Ability to attend games in-person next season

[Warrior of Law]

This would be a banner summer to sell tickets for MU basketball.

[MUfan12]

Knowing how these things go, 50% seems like our best bet. Hell, the MKE Health Dept. previously wanted test positivity rates of 1% or below for 3-4 weeks to relax masking and distancing measures. They won't be in a rush to open up sporting venues.

[GooooMarquette]

I went with 25%, largely because of the B117 variant that is really hurting surrounding states like Michigan and Minnesota. If it spreads widely in Wisconsin and people don't keep getting vaccinated, it could be a difficult summer and fall. I could see more if they went with a vaccine passport, but the idea doesn't seem to be gaining much traction.

[cheebs09]

I did 100%, but I’m a raging optimist. I will be interested with what MLB is like in June/July. Granted, those stadiums are bigger and some outdoors.

[The Lens]

I went with 25%, largely because of the B117 variant that is really hurting surrounding states like Michigan and Minnesota. If it spreads widely in Wisconsin and people don't keep getting vaccinated, it could be a difficult summer and fall. I could see more if they went with a vaccine passport, but the idea doesn't seem to be gaining much traction.

I'm going to be pretty livid if we're stuck at 25-50% bc some people refuse to get vaccines and then the same people b!tch and moan about vaccine passports.  Get on board or get on board.  I want to see Shak and Awe live with 18,000 of my closest friends while putting down copious amounts of Miller Lite and Iron Gate BBQ.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

It will be 100%

[pbiflyer]

I did 100%, but I’m a raging optimist. I will be interested with what MLB is like in June/July. Granted, those stadiums are bigger and some outdoors.

This is where I am. I have been very cautious during the epidemic, but I am hoping that life is somewhere close to normal by winter.

[Silkk the Shaka]

I would be very disappointed if anything less than 100% by the time the season started, and I'm not some sort of COVID denier either. Everyone who wants to be vaccinated should have been vaccinated long before then, and at that point it's personal choice on both sides (vaxxed & unvaxxed) as to who wants to attend. What's the point of a cap in that scenario?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I would be very disappointed if anything less than 100% by the time the season started, and I'm not some sort of COVID denier either. Everyone who wants to be vaccinated should have been vaccinated long before then, and at that point it's personal choice on both sides (vaxxed & unvaxxed) as to who wants to attend. What's the point of a cap in that scenario?

Right. Not only that but the economic and social pressures will be too high. Unless there is a variant that puts us back at square one, we will be at 100%.

[GoldenWarrior11]

It will be 100%.  More and more people are getting vaccinated every day, and states are beginning to open up to fans 100% right now.  We will see more and more baseball stadiums seek full capacity this summer. 

Much like college football last Fall, the more that commit to it, the more schools won't want to be left out. 

[Warrior of Law]

I've attended a Bucks game at 18% capacity, and it wasn't worth it. No atmosphere, in-game entertainment, fake crowd noise, strict mask and seating enforcement.  If you stand, you are scolded. Frankly, just an expensive hassle that I won't bother doing again.

Meanwhile, attended a Brewers game at 25% capacity, and it was fine.  Walked freely through the stadium, concessions available, etc.

If I'm MU, I start the negotiations at 100% and "concede" to 75% capacity, as that would meet their needs for the STHs and students.

[Johnny B]

I've attended a Bucks game at 18% capacity, and it wasn't worth it. No atmosphere, in-game entertainment, fake crowd noise, strict mask and seating enforcement.  If you stand, you are scolded. Frankly, just an expensive hassle that I won't bother doing again.

Meanwhile, attended a Brewers game at 25% capacity, and it was fine.  Walked freely through the stadium, concessions available, etc.

If I'm MU, I start the negotiations at 100% and "concede" to 75% capacity, as that would meet their needs for the STHs and students.

does 75% make any sense in any scenario.? u cant space 75% out that well anyways so even from a safety standpoint its seems pointless

[MarquetteVol]

If we had kept the previous regime in place, capacity limits may have been less relevant.

[MUfan12]

I've attended a Bucks game at 18% capacity, and it wasn't worth it. No atmosphere, in-game entertainment, fake crowd noise, strict mask and seating enforcement.  If you stand, you are scolded. Frankly, just an expensive hassle that I won't bother doing again.

A buddy of mine asked if I wanted to go to a game in a few weeks, and I declined for this very reason. I'll go when it resembles a normal sporting event again.

[BM1090]

A buddy of mine asked if I wanted to go to a game in a few weeks, and I declined for this very reason. I'll go when it resembles a normal sporting event again.

Agreed. I'll go to a Brewers game in a few weeks but won't go to a Bucks game until some sense of normalcy is restored. I've been to plenty of baseball games that had under 50% capacity so it won't feel too bizarre.

[Dr. Blackheart]

In 2020, the virtual awards program was this past weekend.  2021, it's been radio silenced. Wainwright did well filling in for Buzz as MC when he hightailed it.

I'll try:

MVP: Garcia
Most Improved: Cain
Best Defense: Theo
6th Man: Greg
Best O: DJ
Hustle: Koby
Rookie: Garcia

Fields missed too much but his tip was Play of the Year.

[naginiF]

does 75% make any sense in any scenario.? u cant space 75% out that well anyways so even from a safety standpoint its seems pointless

That's why I think it's either 100% or 25%. I voted 25% because I think that'll be the CDC recommendation but I'd be surprised if it's anything but fully open.

[JakeBarnes]

In 2020, the virtual awards program was this past weekend.  2021, it's been radio silenced. Wainwright did well filling in for Buzz as MC when he hightailed it.

I'll try:

MVP: Garcia
Most Improved: Cain
Best Defense: Theo
6th Man: Greg
Best O: DJ
Hustle: Koby
Rookie: Garcia

Fields missed too much but his tip was Play of the Year.

Can't believe we're losing him to the draft

[franklinjerry]

To hear Fields got credit for the tip-in may push Justin Lewis to the portal.

[warriorchick]

Knowing how these things go, 50% seems like our best bet. Hell, the MKE Health Dept. previously wanted test positivity rates of 1% or below for 3-4 weeks to relax masking and distancing measures. They won't be in a rush to open up sporting venues.

If the test positivity rate is going to be the determining factor, someone needs to start a campaign to flood the testing centers with fully vaccinated people. I would volunteer to go every day.

[brewcity77]

If the test positivity rate is going to be the determining factor, someone needs to start a campaign to flood the testing centers with fully vaccinated people. I would volunteer to go every day.

Umm...or just get everyone vaccinated. That might be a better plan than trying to fraudulently juice the numbers.

[Goose]

I have fingers crossed for 100%. I want the FF rocking next season. That said, not very optimistic on being more than 50% at this moment.

[warriorchick]

Umm...or just get everyone vaccinated. That might be a better plan than trying to fraudulently juice the numbers.

It's a fraudulent number to begin with. If you have no control over the sampling, you have no basis to form conclusions on the results. If the testing was done completely randomly, that would be a different story.

And how do you suggest we get everyone vaccinated? Hold the unwilling ones down while someone jabs the needle in?

[Mu8891]

It better be close to 100%

I went to recent Bucks game ( got free tics ) and I agree with Warrior.  It is pretty darn awful!  I will not go back.
Nobody there. No atmosphere.  Lame
“ entertainment “ ... really bad

And ... btw ... how would the MU athletic dept survive another year of ZERO income / gate revenue?

[brewcity77]

It's a fraudulent number to begin with. If you have no control over the sampling, you have no basis to form conclusions on the results. If the testing was done completely randomly, that would be a different story.

And how do you suggest we get everyone tested? Hold the unwilling ones down while someone jabs the needle in?

I assume you mean vaccinated? Passports. You want to return to normal societal events like a sporting event, you get a vaccine & bring proof.

No different than how kids need to be vaccinated to attend school.