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Post by codeblu78 on Jul 23, 2021 14:40:40 GMT -5
personally, i strongly support the meac but at the same time i can't help but be a bit "apprehensive" about what happened with that covid test. nevertheless, why would anybody expect the meac to respond to that letter in a timely manner when the school that's requesting the response just left the conference "high and dry"? We paid a $250K exit fee, that’s why I would expect an answer! We had several months remaining before leaving the conference and our Bowling team is still a member. Was this incompetent testing or was this a act of retribution? Not only do we deserve answers, the remaining schools in the MEAC deserve answers as well …..it could happen to them!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2021 14:47:43 GMT -5
The fact of the matter is that we were still in the conference when this took place. I am sure he the commissioner was in his feelings regarding our departure. That does not give him the right to abdicate his responsibility in addressing member issues. Bear in mind we still have one team (bowling) that has to participate in this conference. In my line of work I could never get by with not responding to someone because I had more pressing issues. That thinking is why the MEAC is on life support. there is no "pressing need" to deal with this "immediately" whether a&t has a bowling team in the conference or not. what's the immediate "pressing need"? when is the next time meac covid protocols will be active? certainly not "immediately". so there's no need for an "immediate" response, especially since it will no longer directly impact a&t. the status of covid is constantly changing, the meac's policy today may not be the meac's policy a month from now. take your "emotions" out of it. it is not a "pressing need"... There's a "pressing need" for the MEAC to establish covid-19 protocols that improve upon what they used this past school year. And as long as we have this admin and BOT in place, don't expect A&T to look back at joining the MEAC.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 14:50:51 GMT -5
personally, i strongly support the meac but at the same time i can't help but be a bit "apprehensive" about what happened with that covid test. nevertheless, why would anybody expect the meac to respond to that letter in a timely manner when the school that's requesting the response just left the conference "high and dry"? We paid a $250K exit fee, that’s why I would expect an answer! We had several months remaining before leaving the conference and our Bowling team is still a member. Was this incompetent testing or was this a act of retribution? Not only do we deserve answers, the remaining schools in the MEAC deserve answers as well …..it could happen to them! not a single one of ya'll have identified a "pressing need" for a response. again, some of ya'll got it wrong. the commissioner said he has not responded "yet", he did not say he never will. there is no "pressing need". take your "emotions" out of it. no harm has been done to a&t by not responding yet. what happened in the past cannot be "reversed" and what happened in the past will not impact a&t's future. so get over it. ya'll are feeding directly into thomas' hands. obviously he wanted to pyss ya'll off, looks like he succeeded. ya'll whining about being disrespected? well guess what? the commissioner feels like he was disrespected too but that's okay, huh? we can disrespect the meac, but when the shoe is on the other foot we don't like it...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 14:53:37 GMT -5
there is no "pressing need" to deal with this "immediately" whether a&t has a bowling team in the conference or not. what's the immediate "pressing need"? when is the next time meac covid protocols will be active? certainly not "immediately". so there's no need for an "immediate" response, especially since it will no longer directly impact a&t. the status of covid is constantly changing, the meac's policy today may not be the meac's policy a month from now. take your "emotions" out of it. it is not a "pressing need"... There's a "pressing need" for the MEAC to establish covid-19 protocols that improve upon what they used this past school year. And as long as we have this admin and BOT in place, don't expect A&T to look back at joining the MEAC. ain't no pressing need to address "new" covid protocols until football season starts. surely they won't be the same because the status of covid is constantly changing. take your "emotions" out of it. get over it and enjoy your new conference...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2021 15:03:29 GMT -5
There's a "pressing need" for the MEAC to establish covid-19 protocols that improve upon what they used this past school year. And as long as we have this admin and BOT in place, don't expect A&T to look back at joining the MEAC. ain't no pressing need to address "new" covid protocols until football season starts. surely they won't be the same because the status of covid is constantly changing. take your "emotions" out of it. get over it and enjoy your new conference... 1. I don't care outside of responding to your comment which is having many other Aggies here questioning loyalties. 2. I'm glad the rest of you all are beginning to see what A&T has dealt with in terms of the MEAC front office. There were other issues. 3. The season starts in 4 weeks. 4. you're tripping if college football conferences aren't looking at their protocols for their fall sports. 5. A conference would be asking for trouble if they aren't looking at those Covid protocols when the Delta variant is surging.
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Post by Maxell on Jul 23, 2021 15:10:39 GMT -5
You're delusional. I'm not talking about "dealing with us". I'm talking about the fact that COVID testing had to happen again and the procedures are questionable. Of course there was no love lost, but that behavior by the conference to ignore the concerns about testing for 4 months is unconscionable. Even though in my best world the MEAC would have grown to be an elite conference with A&T in it. I'm now even more glad we are gone regardless of what happens in the Big South. I would have loved to see Hilton go "Scorched Earth". +1 who said the conference should "ignore" a school that's no longer in the conference? thomas stated that he hasn't responded "yet". that doesn't mean he never will. the conference has "all summer" to address it's covid-19 protocols, there is no "pressing need" to address it immediately. and no, i'm not "delusional". obviously ya'll are "emotionally" reacting because there no need to deal with this "immediately". like i said, given the status of the meac, responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority". i'm sure the rest of the meac feels that way too. "sour grapes" are to be expected. its very "naive" to expect otherwise... I agree that there is certainly no pressing need now at all. It's like not responding to a bill collector. But why was their no pressing need THEN? Did A&T have assurances that the Track and Field, Baseball and Softball Championship testing would be handled properly when the letter was written?
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 15:15:52 GMT -5
ain't no pressing need to address "new" covid protocols until football season starts. surely they won't be the same because the status of covid is constantly changing. take your "emotions" out of it. get over it and enjoy your new conference... 1. I don't care outside of responding to your comment which is having many other Aggies here questioning loyalties. 2. I'm glad the rest of you all are beginning to see what A&T has dealt with in terms of the MEAC front office. There were other issues. 3. The season starts in 4 weeks. 4. you're tripping if college football conferences aren't looking at their protocols for their fall sports. 5. A conference would be asking for trouble if they aren't looking at those Covid protocols when the Delta variant is surging. you still haven't identified an "immediate pressing need" to respond to a&t's letter. thomas' delayed response is doing "exactly" what he wanted it to do and that was to pyss ya'll off. name "just one" current full time meac school that is upset because thomas hasn't responded to a&t yet? name "just one"? don't feel good being disrespected, huh? its water under the bridge. get over it, move on, and enjoy your new conference...
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Post by scaggie09 on Jul 23, 2021 15:19:29 GMT -5
1. I don't care outside of responding to your comment which is having many other Aggies here questioning loyalties. 2. I'm glad the rest of you all are beginning to see what A&T has dealt with in terms of the MEAC front office. There were other issues. 3. The season starts in 4 weeks. 4. you're tripping if college football conferences aren't looking at their protocols for their fall sports. 5. A conference would be asking for trouble if they aren't looking at those Covid protocols when the Delta variant is surging. you still haven't identified an "immediate pressing need" to respond to a&t's letter. thomas' delayed response is doing "exactly" what he wanted it to do and that was to pyss ya'll off. name "just one" current full time meac school that is upset because thomas hasn't responded to a&t yet? name "just one"? don't feel good being disrespected, huh? its water under the bridge. get over it, move on, and enjoy your new conference... I surely hope this isn’t how you conduct business. Decency should always be in order regardless of personal feelings. It’s when you can’t separate personal from common business sense and practices that you run into foolishness like this.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 15:25:52 GMT -5
who said the conference should "ignore" a school that's no longer in the conference? thomas stated that he hasn't responded "yet". that doesn't mean he never will. the conference has "all summer" to address it's covid-19 protocols, there is no "pressing need" to address it immediately. and no, i'm not "delusional". obviously ya'll are "emotionally" reacting because there no need to deal with this "immediately". like i said, given the status of the meac, responding to a school that's no longer in the conference should be a "low priority". i'm sure the rest of the meac feels that way too. "sour grapes" are to be expected. its very "naive" to expect otherwise... I agree that there is certainly no pressing need now at all. It's like not responding to a bill collector. But why was their no pressing need THEN? Did A&T have assurances that the Track and Field, Baseball and Softball Championship testing would be handled properly when the letter was written? let's face it. the man has far more "pressing issues" than to respond to a school that left the conference "high and dry". ain't no current members of the meac pressed about responding to a&t. why can't ya'll understand that? a&t's actions are largely responsible for placing the conference in the bind that it's currently in. yet, ya'll think the conference should be spending its time worrying about what a&t wants them to do? are you serious? the commissioner's utmost responsibility is to accommodate the remaining members. you think the remaining meac schools care about a&t's letter? do you think that the remaining schools feel addressing a&t should be a top priority? well guess who thomas works for? thomas is getting the reaction outta ya'll that he wanted and ya'll don't even know it...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 15:29:40 GMT -5
you still haven't identified an "immediate pressing need" to respond to a&t's letter. thomas' delayed response is doing "exactly" what he wanted it to do and that was to pyss ya'll off. name "just one" current full time meac school that is upset because thomas hasn't responded to a&t yet? name "just one"? don't feel good being disrespected, huh? its water under the bridge. get over it, move on, and enjoy your new conference... I surely hope this isn’t how you conduct business. Decency should always be in order regardless of personal feelings. It’s when you can’t separate personal from common business sense and practices that you run into foolishness like this. first of all, anybody that i choose to do business with will not be disrespected by me. secondly, i do not place issues that are not "pressing needs" ahead of issues that are "pressing needs". i know of "zero" credible businesses that do that, nor do i...
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Post by scaggie09 on Jul 23, 2021 15:35:46 GMT -5
I surely hope this isn’t how you conduct business. Decency should always be in order regardless of personal feelings. It’s when you can’t separate personal from common business sense and practices that you run into foolishness like this. first of all, anybody that i choose to do business with will not be disrespected by me. secondly, i do not place issues that are not "pressing needs" ahead of issues that are "pressing needs". i know of "zero" credible businesses that do that, nor do i... It was a pressing need because 1) At time of letter A&T was STILL AN ACTIVE member of conference 2) Still had other sports actively competing in the conference 3) Same scenario could have easily played itself out and again with not just A&T but possibly one of the other schools also competing If you can’t walk and chew gum at the same time ie. deal with multiple issues then leadership might not be your calling.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2021 15:38:54 GMT -5
So accurate and fast testing for Covid-19 isn't "pressing?"
Okay.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 15:40:03 GMT -5
first of all, anybody that i choose to do business with will not be disrespected by me. secondly, i do not place issues that are not "pressing needs" ahead of issues that are "pressing needs". i know of "zero" credible businesses that do that, nor do i... It was a pressing need because 1) At time of letter A&T was STILL AN ACTIVE member of conference 2) Still had other sports actively competing in the conference 3) Same scenario could have easily played itself out and again with not just A&T but possibly one of the other schools also competing If you can’t walk and chew gum at the same time ie. deal with multiple issues then leadership might not be your calling. did similar issues arise during spring sports? no. so apparently it was an "isolated incident" that doesn't require an immediate response. and coulda, shoulda, woulda, don't matter...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 23, 2021 15:41:24 GMT -5
So accurate and fast testing for Covid-19 isn't "pressing?" Okay. not until football season starts...
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Post by 919aggie on Jul 23, 2021 15:44:32 GMT -5
Lets not forget that we were possibly robbed of another championship. At the end of the day, A&T is responsible for A&T.
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