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Think this deserves its own thread. It’s on fire! Please sign and share!!
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/wewanttoplay

My dog barks at the moon as well. This isn’t going to do a thing. It will be a minor miracle if the remaining teams get 3 or 4 games in before they are shut down. For Furman our only chance is Spring football.

100k in just a few hours. Facts are ignored. Covid has little to no effect on 20 year olds. The average age of death via Covid is 78. Doctors say this not me. Worst case scenario is feeling bad a couple of days, most not even that. Safer for them to be playing than not. In addition to this Big10 parents are sending letters to let them play. #wewanttoplay

Sign away, futile and silly but if it helps make you feel better.

I don’t know FU3. Look how easily a few people and some Korean bot farms can take to twitter and terrify companies into doing silly things. If this petition goes into millions (which I doubt) OSU, Nebraska, Iowa and Penn State might be allowed to play. That’s all people want. The collapse of FCS has left lots of holes in schedules.

This is about allowing adults to do something they want to do. This isn’t tricking little children into doing something dangerous. Don’t worry. FU sports have been successfully derailed along with a whole division that may not recover. You won that one.

I won what ? I didn’t decide anything.. these schools and conferences made calls based on what they thought were in their best interests. You and your fellow traveler apaladin believe that the whole world is taking unprecedented actions because they watch CNN or MSNBC and want to take Trump down ... that is some power that would have them wreck their own economies. I really don’t know if shutting football down is the right answer or not. The people that made these decisions were faced with a tough call and they made it. But by all means keep offering simplistic ideas on how to have sports continue and your deep thoughts on epidemiology.

Over 200k in less than a day. It won’t change the politically motivated Big10 decision but at least it shows how many peeps are pissed. FWIW SC had the lowest number of cases in weeks, just over 500 and an 11 percent positive rate which is the lowest in weeks also. 9 deaths today and that had been averaging in the 30’s and 40’s. Hospitalizations were down by 100 from yesterday. NC positive rate was 6.1 percent and hospitalizations dropped to under 1,000 for the first time in a long time.

Slowed down overnight. At at about 215k now. Rumors abound that Big 10 will zoom today. Probably only rumors.

By the way, the ACC and SEC are getting heat for being “holdout” conferences. Not only are people forgetting about the Big12 but actually 6 of the 10 conferences are saying they will play as are both of the major independents. The majority of fbs schools are listening to science at the moment. A good response to Fields’ petition may give them courage to face the media sh#t storm headed their way.

They are listening to the bell ring in the cash register. Ka-Ching!

SEC will announce their revised schedule tonight at 7. Everyone knows who they are playing but will now know date and times. Looks like they are committed to playing. Covid numbers are spiraling down. Go SEC #don’tcave

apaladin wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:15 am

SEC will announce their revised schedule tonight at 7. Everyone knows who they are playing but will now know date and times. Looks like they are committed to playing. Covid numbers are spiraling down. Go SEC #don’tcave

Don't get your hopes up.

How many kids in that picture will be tested 2 or 3 times this week? Would that not make them safer? If they do get mild Covid, will they get the cardiac screening athletes have been getting for 2 months now? How many are at risk of being kicked out of their favorite activity and possibly losing a scholarship for being in the bars?

Furmanoid wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:45 am

How many kids in that picture will be tested 2 or 3 times this week? Would that not make them safer? If they do get mild Covid, will they get the cardiac screening athletes have been getting for 2 months now? How many are at risk of being kicked out of their favorite activity and possibly losing a scholarship for being in the bars?

Let me ask you this -

If there is a virus that requires cardiac screenings for college students, isn't that a good enough reason for a school to take it seriously?

The Jackal wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:51 am

Furmanoid wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:45 am

How many kids in that picture will be tested 2 or 3 times this week? Would that not make them safer? If they do get mild Covid, will they get the cardiac screening athletes have been getting for 2 months now? How many are at risk of being kicked out of their favorite activity and possibly losing a scholarship for being in the bars?

Let me ask you this -

If there is a virus that requires cardiac screenings for college students, isn't that a good enough reason for a school to take it seriously?

They do take it seriously. That’s why they do screenings. There are several viruses that cause myocarditis including flu and adenovirus (bronchitis). While it usually resolves on its own without even being diagnosed, Myocarditis is estimated to be responsible for 20% of sudden cardiac death in athletes. The problem is not new. I wouldn’t be surprised if it killed Phiddipedes. SCHSL requires all coaches to train in sudden cardiac death. The “good” thing about Covid is that it has brought attention to this problem. If you have a bad bout with a virus, you should get screened or take it easy for several weeks before going back to your full workout. If the protocols in use are not sufficient to mitigate myocarditis risk to acceptable levels, then it follows logically that sports should be shut down for good since flu and other viruses definitely cause fatal cases in athletes.

Even if we have a few football games this fall that is all we are going to have.

I'm ready for some football but a regular season is not what we are going to have.