Will There Be a 2020 Football Season?

Chances of a 2020 season?

  • Full 12 Game Schedule

    Votes: 20 36.4%

  • Shortened Season

    Votes: 13 23.6%

  • No Games Played

    Votes: 22 40.0%
  • Total voters
    55
  • Poll closed .
84HuskerLaw said:
Per NYTimes numbers June 1 - July 4.  New cases 900,000. deaths 29,000.  = 3%.  Estimated unidentified infections another 9,000,000 at just the 10X multiplier = death rate of .3%.  over entire population (all age groups).

Estimated total deaths in U.S. to july 1 for those under 45 yrs old = 2900.    Most with other illnesses already (not athletes or coaching staff types generally). 

I didnt easily find a breakdown of cases #s count by age groups but it seems reasonable to say that the younger and healthier the better.   

Point is - college sports participants have almost NO meaningful risk of death due to exposure to Covid 19.  Very little risk of serious illness either. Most who get it will hardly have symptoms to deal with.  

Limit contacts of participants with high risk groups (older sickly, etc) and play football.  Test and isolate if you must but no reason to not go forward otherwise except fear of something not very dangerous.  
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I think there is concern with asymptomatic spread. 

 
"Speaking during an interview on an NCAA Twitter channel, [Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry] Scott ... predicted that decisions about having fall sports will be driven less by sport-based concerns, such as transmission through games’ physical contact, and more by campus- and community-level situations such as the recent outbreaks that have occurred in the South and West."

https://www.statesman.com/sports/20200704/pac-12-commissioner-larry-scott-says-recent-coronavirus-outbreaks-bring-added-challenges-for-fall-college-sports

 
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krc1995 said:
In hindsight I should have always worn a mask At Walmart. Lol. 
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At the store today...saw way less people wearing masks.

I do think that a lot of people mask-up at the store...but not when they are out talking to their neighbors and shooting off fireworks and crap like that.

 
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krc1995 said:
In hindsight I should have always worn a mask At Walmart. Lol. 
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teachercd said:
At the store today...saw way less people wearing masks.

I do think that a lot of people mask-up at the store...but not when they are out talking to their neighbors and shooting off fireworks and crap like that.
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lo country said:
I will continue as the norm.  I like the anonymity of not always having to stop and speak! :D
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Guy Chamberlin said:
Gotta admit, none of the little COVID indulgences I've been doing, like backyard socializing with friends, feels anywhere near as dangerous as my weekly grocery store run or restaurant take-out.
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In all honestly, I might just mask up every time I'm ill and in public.

 
teachercd said:
Ha...could you imagine if people heard/knew the s#!t we say on the sidelines or during practice...my god.  I would be in prison!  Ha
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I hope you get a season. If you do, please consider designing some rileyesque play calling cards with pictures of Dr. Fauci, a nose with droplets, a bar chart with an upward trending line, and a mask. May be a great way to intimidate the opponent. 

 
teachercd said:
I won't mind wearing one on the sideline...it will be easy to talk to my coaches and say things like "Seriously, is that idiot really the best kid we have at DE...He f#&%ing sucks...wow...that one is his mom?  Good lord"
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It's like the "cover your mouth with your glove" move in baseball. 

 
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