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

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BitterYoungMatador2, Apr 2, 2020.

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  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Just got a Colorado update.

    Association has submitted its safety and implementation plans for all sports to the governor's office, board of education and state health department. It's in the discussion/revision phase.

    The association will not release the details until the plans are finalized and approved, like in mid- to late July.

    Association has requested specific exceptions for high school sports venues to allow larger team rosters at games than the current health department orders allow. Also to allow for cheer/dance teams and bands to be present at games. The association is said to be modeling different scenarios to allow high school sports to proceed and has "several" contingency plans depending what happens between now and the start of school as well as after school begins.

    They are expecting some districts and/or schools to decide not to play football this year or limit the number of teams. And because restrictions vary across the state, it might mean schools in some areas can play football while those in neighboring counties cannot.
     
    MileHigh, Jul 8, 2020
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  2. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    Ivy might be the first of the "mid majors" to drop which, if enough of them drop out, could get the bigger conferences to reconsider.
     
    Spartan Squad, Jul 8, 2020
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  3. Roscablo

    Roscablo Well-Known Member

    In a way it did for conference basketball tourneys, no? It's pretty big news. We'll see where it goes.
     
    Roscablo, Jul 8, 2020
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  4. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    I'm guessing this puts the brakes on basketball in November and December?
     
    HanSenSE, Jul 8, 2020
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  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Lots of Division III schools/leagues already have said it's not happening for them.
     
    MileHigh, Jul 8, 2020
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  6. Roscablo

    Roscablo Well-Known Member

    If there is no football my guess is there is nothing in the fall. Then it's wait and see on after the New Year.
     
    Roscablo, Jul 8, 2020
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  7. Pilot

    Pilot Well-Known Member

    No college football seems like a breaking point of sorts... I'm not sure what there is left to break, though. It seems like the one thing that's been out there that people have hoped would be somehow possible and now it seems pretty clear it won't be.
     
    Pilot, Jul 8, 2020
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  8. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Yes. I think that was happening anyway.
     
    tapintoamerica, Jul 8, 2020
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  9. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Ivy announcement said no sports until Jan. 1, 2021. Guidance on practice for winter sports teams to follow soon.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Jul 8, 2020
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  10. Tighthead

    Tighthead Well-Known Member

    Stanford describes them as varsity sports, so has every news outlet, so I’m going to say they were all varsity sports?
     
    Tighthead, Jul 8, 2020
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  11. Tighthead

    Tighthead Well-Known Member

    There must be a couple of NHL draft picks who might sign quicker than they planned. Jack Rathbone at Harvard for one. Of course the NHL and AHL may not be playing 2020/21 season games much earlier.
     
    Tighthead, Jul 8, 2020
    #1739
  12. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    All varsity sports. But six of them are not NCAA-awarded championships.
     
    tapintoamerica, Jul 8, 2020
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