College Football on the Brink (BIG 10, PAC 12, MAC, MWC, UCONN, ODU, UMASS, FCS Fall Season Cancelled/Postponed to Spring)

[BudsOilers]

2 hours ago, wiscotitansfan said:

They have too much money to lose by forcing all teams to delay/cancel (they can't force institutions to play, those simply won't give a fuck if it comes down to a forfeit if that's the case) and don't want to get roped into a stance when the conversation is on everyone else. They'll eventually have something but that's after they can weigh all the circumstances and how it would change their bottom-line short and long term.

 

Same reason why NFL has dismissed brain injuries until there was absolutely nothing to do anymore to hide it, silence doesn't give people ammo to go after them because no one actually cares enough about player safety.

 

 

But isn't the majority of the money in the CFB playoffs and bowl games?  Sure, games like Alabama/LSU and Clemson will be watchable and get ratings but nobody gives a fuck about watching Duke play Wake Forest or Tennessee and Mississippi State.....

[Callidus]

2 hours ago, AvgJoe said:

You trust the fastest created vaccine in history? Not me and I’m pro vaccine. Too many potential long-term side effects and unknowns with how rushed this thing is. 

I am willing to die trusting russian scientists .....

[No1TitansFan]

9 hours ago, reo said:

 

As long as it goes through the testing process, yes. I wouldn't take the one Russia is claiming but I'd take one from the US or Europe. 

Not too make this political, but it will be approved by an agency headed by a political appointee in this country.

[reo]

1 hour ago, No1TitansFan said:

Not too make this political, but it will be approved by an agency headed by a political appointee in this country.

 

Yeah but that doesn't mean it doesn't go through the full testing process. 

[LongTimeFan]

Why is this thread in the NFL forum? @Jamalismsmove it to the right forum.

[pat]

1 hour ago, LongTimeFan said:

Why is this thread in the NFL forum? @Jamalismsmove it to the right forum.

Because there's no football I guess

[Starkiller]

And because it impacts pro football, too. 

[titanskick8851]

2 hours ago, LongTimeFan said:

Why is this thread in the NFL forum? @Jamalismsmove it to the right forum.

To generate some good discussion about it. As the others have said it also has a direct correlation and impact on the NFL.

[Starkiller]

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29656816/no-ncaa-championships-fall-due-coronavirus-pandemic
 

NCAA president Mark Emmert said on Thursday there won't be fall NCAA championships because there's not enough schools participating because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic -- a decision that impacts 22 championships, including FCS football.

 

"The Board of Governors also established if you don't have half of the schools playing a sport, you can't have a legitimate championship," Emmert said in a video posted on the NCAA's Twitter feed. "We can't in any Division I NCAA championship sport now -- which is everything other than FBS football that goes on in the fall. Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall, full stop."

[ctm]

There are something like 7 or 8 vaccines in stage 3 trials.  At some point, if people wait they are going to have a choice and some are likely to be better than others.

 

In addition, just because a vaccine completes stage 3 and is approved by the FDA doesn't mean its ready for mass distribution.  That's going to take at least a few months before it's locally available.

[AussieTitanFan08]

11 minutes ago, ctm said:

There are something like 7 or 8 vaccines in stage 3 trials.  At some point, if people wait they are going to have a choice and some are likely to be better than others.

 

In addition, just because a vaccine completes stage 3 and is approved by the FDA doesn't mean its ready for mass distribution.  That's going to take at least a few months before it's locally available.

 

Plus the first doses of any approved vaccine will go to front line health workers and the more vulnerable members of the community not NFL or CFB players and coaches.

[AussieTitanFan08]

 

[Lars]

There won’t be spring college football. No way it would work and the people floating it are complete idiots. 

[twitch28]

I say just start football on November 4th when COVID goes away.

[wiscotitansfan]

16 hours ago, AussieTitanFan08 said:

 

Plus the first doses of any approved vaccine will go to front line health workers and the more vulnerable members of the community not NFL or CFB players and coaches.

Sadly I disagree with that completely. Trump already paid Moderna to have 100M vaccines ready, you’re telling me he won’t make sure a couple thousand go out to pump millions into the entertainment industry?