdoor meeting areas if/when possible.

Most relevant to our conversations here is the past about large group gatherings. For GCU, that's things like weekly chapels and Athletics events. It sounds like there is still a lot that is up in the air to be decided in the next 90 days, but it sounds like word out of NCAA President's meetings is to expect athletic events with no fans in attendance for at least the entire Fall semester.