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not necessarily. First off, they still cannot work with coaches. Second, there are still state, county, and university policies the schools will have to follow.
If we have college and pro sports this Fall, as expected, will the “doomsdayers” on here that were defiant that not only would we not see sports again until next year, but also criticized how anyone could logically think we could have sports during a pandemic, come out and say they were incredibly wrong???
Again, the goal isn't a solution. It's to reduce risk. There is always going to be risk bringing students back. I guarantee they are taking steps in August and January to mitigate risk as much as possible. Just because they are deciding to take the risk of reopening doesn't mean they shouldn't take steps to mitigate the risk over the course of the semester. As for Easter, that is almost a year a way at this point. A lot can change between now and then. If the pandemic is still in full swing, they will make the necessary changes. No need to commit to that at this point. You are trying to make this a dualistic decision. It's not, there are a lot of options between "Do nothing" and "Shut everything down."You are entitled to your opinion. Personally, I don't think hero worshiping an entire generation is healthy or fair. I also don't think demonizing an entire generation (like your boomers suck example) is healthy or fair either.
Maybe. Though I’m not sure how many “doomsdayers” said there wouldn’t be sports until next year.If we don’t have sports this year will the non-doomsdayers come out and say they were incredibly wrong?
I think the biggest thing people have said is we won't have sports with fans.Of course, the "it isn't that bad" crowd likes to point to the projected 2 million death number and say "you were all scared for nothing," ignoring that the projections were if we did nothing. Thanks to the sacrifices we as a society made and the restrictions put in place by our governors we brought that number down significantly and that has given us a chance to have sports again (though I don't know if I'll watch with no fans, it's just a strange experience). However, because of impatience and temper tantrums, it's going back up beyond where it could be and we're not taking steps back.
Kyle Rowland@KyleRowland·6hOhio State AD Gene Smith says he’s confident that a plan can be implemented where 20,000 to 30,000 fans can attend football games in Ohio Stadium.
I'm still not expecting it because the lack of any standard coherent plan to open, but yes.I still can't see any rational way college sports has games without fans, or with significantly diminished fans. That revenue supports programs (not teams, entire programs) that rely on buy game revenue. High major programs stand to lose millions per game. That's not an easy loss to absorb. I haven't seen anyone yet address those issues.
Ohio State AD Gene Smith says he’s confident that a plan can be implemented where 20,000 to 30,000 fans can attend football games in Ohio Stadium.
I would love to be wrong, but if you're wrong, people die.Hope you're able to admit that... or sleep at night knowing it.
Do you think the speed limit on all roads should be 20 mph so there is never another traffic death?
I expect sports to start, but not finish the seasons. I hope I am wrong.
Another issue: season ticket holders. If we have reduced capacity games do season ticket holders choose a certain number of specific games? For example, at MU do those with more points get first pick of 6 games then the next group picks 6 and so on? If only 25% capacity is allowed how do you divvy up tickets among 10,000+ MU season ticket holders?
My biggest worry is still the revenue losses. Ohio State today said they expect to be able to open with about 20-30% of seats filled. So what would that mean? Well, just in terms of ticket sales revenue, they would presumably go from $50.6 million in ticket sales in 2019 down to around $15.2 million, more than a $35M hit and that's not accounting for concessions, parking, and all the other revenue streams that come with the live gameday experience.Ohio State will obviously draw on a breadth of financial support few others have access to, but if a school like Marquette is looking at a loss of 70% of gameday revenue, how will they make that up? How will they pay the rent at Fiserv? How will they afford to pay guarantee game opponents? How will they be able to keep other non-revenue programs like volleyball, cross country, and lacrosse afloat?Ohio State is already claiming they lose money on athletics. They can absorb that, but they are one of the apex programs in the sport? What about those that aren't in the top 10% of programs? Not everyone can lose 70% of gameday and keep going.
Ohio State will obviously draw on a breadth of financial support few others have access to, but if a school like Marquette is looking at a loss of 70% of gameday revenue, how will they make that up? How will they pay the rent at Fiserv? How will they afford to pay guarantee game opponents? How will they be able to keep other non-revenue programs like volleyball, cross country, and lacrosse afloat?