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I'm really excited for next year, we actually have something that we very rarely have, a very deep team.

A second wave could kill it though, the only way that I can see there being a season this year is if it hits in say July, lasts for 2 months then dies down, then maybe we could have a season, without a summer.

Then Fauci says that we'll need multiple vaccines.

Just keeping my fingers crossed
 
[quote="EliteBaller K" post=387133]I'm really excited for next year, we actually have something that we very rarely have, a very deep team.

A second wave could kill it though, the only way that I can see there being a season this year is if it hits in say July, lasts for 2 months then dies down, then maybe we could have a season, without a summer.

Then Fauci says that we'll need multiple vaccines.

Just keeping my fingers crossed[/quote]

Truth be told, coronavirus is an extremely low risk of serious illness for young people. Extremely low. College-aged kids should be able to go to school and play sports. The crowds and venues is a different story but the games being played by teams are of little danger to the students from all the data coming out.
 
[quote="MCNPA" post=387134][quote="EliteBaller K" post=387133]I'm really excited for next year, we actually have something that we very rarely have, a very deep team.

A second wave could kill it though, the only way that I can see there being a season this year is if it hits in say July, lasts for 2 months then dies down, then maybe we could have a season, without a summer.

Then Fauci says that we'll need multiple vaccines.

Just keeping my fingers crossed[/quote]

Truth be told, coronavirus is an extremely low risk of serious illness for young people. Extremely low. College-aged kids should be able to go to school and play sports. The crowds and venues is a different story but the games being played by teams are of little danger to the students from all the data coming out.[/quote]

It’s the refs, the coaches and the professors that the student athletes come into conduct with that you have to worry about. Hopefully case counts drop dramatically by November and this is more manageable.
 
[quote="Andrew" post=387135][quote="MCNPA" post=387134][quote="EliteBaller K" post=387133]I'm really excited for next year, we actually have something that we very rarely have, a very deep team.

A second wave could kill it though, the only way that I can see there being a season this year is if it hits in say July, lasts for 2 months then dies down, then maybe we could have a season, without a summer.

Then Fauci says that we'll need multiple vaccines.

Just keeping my fingers crossed[/quote]

Truth be told, coronavirus is an extremely low risk of serious illness for young people. Extremely low. College-aged kids should be able to go to school and play sports. The crowds and venues is a different story but the games being played by teams are of little danger to the students from all the data coming out.[/quote]

It’s the refs, the coaches and the professors that the student athletes come into conduct with that you have to worry about. Hopefully case counts drop dramatically by November and this is more manageable.[/quote]
And that this thread’s title matches the first sentence
 
[quote="Andrew" post=387135][quote="MCNPA" post=387134][quote="EliteBaller K" post=387133]I'm really excited for next year, we actually have something that we very rarely have, a very deep team.

A second wave could kill it though, the only way that I can see there being a season this year is if it hits in say July, lasts for 2 months then dies down, then maybe we could have a season, without a summer.

Then Fauci says that we'll need multiple vaccines.

Just keeping my fingers crossed[/quote]

Truth be told, coronavirus is an extremely low risk of serious illness for young people. Extremely low. College-aged kids should be able to go to school and play sports. The crowds and venues is a different story but the games being played by teams are of little danger to the students from all the data coming out.[/quote]

It’s the refs, the coaches and the professors that the student athletes come into conduct with that you have to worry about. Hopefully case counts drop dramatically by November and this is more manageable.[/quote]

Agree. The thing is though, that we have to assume there may never be a viable vaccine and approach things that way, because truth be told there may not be. Slowing the spread is great and necessary. But life’s inherent risk of going out and working won’t likely go away any time soon. Maybe fill every other seat at the arenas? I don’t know the right answer. Teachers etc will certainly be at risk much like even I am going to work at the hospital, with plenty of nurses etc that aren’t necessarily spry and young. Elderly need to take majority of precautions because stopping the spread is nearly impossible unless the elderly stay home with no contact at all. I hope the kids have a season and more important the kids go back to school in the fall and back to living in this world again.
 
If the elderly don’t go to games we won’t have to worry about social distancing at games
 
[quote="mjmaherjr" post=387138]If the elderly don’t go to games we won’t have to worry about social distancing at games[/quote]

Lol.. true in more ways than one.
 
[quote="MCNPA" post=387137][quote="Andrew" post=387135][quote="MCNPA" post=387134][quote="EliteBaller K" post=387133]I'm really excited for next year, we actually have something that we very rarely have, a very deep team.

A second wave could kill it though, the only way that I can see there being a season this year is if it hits in say July, lasts for 2 months then dies down, then maybe we could have a season, without a summer.

Then Fauci says that we'll need multiple vaccines.

Just keeping my fingers crossed[/quote]

Truth be told, coronavirus is an extremely low risk of serious illness for young people. Extremely low. College-aged kids should be able to go to school and play sports. The crowds and venues is a different story but the games being played by teams are of little danger to the students from all the data coming out.[/quote]

It’s the refs, the coaches and the professors that the student athletes come into conduct with that you have to worry about. Hopefully case counts drop dramatically by November and this is more manageable.[/quote]

Agree. The thing is though, that we have to assume there may never be a viable vaccine and approach things that way, because truth be told there may not be. Slowing the spread is great and necessary. But life’s inherent risk of going out and working won’t likely go away any time soon. Maybe fill every other seat at the arenas? I don’t know the right answer. Teachers etc will certainly be at risk much like even I am going to work at the hospital, with plenty of nurses etc that aren’t necessarily spry and young. Elderly need to take majority of precautions because stopping the spread is nearly impossible unless the elderly stay home with no contact at all. I hope the kids have a season and more important the kids go back to school in the fall and back to living in this world again.[/quote]

"The thing is though, that we have to assume there may never be a viable vaccine and approach things that way, because truth be told there may not be. Slowing the spread is great and necessary. But life’s inherent risk of going out and working won’t likely go away any time soon."

Exactly, they say it mutated 8 times atleast, if it keeps mutating then we won't ever have a vaccine. You can't keep cities closed forever. There's now atleast 33million jobless people who many of them lived from paycheck to paycheck and many of them are probably homeless, if this continues until after the summer many more will be homeless.
We'll open up eventually, but when the 2nd wave hits, does the country shutdown again?
 
Even us old coots pay attention when "Kawasaki-like" syndrome that could impact our grandkids is discussed. I don't think COVID19 is something to be minimized as a threat.
 
[quote="fuchsia" post=387147]Even us old coots pay attention when "Kawasaki-like" syndrome that could impact our grandkids is discussed. I don't think COVID19 is something to be minimized as a threat.[/quote]

That “Kawasaki-type” Illness is extremely, extremely rare. Not a big threat to most children. Literally only a handful of cases. Not trying to minimize it at all but the threat is stratifying based on age in a big way. You can look up data on:

[URL]https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page[/URL]

If you look at the NYC data under kids in either category of deaths, people in the 0-17 y/o age group are ringing in at zero cases per 100,000 in NYC. That’s not to say there are zero but rather not enough to be statistically significant number.
 
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[quote="fuchsia" post=387147]Even us old coots pay attention when "Kawasaki-like" syndrome that could impact our grandkids is discussed. I don't think COVID19 is something to be minimized as a threat.[/quote]

No one is minimizing the covid-19 threat, we all know it's a killer. Just saying eventually cities need to open and open businesses need to also. High risk people need to stay home, let low risk people go to work with a mask on.
 
[quote="EliteBaller K" post=387151][quote="fuchsia" post=387147]Even us old coots pay attention when "Kawasaki-like" syndrome that could impact our grandkids is discussed. I don't think COVID19 is something to be minimized as a threat.[/quote]

No one is minimizing the covid-19 threat, we all know it's a killer. Just saying eventually cities need to open and open businesses need to also. High risk people need to stay home, let low risk people go to work with a mask on.[/quote]

It's not an open or close situation. It's how much to open at what point. College sports will not be at the top of the essential businesses chain. And I can't see schools who don't have students on campus having athletes on campus unless they are prepared to admit the lack of amateurism in college football and bb and pay the kids.
 
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[quote="mjmaherjr" post=387138]If the elderly don’t go to games we won’t have to worry about social distancing at games[/quote]

And our attendance will be under 1k per game. ;)
 
Sadly, I think non conference play is going to be out of the questions this year and at the least we can hope for conference play in a bubble. Fingers crossed!
 
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[quote="austour" post=387172][quote="EliteBaller K" post=387151][quote="fuchsia" post=387147]Even us old coots pay attention when "Kawasaki-like" syndrome that could impact our grandkids is discussed. I don't think COVID19 is something to be minimized as a threat.[/quote]

No one is minimizing the covid-19 threat, we all know it's a killer. Just saying eventually cities need to open and open businesses need to also. High risk people need to stay home, let low risk people go to work with a mask on.[/quote]

It's not an open or close situation. It's how much to open at what point. College sports will not be at the top of the essential businesses chain. And I can't see schools who don't have students on campus having athletes on campus unless they are prepared to admit the lack of amateurism in college football and bb and pay the kids.[/quote]

College revenue producing sports is essential to a university's economic health. I am not certain of the exact number, but I believe St. John's has something like 600 scholarship athletes (I could be way off), which costs the university. I think the AD has 130 employees, but again I could be way off. Without revenue to support all of this, coaches and administrators could be furloughed or laid off, scholarships could be lost, etc. Imagine what the enrollment would be at schools with major sports programs should there be no high profile sports? Many kids choose a school based on big time athletics.

I think if at all possible a season will occur, likely without fans. I don't see the NCAA being the trial balloon for in person sports. Separating is not only seating. Imagine trying to separate even 1000 fans 6 feet apart as you enter or exit the stadium, or waiting on security clearance lines.

So long as there aren't Covid outbreaks among players and staff (a big if), I expect that the season will begin.
 
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