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The ACC will delay the start of competition for all fall sports until at least Sept. 1
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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 718317" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Let's remember, sports is competition, which means it takes 2 parties (maybe not golf). If one team has an infection outbreak, that means the other team they're playing that week isn't playing either. Can't play if the entire QB room is infected/or in isolation, or half the basketball team is infected. The bigger issue is sports requires contact and heavy deep breathing. I brought this up previously, but if the players refuse to play because some of their teammates are infected and they don't want to be put in harms way, how do you deal with that? You can't force them to play because you'll face a line of lawyers. </p><p></p><p>We all want sports to resume. I think the nation could use sports in the worst way right now. But the problem is sports involves more than 1 person...especially team sports. Sports is also a luxury, not a necessity...even though it's more religion than sport to some. Unfortunately, in the litigious society we live in, you'll see schools and conferences err on the side of safety.</p><p></p><p>Let's also keep in mind if a state goes into shelter in place again, then what? Everyone has shelter in place except for the athletes? How do you optically deal with the fact that you've told citizens to remain home, but you're telling teams it's OK for them to make physical contact with another human being that's sweating and breathing hard? If you have a game scheduled with another team from a state where shelter in place doesn't allow them to practice have games...then what? You can go down a rabbit hole of monkey wrenches...and that's just reality right now.</p><p></p><p>It's tough. Sports has always been a national unifier and something to take our minds away from reality (See: 911, every war in the modern era, times of national tragedy, etc.), but this is whole different animal we're dealing with.</p><p></p><p>Let's hope for the best. It's a BIG year for our two main sports. Football team just got our best recruiting class since 2007 and some key transfers, and the basketball team has our best team since the Hewitt days coming off a top 5 ACC finish. GT stands to gain a LOT of national exposure this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 718317, member: 360"] Let's remember, sports is competition, which means it takes 2 parties (maybe not golf). If one team has an infection outbreak, that means the other team they're playing that week isn't playing either. Can't play if the entire QB room is infected/or in isolation, or half the basketball team is infected. The bigger issue is sports requires contact and heavy deep breathing. I brought this up previously, but if the players refuse to play because some of their teammates are infected and they don't want to be put in harms way, how do you deal with that? You can't force them to play because you'll face a line of lawyers. We all want sports to resume. I think the nation could use sports in the worst way right now. But the problem is sports involves more than 1 person...especially team sports. Sports is also a luxury, not a necessity...even though it's more religion than sport to some. Unfortunately, in the litigious society we live in, you'll see schools and conferences err on the side of safety. Let's also keep in mind if a state goes into shelter in place again, then what? Everyone has shelter in place except for the athletes? How do you optically deal with the fact that you've told citizens to remain home, but you're telling teams it's OK for them to make physical contact with another human being that's sweating and breathing hard? If you have a game scheduled with another team from a state where shelter in place doesn't allow them to practice have games...then what? You can go down a rabbit hole of monkey wrenches...and that's just reality right now. It's tough. Sports has always been a national unifier and something to take our minds away from reality (See: 911, every war in the modern era, times of national tragedy, etc.), but this is whole different animal we're dealing with. Let's hope for the best. It's a BIG year for our two main sports. Football team just got our best recruiting class since 2007 and some key transfers, and the basketball team has our best team since the Hewitt days coming off a top 5 ACC finish. GT stands to gain a LOT of national exposure this year. [/QUOTE]
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