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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="RonJohn" data-source="post: 733475" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>17 of 82 games have been postponed this year. That is about 20% of all games that were supposed to have been played. If you look at the number of teams, it looks insignificant. If you look at the impact it has had to this point on the season, it is significant.</p><p></p><p>Looking at baseball, it appears that the virus is not spreading through contact on the field to other teams. The players have very seldom close contact on the field, and not for extended periods.(except maybe for the catcher) It does look like it is spreading very easily within a team once there is an infected person in the "bubble". That is with symptom checking every day and virus tests every other day.</p><p></p><p>For football there will be close contact throughout the game. In the pile for a fumble, there will be multiple people breathing hard, talking trash, etc while trying to get the ball. In those circumstances, it is likely easy for the virus to be transmitted from player to player of opposing team. The NCAA football proposals that I have seen call for symptom checks and weekly virus tests. That is not working for MLB in detecting the virus soon enough to prevent spread on the same team even with 3.5 times as many virus tests. It is extremely possible that an NCAA player could pass the Wed. virus test, but be spreading the virus by Saturday in the game.</p><p></p><p>High school football is in even worse shape. I haven't heard proposals for virus checks at all in high school unless a player shows symptoms. Since at that age they are less likely to show symptoms, it is possible that an entire team and coaching staff could be infected before anyone shows symptoms.</p><p></p><p>I hope that they are able to play NCAA football this year. I want to see the games. I will probably have sports withdrawal symptoms if they don't play. However, I haven't seen any plans that I believe would actually work for NCAA football. I can't think of any way that high school football could be safe with respect to the virus. MLB has 87 people in their tier 1 bubble on each team. They have shown that if people act responsibly that they can limit the chances of being infected, although I don't think the chance is ever zero percent. Can NCAA football with 105 players, plus coaches, plus training staff, plus academic staff, etc. maintain the same level of a "bubble"? Are they going to limit the players to: dorm room, class room, and athletic buildings? Are they going to have separate and isolated areas in class rooms for athletes to sit? Once again, I hope they are able to play. I just haven't seen any real discussions about how to maintain a "bubble" around college students who happen to play sports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 733475, member: 2426"] 17 of 82 games have been postponed this year. That is about 20% of all games that were supposed to have been played. If you look at the number of teams, it looks insignificant. If you look at the impact it has had to this point on the season, it is significant. Looking at baseball, it appears that the virus is not spreading through contact on the field to other teams. The players have very seldom close contact on the field, and not for extended periods.(except maybe for the catcher) It does look like it is spreading very easily within a team once there is an infected person in the "bubble". That is with symptom checking every day and virus tests every other day. For football there will be close contact throughout the game. In the pile for a fumble, there will be multiple people breathing hard, talking trash, etc while trying to get the ball. In those circumstances, it is likely easy for the virus to be transmitted from player to player of opposing team. The NCAA football proposals that I have seen call for symptom checks and weekly virus tests. That is not working for MLB in detecting the virus soon enough to prevent spread on the same team even with 3.5 times as many virus tests. It is extremely possible that an NCAA player could pass the Wed. virus test, but be spreading the virus by Saturday in the game. High school football is in even worse shape. I haven't heard proposals for virus checks at all in high school unless a player shows symptoms. Since at that age they are less likely to show symptoms, it is possible that an entire team and coaching staff could be infected before anyone shows symptoms. I hope that they are able to play NCAA football this year. I want to see the games. I will probably have sports withdrawal symptoms if they don't play. However, I haven't seen any plans that I believe would actually work for NCAA football. I can't think of any way that high school football could be safe with respect to the virus. MLB has 87 people in their tier 1 bubble on each team. They have shown that if people act responsibly that they can limit the chances of being infected, although I don't think the chance is ever zero percent. Can NCAA football with 105 players, plus coaches, plus training staff, plus academic staff, etc. maintain the same level of a "bubble"? Are they going to limit the players to: dorm room, class room, and athletic buildings? Are they going to have separate and isolated areas in class rooms for athletes to sit? Once again, I hope they are able to play. I just haven't seen any real discussions about how to maintain a "bubble" around college students who happen to play sports. [/QUOTE]
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