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Post by Aggie One on Sept 15, 2020 13:08:59 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 15, 2020 13:17:13 GMT -5
So .... we cant play college football in the fall, but we can play college basketball in the fall.
Yep, makes perfect sense to me.
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Post by thefriscotxaggie on Sept 15, 2020 15:34:59 GMT -5
So you dont think we know more about limiting the spread; proper protocols than we did 4 months ago ? In addition you managing 12-15 players not 85 or so. Also as I said over and over again the covid spit test is a game charger. The test is roughly $5 and does not require a lab to read it and you can get results in a couple hours.
None of this was known or available 4 months ago. I have said all along the MEAC / FCS should have postpone the season until October or at very least made a decision to cancel the season in September rather than 2 months ago.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 15, 2020 15:58:10 GMT -5
but despite all of the new covid-19 testing advancements, you still have folk who say its unsafe (relative to covid) to play college football. also, relative to basketball, consider that basketball is played "indoors" which is a lot riskier than playing outdoors...
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 15, 2020 18:44:32 GMT -5
What Wednesday's NCAA Ruling Will Mean for Basketball Season
>The NCAA Division I council is set to meet on Wednesday, after which a series of guidelines for the 2020-21 men’s and women’s college basketball seasons are expected to be revealed. These are the ways in which our college basketball team expects the picture to become clearer on Wednesday, and what will still need to be determined following the announcement.
>On What items do we expect to be covered in the NCAA Division I council’s vote on Wednesday, “The focus of the meeting will center on the start date for college basketball, which is currently Nov. 10 but likely to be delayed due to continuing concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. Right now, Thanksgiving weekend is the popular target in college basketball circles.”
>If the NCAA rules that college basketball can start Nov. 21 or Nov. 25, does that mean all of Division I basketball will start on that date? “Nope. The Pac-12’s announcement that the league won’t play college basketball prior to January and the Big Ten’s ever-evolving plans for fall and winter sports mean that at least a couple of Power 5 leagues could wait.”
>What are coaches anticipating from the ruling? “The general consensus among men’s college basketball coaches is that the start of the season will be delayed until late November, likely sometime between Nov. 21 and Nov. 25. Starting during that time frame would give most schools several weeks with no regular students on campus, the perfect environment to get a number of games in between Thanksgiving and Christmas (and perhaps even longer, depending on when the second semester begins at certain schools).”
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Post by Aggie One on Sept 16, 2020 19:21:19 GMT -5
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 18, 2020 23:07:47 GMT -5
Big East Looking at Mid-December Start for Basketball with Conference Games At Campus Sites
“We are considering a bubble but it’s [one of] a number of considerations right now. We have different sites that are possibilities. It’s an option but I don’t think it’s an option that we’re leaning towards.” - Jay Wright, Villanova Head Basketball Coach
The Big East Conference is targeting a mid-December start with 20 conference games per team at campus locations, a league source told Forbes.
The NCAA announced Wednesday that the college basketball season will begin Nov. 25 instead of Nov. 10 due to the pandemic, meaning that Big East teams would have a couple of weeks to play non-conference games before the season begins in mid-December.
“We had a conference call at 8 o’clock [Thursday] morning and we’re trying to first put together our conference schedule given these new parameters,” Wright said. "We’re working on that, we have another conference call [Friday]. And once we put together our conference schedule, then we can see how does that overlay on the old non-conference schedule.”
Wright said there had been discussions about having “a portion” of Big East games in a bubble situation, but that the conference was not leaning that way. The Big East league source added that it was “not very” likely that games would be played in a bubble.
The Big East source said games would be played at normal campus and pro sites “with normal 24-hour charter travel” for games. With UConn returning to the Big East this season, the conference will play a 20-game schedule, playing each opponent twice. The league source said that would “probably” still happen.
“We’re all scrambling and trying to figure out the schedule,” Wright said.
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