That’s likely the case. I highly doubt there’s any plan out there that’s fool proof. But it’s become evident that the B1G didn’t even try.What if there's no non-bubble situation that would've worked?
We haven't had an event like this in more than a century. Situations have developed swung rapidly and wildly since February.
Personally I'm getting a bit sick at hearing the "players are safer inside the program playing ball than they are on their own" rebuttal. It infantalizes the players and frankly we have no way of knowing how well that would work in the fall until we actually tried it.
Everybody seems so sure there's some clear cut plan out there that could've been devised that could've prevented the season from eventually imploding. Given all the moving parts are we really sure that's the case?
That’s likely the case. I highly doubt there’s any plan out there that’s fool proof. But it’s become evident that the B1G didn’t even try.
Why not just do division games? 6 games total, 3 home 3 away. Space them out every other week to allow for testing, quarantining, etc. Players and coaches can show up to away games a week early and quarantine in a local hotel (that has likely been vacant for months and could use the business). Then in place of a bowl game, you play the equivalent of your standing in the East.
Is that foolproof? Absolutely not. Folks could poke holes in that all day long. But that’s why folks like Kevin Warren are paI’d to figure things out, and at least try.
Boy that Warren guy sure was a good hire. Clueless. Wtf was he doing?
I read his very long and detailed background story / resume’ when looking up who the Big Ten commish was recently. My reaction was - the guy moves from job to job, school to school, etc all too frequently to impress me. He has done many things many places but has little or NO college admin experience. He likely has little real feel for how ADs and collegiate orgs function etc.Boy that Warren guy sure was a good hire. Clueless. Wtf was he doing?
That’s likely the case. I highly doubt there’s any plan out there that’s fool proof. But it’s become evident that the B1G didn’t even try.
Why not just do division games? 6 games total, 3 home 3 away. Space them out every other week to allow for testing, quarantining, etc. Players and coaches can show up to away games a week early and quarantine in a local hotel (that has likely been vacant for months and could use the business). Then in place of a bowl game, you play the equivalent of your standing in the East.
Is that foolproof? Absolutely not. Folks could poke holes in that all day long. But that’s why folks like Kevin Warren are paI’d to figure things out, and at least try.
What if there's no non-bubble situation that would've worked?
Ravage? an entire team. You mean like has already happened or you mean kids will actually get sick? The vast majority of kids who have had this didn't even get symptoms. Maybe some of those will have side effects? I guess that remains to be seen.To be sure, and in line with what @Husker in WI said, I think it's 100% the case calling off the season was about avoiding legal liability and maintaining the current power structure than it was truly about solely safety concerns.
That said, I think they decided there's just too much risk involved if something goes wrong that could potentially upset the apple cart and pulled the plug. Even in the situation you mentioned, all it takes is ONE guy screwing up, making the wrong choice, getting unlucky or one false negative test outside of quarantine that brings it inside and it could ravage an entire team.
That would plunge the team/university/conference into a legal minefield.
I think the B1G is operating more out of selfish self-interest than they are looking out for players. To that end, they determined there's no workable solution, combined with not knowing what the virus situation will look like in the fall, and pulled the ripcord. I think people are just salty they didn't delay the inevitable longer.