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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
The financial difference will be a lot more than that. Many MAC schools had more than 1 Power 5 school on their schedule, ex. Kent State had 3 (Penn State, Kentucky, and Alabama). Their lost revenue easily could be in the $3M - $4M range. Then factor in a few more million dollars of savings by not running football and all the other non revenue sports.
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If the MAC cancelled fall football mainly because of financial concerns of not being able to play P5 teams during the fall, and is hoping to play in the spring, they had better hope that P5 conference don't play in the fall as scheduled, because P5 teams sure as hell aren't going to play onesie and twosie games in the spring just to help out some MAC team's bottom line.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
The Machinery Is in Motion to Postpone the 2020 College Football Season
After an arduous summer of trying to push the 2020 college football season through a pandemic and toward kickoff, conference leaders abruptly hit the brakes on a chaotic Saturday that felt like the beginning of the end.
First, the Mid-American Conference announced that its presidents unanimously voted to postpone fall sports until the spring. That was the first FBS league to take such a step, and it puts the other nine in a precarious position trying to justify playing. “There are simply too many unknowns to put our student athletes in these situations,” commissioner John Steinbrecher said. “This is simply a miserable decision. I am heartbroken we are in this place.”
Then, the Big Ten released a statement saying that it has halted progress toward full-contact practice. From the statement: “We believe it is best to continue in the appropriate phase of activity referenced above while we digest and share information from each campus to ensure we are moving forward cautiously.” The conference had a regularly scheduled presidents meeting Saturday, with rumors percolating nationally that the wealthiest conference is considering postponing fall sports as well. A Detroit Free Press report Saturday cited league sources saying commissioner Kevin Warren is in favor of a spring football season.
Later, a prominent industry source opined to Sports Illustrated: “I think by the end of the week the fall sports will be postponed in all conferences.”
The news whiplash was jarring. Just Friday, the Southeastern Conference announced every member’s opponents for a 10-game season. Earlier in the week, the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference released full schedules. Kickoff for the Big Ten was set for Sept. 3, and the ACC for Sept. 10.
Now? Many people around the sport are bracing for a decision that would be devastating both culturally and financially—a national postponement to spring, at best.
What happened? The closer we got to kickoff, the more misgivings have mounted. There was never a unified belief at the FBS level about how to proceed, and those fissures have become more clear as time went by and the data did not alleviate concerns.
“Almost everything would have to be perfectly aligned to continue moving forward,” NCAA chief medical officer Brian Hainline said Friday night on the association’s weekly Social Series.
Not much has aligned in recent weeks. From a national health perspective: COVID-19 infections soared through July, and deaths have correspondingly risen during August. From a local campus perspective: Colleges have been faced with the reality of trying to curtail athlete outbreaks in a non-bubble setting, while bracing for the return of the full student body en masse. Then there have been individual athlete testimonials about lingering effects of the disease, including heart issues; the large-scale player movements within conferences that articulate their health concerns; and the dozens of players opting out of the season.
As one Power 5 source put it: ”I think the commissioners, presidents and ADs have just started looking around and asking, 'What are we doing?’ ”
The answer, now, is pausing. And in some cases backtracking. And perhaps ultimately a full stop.
Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2020/08/08/postponement-fall-college-football-season-mac-big-ten
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Not happening.
Don't get it twisted though, it has next to nothing to do with the health of the athletes and virtually everything to do with optics and not getting sued.
Don't get it twisted though, it has next to nothing to do with the health of the athletes and virtually everything to do with optics and not getting sued.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Not seeing it. I think it's a really bad look in general for any school that does that. That being said, there is no way in hell tsun would come along while passing on the opportunity to seize some self-proclaimed moral high ground, perpetuate the football factory stereotype and look down on us.
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