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SI has some great articles today about sports and COVID19. This one in particular i found interesting - 10 things that may change permanently in sports. https://www.si.com/college/2020/06/23/10-ways-sports-will-be-different FWIW, I suspect #1 is going to cause lawsuits, especially with regards...

The increase in cases is due primarily to increase in spread, not increase in testing. On a national level the positive case % has increased from 4.4% to 4.9% in a week, In some of the states in the South and Southwest the positive case rate has increased 200-300% in the last 7-10 days. If the...

Thanks, the data I was looking at came from a 3 yr old Advertising Week study that had different numbers.

I expect the season to start, whether it will finish will depend upon what happens in Oct/Nov in the country. According to reports less than 50% of the SA's at Clemson and LSU are symptomatic and none have required hospitalization to this point. Young people will get it, in general a lower...

LSU has at least 30 football players in quarantine after testing positive https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/lsu-places-at-least-30-players-in-quarantine-after-coronavirus-outbreak-in-baton-rouge-per-reports/ The NFLPA Medical Director is encouraging all NFL football players to not...

Both Atlanta United and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are reporting positive tests. While I fully expect there to be a season. i'm starting to wonder if the odds of one without fans in the stands is starting to increase.

MLB has closed all spring training facilities due to the outbreaks in FL and AZ. It is reconsidering going back to a bubble idea with all teams in one or two cities (and if they do FL, AZ, and TX might be out as possibilities). Of course they have to get past their labor disagreements first...

I think there will be a season because the AA's can't see any way to survive without the football money, but it could quickly get turned inside out like what happened to college basketball if there starts to be large numbers of SA's hospitalized or if there is a death. I'm more concerned with...

I'd say 95%. Things would have to go really sideways for it not to start on time. The more interesting questions will be how many, if any, fans are allowed in the stands - right now i think that may be different for each state, and will a full season get played. (I lean toward yes, but if...

Just for fun. I thought this was pretty hilarious on what's behind everything getting cancelled.

Brazil is a disaster beyond all disasters in this. And it is widely considered that their numbers are highly underreported as well. I'm thrilled that our death count has come down to what it has, but we are definitely seeing the rising of cases now, will have to wait and see if hospitalizations...

I'll give you one other item where I may very well be wrong. it appears college football may be one of the first sports to try to play with fans in the stands in the US, which really does surprise me. NHL, NBA, MLS, MLB are all planning on playing without fans (heck NBA isn't even guaranteeing...

Hey guys, took a week off of work, went hiking every day - was a great break. Last week was head buried in work. Not going to wade through the last 80 pages I missed. I'm still in sort of a meh place in terms of data. I think there are 2 extremes that are both missing the picture. Those that...

I was adamant that there wouldn't be college football if students weren't there in the fall. I also thought based on comments from some AD's if some schools weren't able to play or have students it would bring the whole thing down, but that has clearly changed as well. I do still worry about...

I haven't advocated for not having kids on campus or not having college football, I hope to have both. i would advocate for social distancing. There is no reason for 50,000 people to be in the stands of a football stadium. That has the potential for very serious consequences. Even if most of...

Good article with alot of details of the NBA's plan to return. Everything to where teams are staying, to what the timeframe for games are. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-disney-world-rules-revealed-details-of-how-the-bubble-will-work-as-league-plans-to-resume-play/ it appears as though...

Money is distributed to conferences not teams. Everyone in the conference gets the same TV payout. Where the different comes in is all the ancillary income that the larger fanbases tend to get. i don't expect the TV to look significantly different than it has for the last few years. The one...

Article on the waivers that are starting to pop up with lawyers talking about issues like enforceability, coercion, what SA's should do, etc. The lawyers also mention that any school that isn't testing players as they return is putting themselves in legal jeopardy if someone gets sick and dies...

That is not what is being said at all. There will be kids on campus in the fall ,at least through Thanksgiving. Not everyone on campus is 18-24 and it isn't just about deaths. it's about how many people get sick. According to the CDC the incidence rate is higher among 40-50 yr olds than 60-79 yr...

MD announced today they would have students on campus in dorms, though they would have fewer than normal in order to provide some social distancing. Sounds like around 75% of normal capacity for the dorms. Fully expect there to be kids on campus at most schools, though I think it is likely to...