Could the AAC cancel the fall 2020 season and compete in the Spring of 2021 with a 6 or 8 game schedule along with most of the other conferences?

(08-18-2020 03:17 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  Could the AAC cancel the fall 2020 season and compete in the Spring of 2021 with a 6 or 8 game schedule along with most of the other conferences?

6 of the 10 fbs conferences are playing football..."most" of the other conferences are playing in fall

if your asking if its a possibility.. its an extremely strong possibility...no one in the aac has ruled it out.. if 1 more p5 drops to spring we are likely to follow..(and/or a bad breakout early in the season)

if your asking if its feasible..a true spring season is not feasible..(12-14 football games from march till june..practice for 2021 starts in june... whoever does this is putting themselves at huge disadvantage for TWO years)...zero recoup time

but ive taught about this ..a late winter season is actually feasible..a 7 -8 game season from late January to early march is possible and i think it addresses alot of the issues with spring ..except that a vaccine might not be approved by then.. but the nfl should have already played their season by then, so live football will be seen as less an issue by the general public perception wise

Given what has happened with the MLB schedule, it is likely that the CFB schedule will be the same with many games cancelled. (NFL as well). I know that this is not the AAC, but ODU has cancelled the fall season, Rice and FIU have pushed back their starting dates this fall, what's next? Things could be better in the spring, no guarantees though. But if a vaccine or treatment is available, that may be a better option. At least the schools could recoup some of their financial losses, and maybe keep going in the future.

No one is playing in the Spring, it's just death by a thousand paper cuts. They don't want all their fans and boosters to give up hope. It's Fall or nothing, it always has been

(08-18-2020 04:13 PM)IamYourDad Wrote:  No one is playing in the Spring, it's just death by a thousand paper cuts. They don't want all their fans and boosters to give up hope. It's Fall or nothing, it always has been

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(08-18-2020 04:13 PM)IamYourDad Wrote:  No one is playing in the Spring, it's just death by a thousand paper cuts. They don't want all their fans and boosters to give up hope. It's Fall or nothing, it always has been

Exactly. Nobody is actually going to play football in the spring. The real question is--Which schools and what sports will still be governed by the NCAA in fall of 2021?

I think a lot of administrators have had it with the NCAA's arrogant bumbling. Its not enough that the NCAA did little to help the schools prepare for fall football---now the NCAA seems to be actually trying to make it harder for the 6 conferences that want to try. The reality? If the 6 FBS conferences succeed in playing a fall football season---they are actually--to a significant extent---proving they really don't need the NCAA anymore. That may be the real reason the NCAA seems to be dead set against ANYONE playing this fall.

(08-18-2020 04:29 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  

(08-18-2020 04:13 PM)IamYourDad Wrote:  No one is playing in the Spring, it's just death by a thousand paper cuts. They don't want all their fans and boosters to give up hope. It's Fall or nothing, it always has been

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Agree

(08-18-2020 04:29 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  

(08-18-2020 04:13 PM)IamYourDad Wrote:  No one is playing in the Spring, it's just death by a thousand paper cuts. They don't want all their fans and boosters to give up hope. It's Fall or nothing, it always has been

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You are entitled to your opinion. But if things keep going the way they are going now and don't get any better. Then there will be no football in the fall of 2020, period. Many schools will have to get out of the football business altogether and some will have to permanently close their doors because of their deficits. Spring 2021 football offers a lot of schools the ability to recoup some of those expenses. If you are correct, a lot of institutions are doomed.

(08-18-2020 06:22 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  

(08-18-2020 04:29 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  

(08-18-2020 04:13 PM)IamYourDad Wrote:  No one is playing in the Spring, it's just death by a thousand paper cuts. They don't want all their fans and boosters to give up hope. It's Fall or nothing, it always has been

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You are entitled to your opinion. But if things keep going the way they are going now and don't get any better. Then there will be no football in the fall of 2020, period. Many schools will have to get out of the football business altogether and some will have to permanently close their doors because of their deficits. Spring 2021 football offers a lot of schools the ability to recoup some of those expenses. If you are correct, a lot of institutions are doomed.

If they play in the spring, then both you and those administrators are being totally disingenuous with respect to players safety being of foremost importance. Nothing will be different with regard to Covid. The danger of heart inflamation after suffering from a virus will still exist (its always been a danger). Worse yet, the administrators suddenly would be comfortable with playing an additional 8-10 games in a 10 month period (when the reason given for no 8 team, playoff was "player safety" concerns because just TWO teams would play ONE extra game in a 12 month period). The idea is DOA---its just going to take a little time for these administrators to feel comfortable with telling alums there will be no football in the 2020-2021 season.

You are correct if indeed nothing is different with regard to Covid. The assumption is that something will be done to fix the Covid virus. And playing 6-8 games in the spring of 2021 and 6-8 games in the fall of 2021 should not be much if any harder on the players than the current spring training and 12-13 game fall schedule plus a bowl game. After all the seasons are about 6 months apart.

(08-18-2020 08:57 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  You are correct if indeed nothing is different with regard to Covid. The assumption is that something will be done to fix the Covid virus. And playing 6-8 games in the spring of 2021 and 6-8 games in the fall of 2021 should not be much if any harder on the players than the current spring training and 12-13 game fall schedule. After all they are about 6 months apart.

shorting the fall 2021 season after taking a huge final hit in 2020 would be the death blow to ncaa...2021 has to be full season full attendance or not even the p5 will survive

whatever plan you are making has to account that there will be a full 2021 season

(08-18-2020 08:57 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  You are correct if indeed nothing is different with regard to Covid. The assumption is that something will be done to fix the Covid virus. And playing 6-8 games in the spring of 2021 and 6-8 games in the fall of 2021 should not be much if any harder on the players than the current spring training and 12-13 game fall schedule. After all they are about 6 months apart.

We have had and been saying this assumption since March that "something will be done" with Covid. And here we are in the middle of August. Covid won't magically disappear by Spring, and you will add on even more health concerns by not allowing players to recover for the Fall. They will need to play two seasons in a calendar year and on top of that you will interfere with Spring sports such a college basketball. The whole thing would be an even bigger mess than it already is. It's just not realistic

You may be right. It all depends on WHEN we get a handle on COVID-19. The Big 10 and Pac 12 are betting on spring football. If there is no football this fall, I would rather see it in the spring than wait until next fall. And I think most colleges would agree that it would make more sense financially.

(08-18-2020 05:05 PM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  

(08-18-2020 04:29 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  

(08-18-2020 04:13 PM)IamYourDad Wrote:  No one is playing in the Spring, it's just death by a thousand paper cuts. They don't want all their fans and boosters to give up hope. It's Fall or nothing, it always has been

This

Agree

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(08-18-2020 03:17 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  Could the AAC cancel the fall 2020 season and compete in the Spring of 2021 with a 6 or 8 game schedule along with most of the other conferences?

This keeps popping up, so I'll keep reminding everyone "that you cannot play 2 football seasons in the same calendar year".

But of course, I could be wrong.

(08-18-2020 04:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-18-2020 04:13 PM)IamYourDad Wrote:  No one is playing in the Spring, it's just death by a thousand paper cuts. They don't want all their fans and boosters to give up hope. It's Fall or nothing, it always has been

Exactly. Nobody is actually going to play football in the spring. The real question is--Which schools and what sports will still be governed by the NCAA in fall of 2021?

I think a lot of administrators have had it with the NCAA's arrogant bumbling. Its not enough that the NCAA did little to help the schools prepare for fall football---now the NCAA seems to be actually trying to make it harder for the 6 conferences that want to try. The reality? If the 6 FBS conferences succeed in playing a fall football season---they are actually--to a significant extent---proving they really don't need the NCAA anymore. That may be the real reason the NCAA seems to be dead set against ANYONE playing this fall.

^^^^ YES ^^^^

There's a lot of wishful thinking in this thread. Some people stick their heads in the sand.

(08-21-2020 07:17 PM)SMUstang Wrote:  There's a lot of wishful thinking in this thread. Some people stick their heads in the sand.

Or maybe they just disagree with your POV.

(08-23-2020 02:08 PM)TripleA Wrote:  [quote='SMUstang' pid='16957293' dateline='1598055432']
There's a lot of wishful thinking in this thread. Some people stick their heads in the sand.

Or maybe they just disagree with your POV.
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I am not saying I am right. I am just pointing out that a lot of other conferences inside and outside the FBS are planning on spring football. The AAC has moved all fall sports to spring except football. We are still in a pandemic. Nothing has changed. The hope is that it will before spring.

(08-26-2020 07:06 AM)SMUstang Wrote:  

(08-23-2020 02:08 PM)TripleA Wrote:  [quote='SMUstang' pid='16957293' dateline='1598055432']
There's a lot of wishful thinking in this thread. Some people stick their heads in the sand.

Or maybe they just disagree with your POV.
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I am not saying I am right. I am just pointing out that a lot of other conferences inside and outside the FBS are planning on spring football. The AAC has moved all fall sports to spring except football. We are still in a pandemic. Nothing has changed. The hope is that it will before spring.

And you're assuming the AAC moved the sports due to Covid. They didn't. They moved them b/c the NCAA canceled fall sports championships.

Read Aresco's quotes on it. In another thread where the OP made the same wrong assumption. You're entitled to a different opinion, but back it up with verifiable facts, not incorrect assumptions.

As for spring football, that's a joke, just a way of calming the masses before they cancel it anyway, b/c nobody in his right mind is going to play two football seasons in 6 months.

Oh, and something big HAS changed. Covid death rates per capita are WAY down. Cases are even starting to fall, but cases without deaths and without overwhelming our hospitals don't pose a threat worse than any number of other things that usually kill us.

Not to mention, there are plenty of articles from medical officials that continued shutdowns are way more deadly than Covid, especially in younger age groups.

Finally, many medical officials have said football players are safer under testing protocols than they are just hanging out in the community with their buddies.

I have no issue with differing opinions. I take issue with statements made based on no data or false assumptions. That's when I say something.