Will COVID-19 be the needle that finally bursts the sports bubble?

I wonder how often players 66-76 even see the field in non-blowouts. 65 gives you three players for almost every position and a few punter/kicker/special teams specialists.

I guess if it does make a difference, that should be reflected in the results and eventually in betting spreads on home teams. I think Sagarin estimates home field as worth about 3 points over a neutral field, so if travel squad size cuts matter, maybe that advantage will rise to 3.2 points or something.

 

Noted. Most I’ve seen make $150,000 or so, but it’s been a while since I’ve been around CFB.

 

I suspect that he's referring to the home teams that do this, although in some cases visiting teams could as well. That would depend on the travel time and game time, I would think.

 

The only thing home teams staying in a hotel does is enforce a curfew so some dipshits don’t get into a bar fight or get popped for a DWI the night before a game.

 

See also: Director of (sport goes here) Operations and quality control coaches.

 

It really screams for the regionalization of a lot of the Olympic sports across conferences. Like the Pac-12 having Cal Poly and CSU Bakersfield as associate members for wrestling. Or how some
West Coast D2 and D3 schools formed their own swimming conference.

 

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