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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: 734968" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>Interestingly, The ACC has consistently been the most aggressive about trying to play, moreso than even the SEC.</p><p></p><p>Going to be an interesting week and frankly just points out how not having a central national leadership is hurting college football right now.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that everyone who is commenting right now is not a decision maker. Presidents haven't really said a word.</p><p></p><p>This article does a good job of explaining where everything is right now. PAC12 and BIG10 are leaning toward cancelling, ACC and SEC want to continue toward playing and the Big12 is split pretty much down the middle and could go either way.</p><p><a href="https://www.si.com/college/2020/08/11/power-5-conferences-face-pivotal-decision-fall-season" target="_blank">https://www.si.com/college/2020/08/11/power-5-conferences-face-pivotal-decision-fall-season</a></p><p></p><p>If conferences hang on they still aren't committed to playing, just to letting things play out longer. If students show up on campuses and case rates start to increase again then there will be no football in any conference. To this point the football players have largely been in a bubble, but as other students arrive that will change.</p><p></p><p>The medical report that is being presented to the PAC12 Presidents today could be important to what happens going forward. There is also a report that at least 5 B10 players have myocarditis due to COVID. Those kind of issues are going to weigh heavily on University Presidents.</p><p><a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/report-at-least-five-big-ten-athletes-found-to-have-heart-inflammation-potentially-caused-by-viral-infections-224809885.html" target="_blank">https://sports.yahoo.com/report-at-least-five-big-ten-athletes-found-to-have-heart-inflammation-potentially-caused-by-viral-infections-224809885.html</a></p><p>I could see why the B10 Presidents may be getting cold feet. If they have at least 5 cases of myocarditis already and they don't even have the student bodies back, i'm sure they are worried how many more might end up with that condition.</p><p></p><p>According to a CDC study from June, 2.5% of all confirmed cases in 10-19 yr olds ended up in hospitalization (14.9% of those with underlying conditions, 2.3% of those without conditions). Among 20-29 yr olds it was 3.7% (17.9% w/conditions, 2.7% without). If you assume infections are 10X confirmed cases that would mean 1 out of every 400 10-19 yr olds end up in the hospital.</p><p></p><p>It wouldn't shock me if what happens is more punting and everyone just decides to stay in limbo for another few weeks. That has sort of been how college football has advanced for months now.</p><p>IMO if a league knows they are going to cancel they should go ahead and cancel so that players and coaches aren't left in limbo and they need to be able to explain why they cancelled and it would help if they also had answers to questions about what that means for football in the future (when do you plan on playing again, do players get redshirts and not lose eligibility, etc). If you aren't sure about cancelling then you should continue waiting - but you also need to be clear in that instance as well that you aren't committing to playing, that you are committed to waiting longer before making a final decision whether to play or not. I think that is largely what the SEC comment is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 734968, member: 1776"] Interestingly, The ACC has consistently been the most aggressive about trying to play, moreso than even the SEC. Going to be an interesting week and frankly just points out how not having a central national leadership is hurting college football right now. Keep in mind that everyone who is commenting right now is not a decision maker. Presidents haven't really said a word. This article does a good job of explaining where everything is right now. PAC12 and BIG10 are leaning toward cancelling, ACC and SEC want to continue toward playing and the Big12 is split pretty much down the middle and could go either way. [URL]https://www.si.com/college/2020/08/11/power-5-conferences-face-pivotal-decision-fall-season[/URL] If conferences hang on they still aren't committed to playing, just to letting things play out longer. If students show up on campuses and case rates start to increase again then there will be no football in any conference. To this point the football players have largely been in a bubble, but as other students arrive that will change. The medical report that is being presented to the PAC12 Presidents today could be important to what happens going forward. There is also a report that at least 5 B10 players have myocarditis due to COVID. Those kind of issues are going to weigh heavily on University Presidents. [URL]https://sports.yahoo.com/report-at-least-five-big-ten-athletes-found-to-have-heart-inflammation-potentially-caused-by-viral-infections-224809885.html[/URL] I could see why the B10 Presidents may be getting cold feet. If they have at least 5 cases of myocarditis already and they don't even have the student bodies back, i'm sure they are worried how many more might end up with that condition. According to a CDC study from June, 2.5% of all confirmed cases in 10-19 yr olds ended up in hospitalization (14.9% of those with underlying conditions, 2.3% of those without conditions). Among 20-29 yr olds it was 3.7% (17.9% w/conditions, 2.7% without). If you assume infections are 10X confirmed cases that would mean 1 out of every 400 10-19 yr olds end up in the hospital. It wouldn't shock me if what happens is more punting and everyone just decides to stay in limbo for another few weeks. That has sort of been how college football has advanced for months now. IMO if a league knows they are going to cancel they should go ahead and cancel so that players and coaches aren't left in limbo and they need to be able to explain why they cancelled and it would help if they also had answers to questions about what that means for football in the future (when do you plan on playing again, do players get redshirts and not lose eligibility, etc). If you aren't sure about cancelling then you should continue waiting - but you also need to be clear in that instance as well that you aren't committing to playing, that you are committed to waiting longer before making a final decision whether to play or not. I think that is largely what the SEC comment is. [/QUOTE]
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