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Small, but significant domino

CAT5Coming said:
This imagine has been making the rounds. Not sure if it’s real, I think it looks kind cool, not sure how it would work but this it has AC in it.
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I saw that before, I don’t even know if it’s real or not. If you’ve been out and about I’m sure you’ve noticed the plexiglass shields out there in businesses that deal with the public. Basically I’m just talking something like that, something non-shatter proof that has plenty of room for respiration and is open on the bottom, like you see the little old ladies wearing. Something like that is doable in a short period of time, I would think, I’m not a helmet engineer though.

And not because I think it would make even that much of a difference, because were talking about the healthiest and fittest subset of the least affected population (18-25), a population already exposed by the millions with fewer deaths than they would get from the flu.
 
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The Franchise said:
It's easy for them to be cautious when their entire university isn't built around the football program like the big P5 schools are. With so much money and the survival of some of these schools on the line, they'll do everything they can to play football.
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This.

Where it will also start to get dicey, and I've been staying informed with what's going on at my alma mater, is where you have schools where athletics (i.e. football) are important, but not economically crucial. To use Yale as an example, whether they have football or not affects morale, culture, tradition, campus life, alumni engagement, ... but it is not the economic lifeblood of the university. That's a stickier wicket.
 
The Franchise said:
Lafayette? Talk to me when they start getting in the pockets of the big money schools where football is the school.
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Lafayette has 2 national championships and a winning record against Penn State, albeit awhile ago. My alma mater but they suck now.
 
CAT5Coming said:
The schools and cinferences don’t care about players getting Covid, they care about money and liability.

The ACC TV deal is why we may only see conference games. Also less games less liability.
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What is this liability thing that I keep hearing about? Seems like another blanket talking point that keeps being repeated. Maybe if it's repeated enough people will think it's legit.
 
The Franchise said:
I seriously hope the university isn't leaving drafting of contracts up to a nitwit with no legal background.
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Uhm - consider the UM contracts with our last batch of coaches.

Didn't UM used to have some Law School or something related? At least a Business Law course?
 
RedSquare said:
This.

Where it will also start to get dicey, and I've been staying informed with what's going on at my alma mater, is where you have schools where athletics (i.e. football) are important, but not economically crucial. To use Yale as an example, whether they have football or not affects morale, culture, tradition, campus life, alumni engagement, ... but it is not the economic lifeblood of the university. That's a stickier wicket.
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Yep. Administrators will be more willing to grandstand to shut down football when it only affects morale, culture, tradition, etc. than they will when it could mean the financial death of their university/athletics departments. Money will always come first no matter how the stuffed shirts sell their grandstanding.
 
Empirical Cane said:
Miami might just be. If recent history is an indicator.....
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Miami is paying Wagner to play. If Miami cancels I can see Wagner wanting their money. The COVID-19 probably throws are wrench in the deal. The ‘acts of God’ stuff we see in contracts. If Wagner cancels, they’ll get nothing.

But with James negotiating......
 
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TemplarCane said:
Miami is paying Wagner to play. If Miami cancels I can see Wagner wanting their money. The COVID-19 probably throws are wrench in the deal. The ‘acts of God’ stuff we see in contracts. If Wagner cancels, they’ll get nothing.

But with James negotiating......
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With James negotiating...and spilling Frenks coffee as he runs through the halls of Hecht to get his Master his Java...I can't see what could go wrong................."Oh Wait"
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CAT5Coming said:
Im sure there is a Force Majeure Clause in the contract.
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Yes. I agree with you 100 %, but don’t call me Shirley. 😉
There could be a new wave of corona virus contract (cancellation) litigation.

For the people !!
 
Check out this report on reopening University Research Laboratories on campuses from MITRE, the preeminent .gov/.edu/.mil research org basically:
Managing the Risk From COVID-19 During a Return to On-Site University Research

Most P5 schools will be following this guidance because they are mostly all involved in University Research on some scale. The point that worries me is where they say that the campus risks after reopening cannot make the community risks worse, or whatever. They also mention an island vs. archipelago model, whatever that means. Feel free any of you to translate it into normal speak.

Also, while DIII and money is not the issue so distinguishable from P5 obviously, notably it appears the 2020 fall football season is canceled for the entire New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, etc.

This is going to come down to the power of the media companies with the TV contracts to lobby the CDC etc and the governors to allow P5 games. The problem is those media companies are 90% owned by radical left lunatic billionaires who want to destroy American institutions like football and are anti-Trump, and canceling football season would arguably hurt President Trump's re-election chances, or so they would hope. Based on that, should be interesting to see how it plays out. There are billions in ad revenue at stake, but they all get paid a minimum regardless because they force all of us to pay the carriage fees for the channels and sports packages in our cable plans, etc.
 
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PSU Cane said:
The only game that matters to Lafayette is Lehigh.

Otherwise, football is insignificant there. The stadium gets more fans for Easton/P-Burg HS games.

I can see a lot of these smaller schools being cautious.
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I think we used to play Lehigh, maybe in the ‘50’s.
 
The Franchise said:
I keep hearing this conference only stuff. It sounds good on the surface, but when you break that down, it's really nonsense. Is Miami playing UNC really any different from a virus standpoint than Miami playing Temple?
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From a virus stand point, no difference at all. It only allows them to delay the start of the season and play an eight game schedule.
 
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