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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: 734408" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fear of the virus (which I think is what you are referring to) -- May or may not be reasonable.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fear of liability -- I think this is reasonable even for someone who has no fear of the virus. There will be lawsuits if a season is played.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Loss of persuasion with congress -- If one parent testifies at a congressional hearing that their son was given no choice but to compete and he contracted COVID-19, there is zero chance that congress will help the NCAA.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lack of availability to testing -- If all FBS programs were to test three times a week like the SEC has announced, that would be about 0.9% of all tests per week in the US. They would need to get the results soon, so it would have to delay test results for people who need them for health reasons, not entertainment reasons. Is it reasonable for NCAA sports to use that much of a health resource just to play a game?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Money -- If they play one or two games and "stumble upon something dangerous", then the season is over and difficult to recover. If the season is delayed until spring, they might be able to play more marquee games. Maybe 8 conference games and 2 inter-P5 games for every P5 team. The decisions this year are difficult. It seems to me that what the teams/conferences have been doing to this point is to delay decisions as long as possible. If the season is delayed until spring, it makes things difficult. However, that still isn't as difficult as just cancelling the season. Nor is it as difficult as starting a season and having it cancelled in a couple of weeks.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 734408, member: 2426"] [LIST] [*]Fear of the virus (which I think is what you are referring to) -- May or may not be reasonable. [*]Fear of liability -- I think this is reasonable even for someone who has no fear of the virus. There will be lawsuits if a season is played. [*]Loss of persuasion with congress -- If one parent testifies at a congressional hearing that their son was given no choice but to compete and he contracted COVID-19, there is zero chance that congress will help the NCAA. [*]Lack of availability to testing -- If all FBS programs were to test three times a week like the SEC has announced, that would be about 0.9% of all tests per week in the US. They would need to get the results soon, so it would have to delay test results for people who need them for health reasons, not entertainment reasons. Is it reasonable for NCAA sports to use that much of a health resource just to play a game? [*]Money -- If they play one or two games and "stumble upon something dangerous", then the season is over and difficult to recover. If the season is delayed until spring, they might be able to play more marquee games. Maybe 8 conference games and 2 inter-P5 games for every P5 team. The decisions this year are difficult. It seems to me that what the teams/conferences have been doing to this point is to delay decisions as long as possible. If the season is delayed until spring, it makes things difficult. However, that still isn't as difficult as just cancelling the season. Nor is it as difficult as starting a season and having it cancelled in a couple of weeks. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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