Hating on the $EC - Mostly Alabama (and a little Georgia too)

[THE_WIZARD_]

If the SEC, ACC and B12 decide to play then fuck the B1G and UNL should go play elsewhere...aka the Big 12...and if the high and mighty B1G say no...fuck them. This is absolute bullshit.

[Hannibal]

Everyone will eventually cancel. The media controls the message and they want it all cancelled. University Presidents listen to the media, not spots fans. The backlash against this idiocy will be completely silenced and the coaches like Harbaugh won't throw their employers under the bus.

[AlabamAlum]

It wouldn’t surprise me, but I hope you’re wrong.

[lineygoblue]

Everyone will eventually cancel. The media controls the message and they want it all cancelled. University Presidents listen to the media, not spots fans. The backlash against this idiocy will be completely silenced and the coaches like Harbaugh won't throw their employers under the bus.

Pretty much true. ESPN wags are nearly unanimous in their desire to see the season cancelled. Michael Wilbon went on a 10 minute rant yesterday talking about how "silly" it was to try and play the season. Others are chiming in as well. in Michigan, Dr. Schlissel won't blink an eyelash unless he has Gretch's permission, and she's been against college football being played since April. I liked how vigorously Harbaugh and Day came out in favor of playing, but in the end, they're company men, and they stay with the company line. They know who signs the checks, and they won't rock that boat too hard.

I think its funny how they keep dangling that carrot of "maybe spring football". What a laugh. That ain't happening either.

[AlabamAlum]

The thing is, for this to make any sense, you have to cancel in-person classes.

[lineygoblue]

The thing is, for this to make any sense, you have to cancel in-person classes.

You're asking a lot of these people.

[Jeff Buchanan]

The thing is, for this to make any sense, you have to cancel in-person classes.

There is nothing that makes any sense of this. Having in person learning in a school that canceled its sports programs is immaterial. I don't think they are comparable...... and I believe playing CFB presents a much lower risk than in person learning given the infection control and hygiene measures implemented BT program wide.

No, this is strictly a CYA driven, nonsensical decision intended to avoid the certain legal and PR fallout attendant to an outbreak that could be connected to a football program.

BT presidents talk about protecting student athletes then do something like this. Their collective actions have harmed the student athletes they claim to want to protect, collegiate athletics and the huge revenue that is produced by them that enables so much for so many.

Fuck all of them.

[AlabamAlum]

There is nothing that makes any sense of this. Having in person learning in a school that canceled its sports programs is immaterial. I don't think they are comparable...... and I believe playing CFB presents a much lower risk than in person learning given the infection control and hygiene measures implemented BT program wide.

I don’t think it’s immaterial. My incredulity is based on the fact that you have risk mitigation/CYA for one activity with students but no push for risk mitigation/CYA for an arguably riskier activity (in-person didactics). It’s misguided at best and wildly hypocritical at worst; and regardless, this hurts not only the student athlete, but lessens the college experience for the entire student body.

The presidents are okay with bankrupting athletics, but they realize that reducing tuition on distance classes during this has become an expectation, and it allows the student to opt out of student facility fees and campus dining plans (which the university gets a cut of). Likewise, transitioning a didactic to on-line/distance requires work and infrastructure which costs money, too.

[Dr. Strangelove]

I could have it wrong but I thought I read that OSU was still requiring freshmen to live on campus even if enrolled in all online courses. And I cynically thought that was a clear cash grab for the room & board fees.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Wilbon is a moronic turd

[THE_WIZARD_]

B12 announces they are playing a "9+1" schedule. Good for them.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Yeah...we announced a schedule too...

[Jeff Buchanan]

I don’t think it’s immaterial. My incredulity is based on the fact that you have risk mitigation/CYA for one activity with students but no push for risk mitigation/CYA for an arguably riskier activity (in-person didactics). It’s misguided at best and wildly hypocritical at worst; and regardless, this hurts not only the student athlete, but lessens the college experience for the entire student body.

The presidents are okay with bankrupting athletics, but they realize that reducing tuition on distance classes during this has become an expectation, and it allows the student to opt out of student facility fees and campus dining plans (which the university gets a cut of). Likewise, transitioning a didactic to on-line/distance requires work and infrastructure which costs money, too.

I agree with you entirely ....... my comment on the in-person didactics being immaterial rested on the likelihood that the U considered their obvious hypocrisy to be immaterial to their decision to cancel sports. Poorly stated on my part.

[AlabamAlum]

Ahh, I see what you were saying.

[AlabamAlum]

I know for an absolute fact that the Alabama AD plans on playing. I’m not worrying about Greg changing his mind. At all.

The president, Dr. Bell, is a huge football fan, but we’re not close. He is a nuclear engineer from TAMU and very much a numbers guy. I think he is smart and can look at the risk ratio fairly. Him and the UA BOT are on the side of playing, but they don’t want to be in some “we’re playing minority.” The BigTen and PAC-12 cancelling hurt. But if the three remaining P5 conferences stand strong, I think we will have football.

The plan for spring only works if ever to cancels, and then it’s kinda far fetched. If the P3 plays, I can’t see how it happens for the opt-out 2.