There will be football... for 2-3 weeks max before games start getting postponed due to opposing teams having exposures. Let's be serious here lol, if your starting QB tests positive your entire offense is now on a 14 day quarantine. If he tests positive
after playing a game, so is the entire defense of the team they just played. Considering no one is wearing masks and that football "bubble" goes out of the window when the rest of students return to school, how long is it really before this happens to at LEAST one team? Then what do you do, forfeit the next two games and hope they test negative by the third week? Does that even sound realistic?

(07-16-2020 06:30 PM)AlwaysSunny Wrote:  There will be football... for 2-3 weeks max before games start getting postponed due to opposing teams having exposures. Let's be serious here lol, if your starting QB tests positive your entire offense is now on a 14 day quarantine. If he tests positive
after playing a game, so is the entire defense of the team they just played. Considering no one is wearing masks and that football "bubble" goes out of the window when the rest of students return to school, how long is it really before this happens to at LEAST one team? Then what do you do, forfeit the next two games and hope they test negative by the third week? Does that even sound realistic?

Compelling logic really, if our political-medical leadership continues to view Covid-19 as an epic killer. No way to maintain this social distancing, mask wearing, closed society approach while going to class, playing football & attending games. I'd rather see our leadership take the approach of Sweden, continue normal life, open schools & treat illness like every other "epidemic" we've seen in recent history. If not call it off now. The election will bring about a massive turn around in thinking but that will be too late for football this fall.

(07-16-2020 06:46 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(07-16-2020 06:30 PM)AlwaysSunny Wrote:  There will be football... for 2-3 weeks max before games start getting postponed due to opposing teams having exposures. Let's be serious here lol, if your starting QB tests positive your entire offense is now on a 14 day quarantine. If he tests positive
after playing a game, so is the entire defense of the team they just played. Considering no one is wearing masks and that football "bubble" goes out of the window when the rest of students return to school, how long is it really before this happens to at LEAST one team? Then what do you do, forfeit the next two games and hope they test negative by the third week? Does that even sound realistic?

Compelling logic really, if our political-medical leadership continues to view Covid-19 as an epic killer. No way to maintain this social distancing, mask wearing, closed society approach while going to class, playing football & attending games. I'd rather see our leadership take the approach of Sweden, continue normal life, open schools & treat illness like every other "epidemic" we've seen in recent history. If not call it off now. The election will bring about a massive turn around in thinking but that will be too late for football this fall.

There is no reason that students in general, let alone athletes can't have the ability to do remote learning in this age. You 100% could bubble the football/basketball teams if they were willing to do it.