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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="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 718538" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>This is actually one of the issues that is going to have to be dealt with before they can ever have a kickoff and it is very different from the German soccer league where they are isolating the players (clearly that is not going to happen with SA's).</p><p></p><p>It's likely there are going to be programs that have to shut down because of outbreaks on their teams. How is that going to be treated? My gut is the decision will be games are simply cancelled and have no bearing on records. So you are going to have a season where one team might play 5 games, another team plays 8, another plays 10. It is very unlikely to be consistent.</p><p></p><p>I've seen articles where they suggest there may be alot less full team practices, and even not full position group practices. You may separate your first team from your second team so if one has infections and are done for the next 2+ weeks, you still potentially have the other. But even with that it is likely there will be programs that have to shut down the whole program and stop playing due to outbreaks, at least for a few weeks.</p><p></p><p>in the German league that restarted they actually had the players sitting in the stands, wearing masks so they could keep them socially distant. They only took off masks when they went into the game.</p><p></p><p>The Taiwan and Korean baseball leagues are similar with players not in the dugouts and masks being worn when they aren't on the field. Also, no pre-game or post-game handshakes. </p><p>The German league also is not allowing celebrations after scores (with groups of players - no big groups getting together to celebrate).</p><p></p><p>The German league is also instructive on what may happen elsewhere as the first day there was the one premier league game and 4 b-division games. One of the B division games 3 players tested positive before the game (I think the day before), so the game with that team was cancelled. I expect to see things like that happen this fall, with games potentially being cancelled 24-48 hrs before if a program has too many positive tests.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it is a coincidence that Saban taped a PSA for everyone to wear masks, wash hands frequently, and practice social distancing. The more that happens the fewer games that will get cancelled.</p><p></p><p>The other item that will be interesting to watch is fan involvement. If fans are allowed at all it will certainly be a greatly reduced number, and likely without any of the normal Saturday trappings - they are not going to want to have large groups of people congregating together. What happens if there ends up being a outbreak that is linked to a game? Will that mean the end to any fans being at games? Hopefully if fans are allowed, then the mitigation measures taken at the games will keep that from happening and a decision having to be made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 718538, member: 1776"] This is actually one of the issues that is going to have to be dealt with before they can ever have a kickoff and it is very different from the German soccer league where they are isolating the players (clearly that is not going to happen with SA's). It's likely there are going to be programs that have to shut down because of outbreaks on their teams. How is that going to be treated? My gut is the decision will be games are simply cancelled and have no bearing on records. So you are going to have a season where one team might play 5 games, another team plays 8, another plays 10. It is very unlikely to be consistent. I've seen articles where they suggest there may be alot less full team practices, and even not full position group practices. You may separate your first team from your second team so if one has infections and are done for the next 2+ weeks, you still potentially have the other. But even with that it is likely there will be programs that have to shut down the whole program and stop playing due to outbreaks, at least for a few weeks. in the German league that restarted they actually had the players sitting in the stands, wearing masks so they could keep them socially distant. They only took off masks when they went into the game. The Taiwan and Korean baseball leagues are similar with players not in the dugouts and masks being worn when they aren't on the field. Also, no pre-game or post-game handshakes. The German league also is not allowing celebrations after scores (with groups of players - no big groups getting together to celebrate). The German league is also instructive on what may happen elsewhere as the first day there was the one premier league game and 4 b-division games. One of the B division games 3 players tested positive before the game (I think the day before), so the game with that team was cancelled. I expect to see things like that happen this fall, with games potentially being cancelled 24-48 hrs before if a program has too many positive tests. I don't think it is a coincidence that Saban taped a PSA for everyone to wear masks, wash hands frequently, and practice social distancing. The more that happens the fewer games that will get cancelled. The other item that will be interesting to watch is fan involvement. If fans are allowed at all it will certainly be a greatly reduced number, and likely without any of the normal Saturday trappings - they are not going to want to have large groups of people congregating together. What happens if there ends up being a outbreak that is linked to a game? Will that mean the end to any fans being at games? Hopefully if fans are allowed, then the mitigation measures taken at the games will keep that from happening and a decision having to be made. [/QUOTE]
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