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The 2020 College Football Season

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"An LSU infectious diseases expert seemed to call out the decisions by the Big Ten and Pac-12 as part of a Q&A with The Athletic.

"I would say we have seen enough to develop a safe plan. They have not," Dr. Catherine O'Neal said.

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Not to disparage Dr. Neal at all, but if she had opined it wasn't safe to play college football this fall, I'm not sure she'd be representing the SEC much longer," said Tom Mars, a prominent Arkansas-based attorney who has battled the NCAA on eligibility issues.
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https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...tensifies-as-no-one-can-get-on-the-same-page/
 
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If the B1G reverses course by some miracle it will only happen for one reason: the powers that be are afraid of the long term backlash from how they have handled this. They have to be aware of how bad they look currently.
 
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Jake said:
I don't think they care. The safest course of action is the road they've chosen, consequences be damned.
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Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease so to speak.

The fall out from this decision will be massive if the other 3 conferences are able to have a season. But it’s more than that, it’s the perception of HOW they handled the process. It’s been a massive cluster fuck.

If I’m one of the Presidents then I use the excuse of the new saliva test to reverse the decision and then also postpone the season a little more this fall saying “it’s a fluid situation and we are monitoring it daily” and if they handled it right they can pull out of this tailspin of public perception.

They way this has been handled is an absolute mess. If the other 3 conferences navigate it somehow the long term impact could be incredibly damaging.
 
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Let’s not forget college football, at its historic core, was a regional game anyway for decades. National champions were crowned by voters who likely never saw all of the teams. Big schools played regional teams as independents. If it goes back that direction, it’s not the end of the world...maybe it’s gotten too big.
 
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Bucklion said:
Let’s not forget college football, at its historic core, was a regional game anyway for decades. National champions were crowned by voters who likely never saw all of the teams. Big schools played regional teams as independents. If it goes back that direction, it’s not the end of the world...maybe it’s gotten too big.
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I believe everything you said is true. I do not see big money letting any reversal happen.
 
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Jake said:
The playoff is never going away as long as the sport exists. It's just a matter of time before it expands.
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Oh I agree, I don’t mean the playoff going away per se. But the big cross country non conference trips could, for example. Everyone’s still going to be on TV. But how much they pay for those rights, and how successful conference and individual team networks are, will depend upon the health of the game as a whole. March Madness is still huge because of gambling, but I don’t know if anyone who would say the college basketball as a whole is as healthy as it used to be.
 
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