It is over...likely by this Tuesday...see ya in the Fall of 2021

Commissioners of the Power 5 conferences held an emergency meeting on Sunday, as there is growing concern among college athletics officials that the upcoming football season and other fall sports can't be played because of the coronavirus pandemic, sources told ESPN.

Several sources have indicated to ESPN that Big Ten presidents, following a meeting on Saturday, are ready to pull the plug on its fall sports season, and they wanted to gauge if commissioners and university presidents and chancellors from the other Power 5 conferences -- the ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC -- will fall in line with them.

Sources told ESPN that a vast majority of Big Ten presidents have indicated that they would vote to postpone football season, hopefully to the spring. A Big Ten official confirmed to ESPN that no official vote took place during Saturday's meeting, but the presidents are set to meet again Sunday night.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...l-football

Lots of politics going on with The Big Ten. Told y’all this months ago.

The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

The pac 12 wasn't even going to have players to field teams w their boycott, too.

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

True. If anything, cancellation by B1G/PAC would be an incentive (to ACC/SEC/Big 12) to keep playing as scheduled.

I believe The SEC and ACC hold the course. Can’t see them, or The Big 12, going along with The Big Ten. The PAC most certainly will but no one else.

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

For every conference and every program that cancels, it only adds ammunition in liability if/when an athlete/coach contracts COVID, and either seriously falls ill as a result of it OR they pass it along to someone who is at-risk.

MAC is done. It looks like the MWC, B1G and, likely, PAC is done. Peer pressure will win out.

(08-09-2020 07:28 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  The pac 12 wasn't even going to have players to field teams w their boycott, too.

In terms of football and MBB, the PAC12 is now firmly entrenched as the fifth-best league among the P5. Barring some really dramatic P5-level realignment, that status won’t change for a long time. I’m not sure they even want it to.

(08-09-2020 07:30 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

For every conference and every program that cancels, it only adds ammunition in liability if/when an athlete/coach contracts COVID, and either seriously falls ill as a result of it OR they pass it along to someone who is at-risk.

MAC is done. It looks like the MWC, B1G and, likely, PAC is done. Peer pressure will win out.

Yup...tea leaves are blowing strong...yet still are in denial...and yes the Group of Five is talking as well...FYI...Pat Forde IMO isn’t a “Click Bait” guy...From SI:

Dominoes started falling in earnest Saturday when the Mid-American Conference postponed fall sports. The Big Ten followed with an announcement that it was pausing its scheduled progression to full-pads football practices. A well-placed source told SI Saturday, “I think by the end of the week the fall sports will be postponed in all conferences.”

Even that timetable might be accelerated. Sources told SI on Sunday that the Big Ten is moving toward a decision to cancel the 2020 fall season, while engaging other Power 5 conferences on a uniform decision to be announced later this week.

Group of 5 league representatives simultaneously were conferring to align their own timelines, a source said.

Both the Pac-12 and Big 12 have calls with league presidents on Tuesday night that might present the first scheduled opportunity for Power 5 leagues to formally vote on postponement. But other calls could be scheduled earlier.

https://www.si.com/college/2020/08/09/nc...e-canceled

(08-09-2020 07:30 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

For every conference and every program that cancels, it only adds ammunition in liability if/when an athlete/coach contracts COVID, and either seriously falls ill as a result of it OR they pass it along to someone who is at-risk.

MAC is done. It looks like the MWC, B1G and, likely, PAC is done. Peer pressure will win out.

All those bad things are going to happen whether they play football or not. Students, players, coaches---are going to get it over the next year whether they play or dont play. There are 5 million cases in the US to date---and virtually none of them have anything to do with sports. It a real life pandemic. There is no "safe" space. lol....This play or dont play hand wringing is little more than opting to run from the burning garage into the burning house.

(08-09-2020 08:52 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:30 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

For every conference and every program that cancels, it only adds ammunition in liability if/when an athlete/coach contracts COVID, and either seriously falls ill as a result of it OR they pass it along to someone who is at-risk.

MAC is done. It looks like the MWC, B1G and, likely, PAC is done. Peer pressure will win out.

All those bad things are going to happen whether they play football or not. Students, players, coaches---are going to get it over the next year whether they play or dont play. There are 5 million cases in the US to date---and virtually none of them have anything to do with sports. It a real life pandemic. There is no "safe" space. lol....This play or dont play hand wringing is little more than opting to run from the burning garage into the burning house.

I don't disagree at all. Canceling fall sports is just shifting the responsibility, but that - in a nut shell - is one of the most consistent trends of 2020. Once sports go, then topic shifts to in-person classes.

Not a good time at all.

(08-09-2020 08:52 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:30 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

For every conference and every program that cancels, it only adds ammunition in liability if/when an athlete/coach contracts COVID, and either seriously falls ill as a result of it OR they pass it along to someone who is at-risk.

MAC is done. It looks like the MWC, B1G and, likely, PAC is done. Peer pressure will win out.

All those bad things are going to happen whether they play football or not. Students, players, coaches---are going to get it over the next year whether they play or dont play. There are 5 million cases in the US to date---and virtually none of them have anything to do with sports. It a real life pandemic. There is no "safe" space. lol....This play or dont play hand wringing is little more than opting to run from the burning garage into the burning house.

Well the one thing football does is gather huge crowds that will tend to spread it in the community.

(08-09-2020 08:52 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:30 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

For every conference and every program that cancels, it only adds ammunition in liability if/when an athlete/coach contracts COVID, and either seriously falls ill as a result of it OR they pass it along to someone who is at-risk.

MAC is done. It looks like the MWC, B1G and, likely, PAC is done. Peer pressure will win out.

All those bad things are going to happen whether they play football or not. Students, players, coaches---are going to get it over the next year whether they play or dont play. There are 5 million cases in the US to date---and virtually none of them have anything to do with sports. It a real life pandemic. There is no "safe" space. lol....This play or dont play hand wringing is little more than opting to run from the burning garage into the burning house.

Well the one thing football does is gather huge crowds that will tend to spread it in the community.

We aren't going this year. We usually go to 3 or 4 Georgia games a season. Got to Austin for a game last year. Have friends in Athens whose Mom has had tickets for over 50 years. They and their Mom aren't going.

(08-10-2020 11:20 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 08:52 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:30 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

For every conference and every program that cancels, it only adds ammunition in liability if/when an athlete/coach contracts COVID, and either seriously falls ill as a result of it OR they pass it along to someone who is at-risk.

MAC is done. It looks like the MWC, B1G and, likely, PAC is done. Peer pressure will win out.

All those bad things are going to happen whether they play football or not. Students, players, coaches---are going to get it over the next year whether they play or dont play. There are 5 million cases in the US to date---and virtually none of them have anything to do with sports. It a real life pandemic. There is no "safe" space. lol....This play or dont play hand wringing is little more than opting to run from the burning garage into the burning house.

Well the one thing football does is gather huge crowds that will tend to spread it in the community.

There arent going to be any huge crowds. 25% capacity at most places(with social distanceing)---zero attendance at some stadiums---depending on local rules and school preferences.

(08-10-2020 12:08 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 11:20 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 08:52 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:30 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:23 PM)solohawks Wrote:  The SEC isnt going to act because the Big 10 is acting

For every conference and every program that cancels, it only adds ammunition in liability if/when an athlete/coach contracts COVID, and either seriously falls ill as a result of it OR they pass it along to someone who is at-risk.

MAC is done. It looks like the MWC, B1G and, likely, PAC is done. Peer pressure will win out.

All those bad things are going to happen whether they play football or not. Students, players, coaches---are going to get it over the next year whether they play or dont play. There are 5 million cases in the US to date---and virtually none of them have anything to do with sports. It a real life pandemic. There is no "safe" space. lol....This play or dont play hand wringing is little more than opting to run from the burning garage into the burning house.

Well the one thing football does is gather huge crowds that will tend to spread it in the community.

There arent going to be any huge crowds. 25% capacity at most places(with social distanceing)---zero attendance at some stadiums---depending on local rules and school preferences.

Texas, last I saw was 50%. That's 50,000 people. At 25%, that's still 25,000 people. That's a huge crowd.

If everybody else cancels fall sports, could the SEC choose to play football anyway? If they were to play a full 12 game schedule all within the conference but without fans, they would still make a fortune from ESPN as the only game in town. Then the question would be whether their conference champion could claim a National Championship.

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Just got a text from a Big Ten spokesman. "No vote has been held by our presidents and chancellors." Hence, the Big Ten watch continues.

(08-10-2020 12:30 PM)ken d Wrote:  If everybody else cancels fall sports, could the SEC choose to play football anyway? If they were to play a full 12 game schedule all within the conference but without fans, they would still make a fortune from ESPN as the only game in town. Then the question would be whether their conference champion could claim a National Championship.

All you need is for Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio St. to go Indy and play SEC schools and there's all your normal playoff participants.