[quote="Section9" post=407287][quote="MarkRedman" post=407171][quote="Section9" post=407106][quote="Beast of the East" post=407091]Learned about this last week. I guess Butler will revise its 25% of capacity in game attendance policy.[/quote]
The BE should establish a conference wide policy that mandates that until all teams can have fans in attendance, then no fans allowed. It's not fair for certain schools to have a homecourt advantage because they arbitrarily decide to allow fans in the seats.[/quote]
Your statement is incorrect - schools do not "arbitrarily decide to allow fans in the seats"
They are permitted to do so (or are not) by the guidelines established by their state
In Florida, for example, the state is pretty much open so some fans are permitted to attend
The Florida State game on ESPN right now has fans in the stands, a live pep band, etc.
In most states, including New York, fans are not permitted to attend sporting events
The same applied to college football - some schools had fans in the stands while many did not[/quote]
Okay, if I remove "arbitrarily", will that work for you? My point is that within the BE there should be a conference-wide policy that prohibits fan attendance until all schools/state guidelines can permit it..[/quote]
I guess if it were only about competition you would be right. We are in a pandemic, and universities are no different than any other business in terms of needing revenue. If a team hs to shut down and not practice for 2 weeks because of Covid, should all league teams follow suit? Your position seems obvious until you think about it. Everyone is just trying to get through this thing and maintain health and fiscal solvency.