News Article: Time to face reality: ‘No one is playing college football in the fall’ (or are they?)

[Titans&Tide]

As for spring, I seriously doubt there is anyway a college football season would ever start past November because there is no way the NFL will ever budge on their playoff and offseason schedule. I never got why people continuously have tried to say that spring football was a realistic option.

Huh? Spring is easy to figure out. Kick off the Saturday after the Super Bowl and play 12 games over 13 weeks. That puts the conference championships in early May with the CFP in early June. Take eight weeks off and start Fall camp. Push the start date for Fall 2021 to late September. This isn't difficult. The idea that it would be tough for the players is valid, but not insurmountable.

 

[rgw]

Spring ball presents its own problems as the NFL draft would coincide with the meat of the season. My guess is that a lot of the draft eligible juniors and seniors would just decline to play and focus on the combine, pro days, and draft.

 

[B1GTide]

Huh? Spring is easy to figure out. Kick off the Saturday after the Super Bowl and play 12 games over 13 weeks. That puts the conference championships in early May with the CFP in early June. Take eight weeks off and start Fall camp. Push the start date for Fall 2021 to late September. This isn't difficult. The idea that it would be tough for the players is valid, but not insurmountable.

Nope - won't happen that early. Half the country actually has a winter.

 

[CrimsonMapper]

Spring ball presents its own problems as the NFL draft would coincide with the meat of the season. My guess is that a lot of the draft eligible juniors and seniors would just decline to play and focus on the combine, pro days, and draft.

Yeah, you nailed it. That's the real threat to the P5 big boys. I wonder if the commissioners and ADs would beg the NFL to slide all that back to the early summer. The NFL will say no, but it's worth a shot. Also, would the early enrollees be eligible if there is available scholarships due to folks opting out?

 

[rgw]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1292673451111702528

looking like this season is done as the entirety of the P5 has shown some interest in organizing

 

[NationalTitles18]

At the Heart of It: Cardiac Inflammation the Next Virus Hurdle for College Leaders

University leaders are grappling with new information from the medical world about the after effects of coronavirus, including cardiac heart issues.

www.si.com

Of all the hurdles impeding a 2020 college football season, there is one roadblock that has gone mostly overshadowed, buried beneath the other more prominent obstacles, such as testing, travel, a bubble-less college campus and quarantine requirements. That hurdle? The heart.

“That’s what has been the final straw,” says a team doctor at a prominent college football program. “The commissioners are finally figuring it all out. The commissioners are going, ‘Oh my gosh!’ And the doctors are like, ‘Yeah...’”

University leaders and conference executives are grappling with new information from the medical world about the virus’ after effects on its victims, exacerbating an already difficult conundrum: risk it and play a fall season, or sit out and watch an industry potentially crumble? Revelations from physicians like Martinez have deepened the debate.

Can't say for certain that this is related, but it's a strong possibility.

Former Florida State center Michael Ojo dies after collapsing during training at age 27

Michael Ojo died after collapsing during training in Serbia, his former team Red Star Belgrade said.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[rgw]

And for whatever it's worth, I think the demands listed in the image in tweet in my last post are all fair and reasonable. The Pac-12 players statement went off the path where I think negotiation is possible. Remember, the Pac-12 letter demanded a 50% revenue split among other things. All of the most onerous demands from the P12 letter were discarded save the CFB Players Association. Frankly, I think a CFBPA is a foregone conclusion regardless of whether the P5 stakeholders are willing to admit it. Once the players can start making money off their likeness, they're going to need some negotiating body to manage the legal side of that system. (Any time someone is telling you that you don't need a lawyer is a sign you most certainly need a lawyer)

 

[Bamabuzzard]

At the Heart of It: Cardiac Inflammation the Next Virus Hurdle for College Leaders

University leaders are grappling with new information from the medical world about the after effects of coronavirus, including cardiac heart issues.

www.si.com

Can't say for certain that this is related, but it's a strong possibility.

Former Florida State center Michael Ojo dies after collapsing during training at age 27

Michael Ojo died after collapsing during training in Serbia, his former team Red Star Belgrade said.

www.cbsnews.com

NT, thank you for continuing to post information. No matter where one currently falls on the impact or severity of this virus, I think we all can agree that we still DO NOT KNOW what all it does to the body. Even the smartest doctors on the globe, as educated and experienced as they are, cannot sit and give any assurances on the full nature of this virus. Again, thank you for posting.

 

[2003TIDE]

Starting to see a lot of smoke around the Big 10 cancelling

Sources: Big Ten expected to cancel football season for fall; no games for Michigan, Michigan State in 2020

The Big Ten has canceled the college football season due to concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Michigan and MSU will not play this fall.

www.freep.com

 

[BamaMoon]

I love the #wewanttoplay movement by the players.

Many of them are saying they feel much safer in a training camp/team environment than they would if the season is cancelled and they are sent home.

Others are saying that if some can opt "out" the rest should have the right to opt "in."

About as much "sense" coming from the players as anywhere right now.

 

[colbysullivan]

Others are saying that if some can opt "out" the rest should have the right to opt "in."

I can actually see where they're coming from here. They just want the choice. They don't want other people to tell them they can't play.

 

[NationalTitles18]

I love the #wewanttoplay movement by the players.

Many of them are saying they feel much safer in a training camp/team environment than they would if the season is cancelled and they are sent home.

Others are saying that if some can opt "out" the rest should have the right to opt "in."

About as much "sense" coming from the players as anywhere right now.

Well, as much as some would like, the universe does not revolve around them. There are other people and other considerations. Also, based on some reports not all can be trusted (surprising for that age group ) to do the right thing consistently.

 

[Titans&Tide]

Nope - won't happen that early. Half the country actually has a winter.

Doesn't stop Green Bay, Buffalo, or New England. Come to think of it, I can't recall winter stopping any NFL game from being played. It can be safely done.

 

[MobtownK]

Doesn't stop Green Bay, Buffalo, or New England. Come to think of it, I can't recall winter stopping any NFL game from being played. It can be safely done.

If we put players and coaches and staff in a bubble, maybe. But what happens at Thanksgiving when they can't go see family? And the coaches can't see their wives or kids? If you make bowl games- Christmas is probably off as well.
And how do you keep college kids who are in classes and not getting paid in a bubble?
The logistics of keeping everyone away from people is doable- but at a high price.

 

[B1GTide]

Doesn't stop Green Bay, Buffalo, or New England. Come to think of it, I can't recall winter stopping any NFL game from being played. It can be safely done.

That is the NFL, and generally only a few games/year are played in those conditions. It is one of the reasons that the SB is not played in a field in the north that does not have a dome.

 

[MOAN]

Lets see what the NFL does. If they cancel then by all means cancel college ball. They are under the same risk as college players. Yes I know they get paid but colleges give their players the best chance for health care they can get for many if not most players.

All this fear mongering over how it affects the heart or long term effects on young people will still be here in the spring and next fall!! No guarantee of a vaccine working per even Fauci!! It is all guess work right now for all doctors and scientist!! Every day is a new negative article about this virus from some source or another, but no real evidence. This long term deal is funny since the virus isn't even a year old. Get back to me in 5-10 years on the study about long term effects, even on the heart!!!

 

[81usaf92]

Huh? Spring is easy to figure out. Kick off the Saturday after the Super Bowl and play 12 games over 13 weeks. That puts the conference championships in early May with the CFP in early June. Take eight weeks off and start Fall camp. Push the start date for Fall 2021 to late September. This isn't difficult. The idea that it would be tough for the players is valid, but not insurmountable.

You are forgetting one HUGE thing... March Madness. There is absolutely no way that the NCAA is going to take eyes away from that.

 

[JDCrimson]

What are the chances the SEC decides to play this fall while the other P5's cancel? It would be risky bit they would corner the market on publicity and ad revenue?

 

[colbysullivan]

You are forgetting one HUGE thing... March Madness. There is absolutely no way that the NCAA is going to take eyes away from that.

Yeah that 2020 tournament was an amazing thing to behold...

 

[81usaf92]

That is the NFL, and generally only a few games/year are played in those conditions. It is one of the reasons that the SB is not played in a field in the north that does not have a dome.

Yeah I remember all the fear of a sham SB everyone had when they actually got closer to the NYC super bowl so I really doubt they will ever have another SB in the north that is not in a dome again