Headline: 99% of AD's Believe There Will be a College Football Season
Mates,
So this seems positive. The article gives you all sorts of graphs and charts, with the largest caveat is that the 'season' that occurs might be shortened or it might happen in spring, as has been discussed here.
Some notable graphics here:
And a fair summary quote is here:
Sixty-one percent of the ADs predict the season won’t start until October or November, while 14 percent think the season won’t begin until the spring semester in January or February. One Power Five athletic director doesn’t expect the season to be played at all because of the impact of COVID-19.
The prime motivator will be a surprise to nobody:
What if the worst-case scenario comes true and the college football season doesn’t get played during the 2020-21 academic year?
“There’s too much money at stake, it impacts too many people,” a Power Five AD said. “If there’s no football, we will have bigger issues. This will be worse than the Great Depression and make the 1930s look like a cakewalk.”
Anyway, here's a link to the article. Would be great if there is a season at some point. Oldest son plays small school football and is bummed about no spring practice. Multiply that by thousands and you get the impact on so many young men. Then take all the money that is generated for many programs that also fund sports for the ladies and/or other non-revenue sports, and there is quite an incentive.
Link to article: https://upnorthlive.com/sports/99-percent-of-fbs-ads-believe-well-have-college-football-this-season
Stay safe,
XM
I would be super down with a 12 game schedule starting in October. Skip the hot weather and go straight to cool football weather.
It's partially dependent if and when University's will allow students on campus and most likely physically in class, nothing will happen before then.
This.
Frankly, I don’t think the opinions of ADs are all that relevant. I’m more curious whether Chancellors and University Presidents believe the Fall semester on campus will even happen. If the universities aren’t open, sports aren’t happening.
They think this way because they are desperate for the money. No way will any of this happen this fall unless the Trumplicans decide we need to increase the peak of the second spike for some reason.
They think this way because they are desperate for the money.
I was gonna say, this guy gets it. Football is the revenue stream which drives departments so of course the ADs are gonna spin it that way.
But then you had to be a fucking dickhead and politicize it.
I’ll be interested to see how this plays out as some states open more quickly than others. I could see states like Nebraska and West Virginia starting their practices before states like Michigan and New York. Maybe some of these schools will start scheduling scrimmages between each other? Who the hell knows?
Pretty sure there a limit on the number of practices before the first game. Sure some schools could start practicing before others, but they wouldn't get more practices.
Ultimately, college football is not an independent operation. If students return to campus, then college sports will resume. As long as the students are out, there won't be college football, no matter how much the ADs want it.
Of course there will be a few details to work out, but a late start or restrictions on fans are just that.
This just tells me that no one knows what going on.
I believe also. Where is the data?? Our top medical advisors have been directing the President since ground zero 2..Thank God he had balls and moves ahead of anyone else despite media flip flopping.
April 24th, 2020 at 12:17 AM ^
LOL... Wut?
I hope so too, but it’s not really up to them when it’s all said and done. If another outbreak happens in the Fall/Winter as many think it will, it may be just too dangerous to play.
This virus does not give a fuck about how badly we want sports back. It doesn’t care how much money is at stake.
I just want the gyms to open, for my own sake. Also golf courses are closed here
Never understood the golf thing. Pretty easy to play golf without being within 6 feet of someone else.
no doubt. unless someone wants to go in the woods with me, its a solo journey....
I can’t wait for my gym to open again either. I feel like a skinny-fat piece of shit.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:17 PM ^
There are a ton of great classes being run over IG Live, most of which require no equipment and some with just resistance bands, etc.
Providing every possible Covid-19 scenario is controllable, a 12 game schedule starting early October would be feasible with a little luck.
But to start in November? I'm still refusing to root for global warming!
I'd rather see a spring season, the longer prep time to deal with potential Covid-19 being a plus in a sport where blood, sweat, and viruses fly freely.
Considering the feds and a number of states are already eager to open up their economies, I think we could see sports start back up again as early as mid-May, albeit with no fans. Whether that sticks is the big question.
It's still pretty much college sports armageddon, as attendance, even if allowed, is going to tank, and the TV product is going to suffer.
99% of ADs are wrong.
If the economics are in favor of P5 CFB without a crowd (only TV), then it will likely re start. A real possibility (% unknown) is that the season is curtailed by teams quarantined for outbreaks... so maybe only a few hotspots, so a weird season where some late season games are cancelled.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:20 PM ^
We should take this opportunity to kick Rutger out of the Big 10.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:15 PM ^
I thought Rutgers was our biggest rival?
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:25 PM ^
Some important people are going to have to make some tough decisions over next few months. It's not realistic to expect people are going to be still living like this 5 months from now for multiple reasons.
Many current restrictions will be lifted and with that will have to find a balance between safety and living our lives because there is a decent chance this virus is going to be around for a few years.
Let's face it we haven't even scratched the the surface with this as many estimates think only 10 pct of people have had it. Betting that almost all here haven't had it YET. When things do start to go back loads of people are going to get infected, that is just common sense. The biggest question then becomes what is the ultimate end game/goal? Answer that and that will tell us if we will see football this season.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:32 PM ^
What else are they gonna say at this stage? They have no real clue, no one really does. So they're gonna say whatever sounds the best right now. They'll keep saying whatever sounds the best until something forces them to say something different.
April 24th, 2020 at 12:40 AM ^
Yeah, and 99% of socialists think we'll be locked down until 2022.
“the answer to your question,” lloyd carr spits, “is money.”
athletic directors’ entire existence is based on revenue production. they will do literally anything to keep the hose open, up to and including risking the health of 110,000 people
it doesn’t matter what the ADs think. if students can’t be on campus, there’s no fucking way sports happens.
April 24th, 2020 at 10:18 AM ^
Can they have football without fans in attendance? I feel like there's a huge difference between having 250ish people from both teams combined necessary for the game to be played (possibly all tested and confirmed negative for COVID19?) And then having 100,000 people in a crowded stadium.
Perhaps the epidemiologists can figure out if the former is safe but not the latter?