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Post by DECKS on Aug 24, 2020 6:28:35 GMT -5
I counted 109 high school games played in the state of Alabama alone last week. I'm curious to see how they will handle the spread?
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Post by bluehaze on Aug 24, 2020 7:21:41 GMT -5
They are playing pop warner in Georgia.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 14:40:12 GMT -5
I counted 109 high school games played in the state of Alabama alone last week. I'm curious to see how they will handle the spread? I hope y’all ready and prepared to be locked down from Thanksgiving through Easter.
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Post by DOOMS on Aug 24, 2020 14:52:49 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the differences between football and soccer? My son's soccer team is playing as of right now. There's difficulty finalizing a schedule because they don't know which tournaments will take place but there are still biweekly practices and scrimmages against other clubs.
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Post by bluehaze on Aug 24, 2020 15:23:34 GMT -5
Any thoughts on the differences between football and soccer? My son's soccer team is playing as of right now. There's difficulty finalizing a schedule because they don't know which tournaments will take place but there are still biweekly practices and scrimmages against other clubs. Honestly it’s just perception and politics. Outdoor sports have been played all summer long. Studies even show that transmission outdoors is much lower than indoors.
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Post by Maxell on Aug 24, 2020 15:23:50 GMT -5
My only thought on youth soccer is the size of tournaments with hundreds of the kids and parents at one set of fields. Single games could be OK, but who knows. The biggest worry may be asymptomatic transmission to adults from hollering and screaming with no masks.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Aug 24, 2020 16:59:18 GMT -5
OSA...calm down, I didn't say you say you said anything. I'm giving some food for thought. And each team has a bubble-like environment in the NFL, that's why the kid got cut trying to sneak a girl in the team's hotel in Seattle. As far as testing, it's still too much lag time. If every school can afford tests that come back in 4 hours then fine. But, I will tell you those tests are more expensive than the test that come bMack on a week or so. So, I'm saying, it's no easy sell at our level. again, i've never said "all colleges" can afford all the costs of providing a safe environment during covid. but some definitely can. further, i'm not sure that you know this but the fda recently approved a new "saliva based covid-19 test" that can process at least 90 samples and return the results in less than 3 hours. plus, it only cost $10! what college can't afford $10? man, ya'll need to keep up with the latest developments... Sent from my SM-G950U using proboards
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Aug 24, 2020 17:04:47 GMT -5
OSA...calm down, I didn't say you say you said anything. I'm giving some food for thought. And each team has a bubble-like environment in the NFL, that's why the kid got cut trying to sneak a girl in the team's hotel in Seattle. As far as testing, it's still too much lag time. If every school can afford tests that come back in 4 hours then fine. But, I will tell you those tests are more expensive than the test that come bMack on a week or so. So, I'm saying, it's no easy sell at our level. You are right. The tests that the SEC is using cost over $110 per test (as of last week). No FCS schools (except maybe the 4 Dakota schools) can afford this type of twice-a-week testing for football players, let alone adding all of the other fall athletes. then the sec is losing a lot of money for nothing if they're paying $110 per test when they could be paying $10 per test with the results coming back in "less than 3 hours". so according to what you're saying, the sec is not only paying $100 per test "more" than they have to, but they're also getting their results back "slower" than the $10 test. additionally, i would argue that the vast majority of even fcs schools can afford $10 per test other than just the 4 dakota schools...
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 18, 2020 21:11:03 GMT -5
Layoffs Sweep College Athletic Departments NationwideBY AMANDA CHRISTOVICH FRONT OFFICE SPORTS SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
BEFORE HE WAS LAID OFF, DAVID RIGGS WORKED AS COLGATE UNIVERSITY’S ONE-MAN ATHLETICS TICKET SALES OFFICE, HANDLING NOT ONLY “EVERYTHING WITH REGARDS TO THE BOX OFFICE” BUT ALSO MARKETING AND REVENUE-GENERATING PROMOTIONS.
BUT EARLIER THIS SUMMER, RIGGS LOST HIS JOB DUE TO BUDGET CUTS RELATED TO COVID-19. COLGATE ATHLETICS, A MUCH SMALLER DEPARTMENT THAN THOSE OF FBS SCHOOLS AND A MEMBER OF DIVISION I’S PATRIOT LEAGUE, WAS ONE OF MANY ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS TO CUT STAFF DUE TO THE PANDEMIC COLLEGE ECONOMY. FINANCIAL MODELS FOR DIVISION I DEPARTMENTS VARY WIDELY, BUT LAYOFFS HAVE HIT SCHOOLS OF ALL SIZES AND FROM ALL REGIONS, FROM COLGATE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
“IT WAS CERTAINLY SHOCKING,” RIGGS SAID. “THE WHOLE DAY I WAS JUST KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHAT DO I DO NOW?”
SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE THE LAYOFFS STEM FROM WEAKNESSES IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS FINANCES THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS EXACERBATED, AND ONE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PANDEMIC GAVE DEPARTMENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY OUT RESTRUCTURING PLANS THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY HAD IN MIND, BUT COULDN’T PREVIOUSLY JUSTIFY...
LINK TO THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE: frontofficesports.com/layoffs-sweep-college-athletic-departments-nationwide/
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 22, 2020 13:45:25 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Oct 8, 2020 14:47:17 GMT -5
The TV networks are hungry for live content right now. Opportunities abound:
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