Mackmiller974
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Riley has been a voice of caution throughout this thing. He thought reporting back to campus too early in June was dumb.
I wouldn't base my decisions off what the Ivy League does, as the Ivy League doesn't rely on football to pay the bills like P5 does.
HIGHLY doubt this happens with the P5, especially with a potential second wave in the late fall/early spring. Ivies are doing this because most of their members are likely going to be virtual or hybrid in the fallTrue, but having a P5 season in the spring still pays the bills satisfactorily. As long as it’s in the 2020-2021 academic calendar, athletic departments will survive. The only thing they can’t survive is a complete cancellation of the season and not playing ball again till fall 2021. So if they don’t think they can do it this fall, they will 100% move it to the spring and they still get the TV revenue in time to keep things afloat.
HIGHLY doubt this happens with the P5, especially with a potential second wave in the late fall/early spring. Ivies are doing this because most of their members are likely going to be virtual or hybrid in the fall
HIGHLY doubt this happens with the P5, especially with a potential second wave in the late fall/early spring. Ivies are doing this because most of their members are likely going to be virtual or hybrid in the fall
I’ve said all along that spring football is the backup plan and it’s probably 50/50 right now on playing this fall. Next two weeks will determine what happens.
the question about the spring is, Will seniors or draft eligible players sit out to focus on training for the NFL draft? Will the NFL agree to push back their combine and draft timeline to accommodate a spring college season?
We will have a football season no matter what though. We may just have to wait 7 more months. There is no doubt that there will be a vaccine by Dec-February time frame.
The downside I would see it would be that it is potentially competing with Basketball - not sure what that would do (if anything) to TV contracts.
I would imagine the NFL would work with NCAA to make this happen. You can't have a draft after not seeing players play for over a year. Even if the NFL plays this year, they're done in February. This still gives them time to scout and focus on the draft if it's pushed back towards the summer.the question about the spring is, Will seniors or draft eligible players sit out to focus on training for the NFL draft? Will the NFL agree to push back their combine and draft timeline to accommodate a spring college season?
This will definitely be interesting. In regards to the NFL pushing back the draft, I think it would be in their best interests too in order to see what players come out of nowhere/which ones fall down the pecking order. The decision by the NFL will is likely to influence whether kids like Rousseau sit out. Even if they do push it, I could see more kids sitting out the bowl season due to the shortened time to recover from injuries.
If they do push to spring, the NCAA should consider allowing the schools to buy injury insurance for every kid (I have no idea if this is financially feasible).
Next two weeks will determine what happens.
This is just Miamis luck. We have two first round talents at DE & a top 5 QB in the country & a once in a lifetime virus comes to ruin it all.
As I have posted before and seen others post, these kids are just as likely if not more likely to get the virus if there isn’t a season. I understand without a season you can protect your Mack Browns of the world but the thoughT of the virus disappearing and kids all the sudden having no risk cause they don’t play a sport is pretty stupid.
Maybe, but since so many schools get over half of their football revenue from ticket sales, it might be worth it to them to roll the dice on their being a vaccine/things are under better control by the spring. As you pointed out, there maybe a second wave, but (hopefully) we would be in the same position or better come spring than we are now.
The downside I would see it would be that it is potentially competing with Basketball - not sure what that would do (if anything) to TV contracts.
The football gods hate us.
That being said, you have to give the NFL credit for doing everything they can to dissuade CFB from delaying their start. They kept the 2020 NFL draft on time and refused to buckle to the pressure. They are keeping the current regular season on schedule as well. They also recently stated they won't move the 2021 draft.
That last point is a huge deal because if CFB does decide to move the start date back to spring, and the NFL 2021 draft DOESN'T move.....you're going to get players with draftable grades all over the country sitting out the 2021 season. The entire 2021 season would then basically become one big asterisk.
Dogs chasing their tails......I fell like I’ve heard that statement about 50 million times since mid-March.