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The 2020 College Football Season

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ScriptOhio said:
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He references "the flu season" in November and December. We've never stopped college football because of the flu (waits for certain contrarians to argue 1918) and by that time COVID-19 should be under enough control and the country have enough herd immunity for it not to be a factor.
 
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There's No Rush to Determine the Fate of the College Football Season

Any decisions about moving the 2020 college football season should be a last resort, and we're not close to that point yet.

If you want a vivid illustration of the Nobody Knows Anything world in which we all currently reside, just look at the vacillating outlook surrounding the 2020 college football season.

Last week there was a surge in opinions that an on-time, on-schedule season is virtually impossible and should be put off until 2021. But this week there was a surge of schools saying they are planning for on-campus classes in the fall semester—including more than a dozen FBS schools. That would seem to heighten the chances of football as semi-usual.

So this seems like a good time to look at the calendar.

Then look at it again.

Now take a deep breath and relax.

The calendar still says April, right? Not May, not June, not July. April is not the time to make decisions or declarations about moving the 2020 college football season to the 2021 side of the academic schedule.

We may, eventually, get to that point. But it won’t be anytime soon, nor should it, despite some people trying to rush the sport in that direction. It’s basically a re-scheduling of last resort, so it should be made only when all other options are extinguished. Nothing is extinguished yet.

We are prisoners of the most uncertain moment in our lifetime—amid rapidly-changing circumstances, with rapidly-changing data—and that’s not the moment for long-range planning.

Inhabiting an athletic void heightens the inclination to speed ahead to when the next action will occur—or not occur—but that doesn’t make sense right now. Waiting for more information is not foot dragging or denial. It’s responsible. Even if that doesn’t make for dramatic column fodder.

“We will continue to depend on the health experts and their advice, but we are planning to play our fall sport seasons,” Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne tweeted last week. “It’s only April, and things have been changing week-by-week, so we still have time to better understand where we will be by September.”

Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2020/04/30/college-football-season-2020-status-future
 
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A week later - the SEC and ACC will almost certainly play on-time and without much restriction.
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Ohio and most of the B1G states will remain socially distanced without organized sports....I hope the AD is preparing for this possibility.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
There's No Rush to Determine the Fate of the College Football Season

Any decisions about moving the 2020 college football season should be a last resort, and we're not close to that point yet.

If you want a vivid illustration of the Nobody Knows Anything world in which we all currently reside, just look at the vacillating outlook surrounding the 2020 college football season.

Last week there was a surge in opinions that an on-time, on-schedule season is virtually impossible and should be put off until 2021. But this week there was a surge of schools saying they are planning for on-campus classes in the fall semester—including more than a dozen FBS schools. That would seem to heighten the chances of football as semi-usual.

So this seems like a good time to look at the calendar.

Then look at it again.

Now take a deep breath and relax.

The calendar still says April, right? Not May, not June, not July. April is not the time to make decisions or declarations about moving the 2020 college football season to the 2021 side of the academic schedule.

We may, eventually, get to that point. But it won’t be anytime soon, nor should it, despite some people trying to rush the sport in that direction. It’s basically a re-scheduling of last resort, so it should be made only when all other options are extinguished. Nothing is extinguished yet.

We are prisoners of the most uncertain moment in our lifetime—amid rapidly-changing circumstances, with rapidly-changing data—and that’s not the moment for long-range planning.

Inhabiting an athletic void heightens the inclination to speed ahead to when the next action will occur—or not occur—but that doesn’t make sense right now. Waiting for more information is not foot dragging or denial. It’s responsible. Even if that doesn’t make for dramatic column fodder.

“We will continue to depend on the health experts and their advice, but we are planning to play our fall sport seasons,” Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne tweeted last week. “It’s only April, and things have been changing week-by-week, so we still have time to better understand where we will be by September.”

Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2020/04/30/college-football-season-2020-status-future
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In a vacuum, this is true.
In reality, Universities - especially the type of flagships that dominate P5 conferences - do not have the luxury of waiting until 1mo prior to Fall Semester to start making decisions about 45,000 students and 10,000 faculty/staff (not including some 20,000 contractors) returning to campus.

And that process largely informs/dictates the bounds of the AD (SEC notwithstanding).
 
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Mike80 said:
A week later - the SEC and ACC will almost certainly play on-time and without much restriction.
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Ohio and most of the B1G states will remain socially distanced without organized sports....I hope the AD is preparing for this possibility.
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Let's be honest. If last month was football season, the SEC would have been playing. It just means more.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
Let's be honest. If last month was football season, the SEC would have been playing. It just means more.
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Maybe - but think of it this way....

In about 60 days, summer training is going to start for football (give or take a week). If the SEC starts and no one else does, there's going to be issues. Even within conferences - the northern half of the ACC is likely to remain in lockdown and everyone south of North Carolina likely won't...
 
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Mike80 said:
Maybe - but think of it this way....

In about 60 days, summer training is going to start for football (give or take a week). If the SEC starts and no one else does, there's going to be issues. Even within conferences - the northern half of the ACC is likely to remain in lockdown and everyone south of North Carolina likely won't...
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I agree, with caveat that resurgence is the x factor.
Less of an issue for Alabama and Mississippi schools maybe.
Atlanta has volunteered to be the canary. The private chosen to take their gas mask off first.
 
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kujirakira said:
I agree, with caveat that resurgence is the x factor.
Less of an issue for Alabama and Mississippi schools maybe.
Atlanta has volunteered to be the canary. The private chosen to take their gas mask off first.
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UGA isn't in Atlanta though. Florida is absolutely going to play too. The only one I see being even remotely squeemish is Vandy but if the SEC commissioner says go, you know they'll play.
 
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