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glad to be back online(last couple of weeks the mother in law has been in and out of the hospital and we are also working on closing on a new home) and alot has changed since I last was here.
Happy to see each conference has a plan, have to see how well they play out. Based on MLB i'm excited to see some games, but not hopeful we are going to get close to a full season. College Football protocols are much weaker than MLB's and the groups are larger and the game is more contact oriented.
Here are a couple of good reads for today.
First is this article from ESPN on 1918 (it has the famous GT photo in it) and talks about how the pandemic and WWI affected sports that year. That includes baseball being shortened with a World Series in September, college football having alot of schools playing different numbers of games and many not playing at all - GT was one of the schools that played more than most with 7 games, 6 at home - a couple of those games were against teams from military camps as President Wilson ordered football teams to be made up in camps to raise morale. (It appears many schools also did not have students on campus that fall - used correspondance classes). Army-Navy was not played.
the NFL didn't exist at this point yet but the teams that would become the early NFL (largely in the Midwest) had alot of problems playing but still some teams played a handful of games and there was a Championship game.
"I would say, in looking back at it, you see the teams that succeeded were simply more fortunate," Swick said. "It's a virus, it didn't pick and choose then and know who was coaching the team or how organized you were or how much talent you had or if more of your players had simply not shipped out to war yet. It was far more of a roll-of-a-dice thing about who won and lost."
Said Horrigan: "And while large public gatherings were banned at times and the football season, college and pro, was largely canceled, you do see these attempts to play. And in looking at it, you really have to believe that with the aftermath of war, of the pandemic, those events put people in a position to try to reorganize things, and the NFL is one of the things that came out of that."
www.espn.com
Speaking of long term changes, i'm also starting to think that student-athletes are going to end up with alot of say in how things progress, starting with the obvious movement out in PAC12 country. As we start to see some players deciding not to play - including Caleb Farley at VT who was somewhat critical of VT's protocols. SA's seem to be realizing that if they work together they can have a real impact on decisions.
Here's an article on Vanderbilt's kicker announcing he is not playing this year and has tweets from some players talking about their experiences with COVID.
sports.yahoo.com
In a confidential poll 73% of Idaho football players said they don't want to play this year.
watchstadium.com
SEC is not starting traditional fall camp this weekend as planned and will not have a traditional fall camp.
www.si.com
The conference office has approved a new preseason plan that delays practice deeper into August. As part of the plan, teams can practice 25 times over a 40-day period beginning on Aug. 17, During that time, schools must adhere to the NCAA’s normal in-season football access time of 20 countable hours a week. Two days off each week are required.
The league is allowing coaches to continue the current 20-hour per week model until Friday. From Friday through Aug. 16, staffs will be restricted to 11 hours a week of football or strength work related events (six hours for strength and five hours for football). Their walk-throughs must be conducted without equipment. That includes no footballs, helmets or pads. In this enhanced access period, Friday to Aug. 16, teams have been granted three extra hours for non-football related meetings.
Also, Ohio Dept of Public Health has banned fans at contact sporting events - this includes NFL, College and HS football games.
sports.yahoo.com
Happy to see each conference has a plan, have to see how well they play out. Based on MLB i'm excited to see some games, but not hopeful we are going to get close to a full season. College Football protocols are much weaker than MLB's and the groups are larger and the game is more contact oriented.
Here are a couple of good reads for today.
First is this article from ESPN on 1918 (it has the famous GT photo in it) and talks about how the pandemic and WWI affected sports that year. That includes baseball being shortened with a World Series in September, college football having alot of schools playing different numbers of games and many not playing at all - GT was one of the schools that played more than most with 7 games, 6 at home - a couple of those games were against teams from military camps as President Wilson ordered football teams to be made up in camps to raise morale. (It appears many schools also did not have students on campus that fall - used correspondance classes). Army-Navy was not played.
the NFL didn't exist at this point yet but the teams that would become the early NFL (largely in the Midwest) had alot of problems playing but still some teams played a handful of games and there was a Championship game.
"I would say, in looking back at it, you see the teams that succeeded were simply more fortunate," Swick said. "It's a virus, it didn't pick and choose then and know who was coaching the team or how organized you were or how much talent you had or if more of your players had simply not shipped out to war yet. It was far more of a roll-of-a-dice thing about who won and lost."
Said Horrigan: "And while large public gatherings were banned at times and the football season, college and pro, was largely canceled, you do see these attempts to play. And in looking at it, you really have to believe that with the aftermath of war, of the pandemic, those events put people in a position to try to reorganize things, and the NFL is one of the things that came out of that."
Football historians talk about the game in a previous pandemic
We talked to historians from the pro football and college football halls of fame about similarities they've seen between the 1918 pandemic and this one when it comes to the game.
Speaking of long term changes, i'm also starting to think that student-athletes are going to end up with alot of say in how things progress, starting with the obvious movement out in PAC12 country. As we start to see some players deciding not to play - including Caleb Farley at VT who was somewhat critical of VT's protocols. SA's seem to be realizing that if they work together they can have a real impact on decisions.
Here's an article on Vanderbilt's kicker announcing he is not playing this year and has tweets from some players talking about their experiences with COVID.
As players detail COVID-19 experiences, Vanderbilt kicker opts out of season citing ethics of playing in a pandemic
Oren Milstein's decision comes as players across the country have started to reveal their experiences with coronavirus.
In a confidential poll 73% of Idaho football players said they don't want to play this year.
Sources: Idaho Football Players Don't Want to Play This Fall - Stadium
“We feel we have been neglected by the NCAA in terms of wealth over health.”
watchstadium.com
SEC is not starting traditional fall camp this weekend as planned and will not have a traditional fall camp.
Sources: SEC Won't Hold Traditional Fall Camps
The new preseason plan delays practice deeper into August, sources tell SI.
www.si.com
The league is allowing coaches to continue the current 20-hour per week model until Friday. From Friday through Aug. 16, staffs will be restricted to 11 hours a week of football or strength work related events (six hours for strength and five hours for football). Their walk-throughs must be conducted without equipment. That includes no footballs, helmets or pads. In this enhanced access period, Friday to Aug. 16, teams have been granted three extra hours for non-football related meetings.
Also, Ohio Dept of Public Health has banned fans at contact sporting events - this includes NFL, College and HS football games.
Ohio bans fans from football games, for now
Any football games played in Ohio will have to be played in empty stadiums under a new state order, although it's possible the order could be lifted before the Bengals and Browns start their seasons. The announcement from the Ohio Department of Health prohibits all spectators from attending...
