13 Texas Players tested positive for Covid 19

[PSU Cane]

Cancel the season because players may get the sniffles - in a situation where they can easily be managed, observed and isolated for a short period of time? How does that make any sense?

Its not young players in peak physical shape that are at risk. It’s the coaches who are 40/50+ and may have a pre-existing condition. It’s the team doctors and trainers. It’s the support staff, teachers, bus drivers, locker room attendants, janitors. It’s the parents an grandparents. It’s not like these kids all sit in a locker room all day and don’t come into contact with any other human being. That’s why schools were the first things to close down. That many people in close contact will spread it.....then take it home and spread it without even showing symptoms or knowing as it can incubate for 2 weeks.

Eventually a vaccine or hoard immunity will slow things but acting like this isn’t real or dangerous before that will result in many more deaths and hospitals being overwhelmed with patients.

 

[MedleyCane]

I dont want to say i told you so but i definitely told you so.

Wuhan virus not going away anytime soon, but life has to go on...of course, precautions have to be taken, but we have to move on...heading to gym Sunday, can't wait.

 

[motorcitycane]

Vaccines aren’t guaranteed. We are all hopeful for that. But it’s not guaranteed.

Plenty viruses exist with no vaccines or cures.

Just to play devils advocate what if there is not one?

 

[Canedog]

Wear a mask indoors, wash hands frequently, avoid touching face, and your good.

 

[The Franchise]

They get it now, quarantine for a couple weeks, have antibodies, and then come back. People are freaking out and acting like this means the season should or will be canceled, but it's actually a great thing that they're catching it now, healing and then will be ready to go later.

 

[YUMU]

Everyone is going to get it ..either by the natural way or via a vaccine. Most people will never knew they had it.

Soccer is back in Europe
Baseball is back in Asia
NBA will happen
College Football season will happen

 

[Ziggy]

There are few places safer and cleaner than a college campus right now. There will be positive cases and the best part is that these are healthy 18-22 year old young adults who will most likely be asymptotic and have a full recovery without even breaking a sweat.

 

[JD08]

Life is going to go on. It would be foolish to cancel football while political rallies, protests, street parties, and people packed into Walmart is still happening.,

 

[SinisterCane]

They get it now, quarantine for a couple weeks, have antibodies, and then come back. People are freaking out and acting like this means the season should or will be canceled, but it's actually a great thing that they're catching it now, healing and then will be ready to go later.

Is it confirmed that once you catch the Rona and can’t get again?

 

[mjl7atlas]

In-season protocol is going to be very interesting. So, if you test positive, you are out for a few weeks? Just wait til teams start hiding positives when guys like Trevor Lawrence or Justin Fields test positive.

Satan and Dabo will miraculously have all their starters immune. 3rd string hold snapper will catch it of course, just to not arouse suspicion.

 

[1LuvCane]

manny Navarro from the Athletic had a long article on the team yesterday and he quoted a parent as saying they had not heard there were any positive tests among the 65 kids on campus. The parent also said the health and sanitary measures were exceptional. Kids seem to be in good hands.

Thank God the athletic dept. Is not bad at everything. Props to them.

 

[1LuvCane]

Yo wtf are they doing that 13 tested positive? It isn’t hard to enforce social distancing on a ball field and you can break up weight training sessions in group that enter at different times.

Maybe they joined an approved get together in the center of Austin. Lets say two weeks ago.

 

[JG14]

Isn't this better?

Getting a case now, presuming asymptomatic or mild, means they take their couple weeks off and get back to it, no?

Why do people keep freaking out over "cases" instead of focusing on the severity level?

People, athletes in close quarters especially, are going to get it.

Because the media is pumping fear **** down their throats on a daily basis again. Once people realize the media is more concerned about their clicks and likes than they are about their actual well being we will see some major improvement in our country

 

[Trav]

We're all going to get it at some point, either through contracting it, or a vaccine. This is here to stay. It won't be "going away".

That's not how vaccines work..

 

[canecat]

Every week in every sport for the next year at least there will be 2 reports - the injury report and the Covid report. People on the later will miss a game or 2 but that is why professional sports are allowing more leeway with rosters and college sports have a ton of rides and walks on anyway.

This is just reality now . There will be sports , there will be life and so on and so forth . But **** has changed for good.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

But what if football players come into contact with someone who may have a pre-existing medical condition? ...

They are more likely to do that if they are not playing football, than if they are.
If they’re playing football, that means they’re on a strict schedule, going to classes, and basically mostly controlled by the coaches and the University in terms of their movements.

The last thing you want is them is out in the general public, with time on their hands. That is, if I’m going to follow the logic of your argument.

Bottom line, if they’re playing football, the only older people they’re going to be in contact with are the football coaches.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Its not young players in peak physical shape that are at risk. It’s the coaches who are 40/50+ and may have a pre-existing condition. It’s the team doctors and trainers. It’s the support staff, teachers, bus drivers, locker room attendants, janitors. It’s the parents an grandparents. It’s not like these kids all sit in a locker room all day and don’t come into contact with any other human being. That’s why schools were the first things to close down. That many people in close contact will spread it.....then take it home and spread it without even showing symptoms or knowing as it can incubate for 2 weeks.

Eventually a vaccine or hoard immunity will slow things but acting like this isn’t real or dangerous before that will result in many more deaths and hospitals being overwhelmed with patients.

Who’s acting like this isn’t real. Read my previous post. If you want these kids being less of a threat to the general public, then have them playing football.

 

[Suhrthing]

I dont want to say i told you so but i definitely told you so.

What did you tell us?

 

[1LuvCane]

What did you tell us?

I bite my pillow...

 

[GojiraCane]

What will be the reaction on this board if/when half the team is out with the Wuhan virus and we have Ron iRegular's little bro lining up at RB.

Let's presume all 85 players are out with coronavirus. We're using walkons and cardboard cutouts.

Some fans will still be calling CMD a chump, make no allowance for extraordinary circumstances, and forget everything that was done to tee up this season.