.I think this is like the 200th time I’ve read about the Big Ten officially choosing to postpone without seeing an announcement from the Big Ten.
There is a lot of push back coming from players and coaches now who want to play. This is bullshit and it’s not about player safety. It’s about one conference being run by mostly libtards who don’t want the liability of a college football player dying from Rona on their hands which is very unlikely, but possible because sometimes people die.
There is a simple solution which is a liability waiver signed by all players and coaches who want to play. These players already have the opportunity to opt out of playing this season with zero penalty to their eligibility. That’s as far as it needs to go. The rest of them are legal adults old enough to fight for this country and old enough to make their own motherfucking decisions about their health and safety. So if you don’t want to play, don’t fucking play. But don’t take away the opportunity to play from consenting adults. That is called raping their time, their dreams, and their pursuit of happiness.
I just read an article about Nebraska being open to exploring their options and still playing regardless of what the BIG-10 does. Ohio State feels the same way. This could get ugly real quick with a bunch of schools saying fuck that and going independent which is the smart thing to do. Nobody knows how long COVID is going to last. Nobody. This shit could be just as bad if not worse in 2021 and 2022. We don’t know. College football cannot survive going multiple seasons in a row not playing. They just need to fucking play because this shit isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Nobody can wave a fucking magic wand and get rid of this virus by the Spring or even next Fall. Just shut the fuck up let the boys play.
College football players say they want to play
CFB media: We gotta listen to the players!
CFB players want to get paid and get a union
CFB media: They are too young and immature to make these decisions. Let the adults talk!
lol “if we had only worn a mask”
No one even knows what the safety threshold is here.
This is about the Pac 12 and the B1G thinking (knowing) they’re superior to the schools in the other 3 power 5’s and being above college football when the players start talking about liability and revenue sharing long term.
Once that happened at least the Pac 12 was DONE for 2020. Cycle as many upperclassmen out as possible and hope it’s easy to play 2021 with no unity movement.
The players knew they overplayed their hand after this weekend, which is why you saw them tweeting late last night.
It’s probably too little too late for fall football. Spring will most likely happen because COVID fatigue and political fatigue will cause people to tune out public health officials no matter how what is happening.
My guess is Power 5 as a whole begrudgingly keeps pushing this back a month or two at a time until spring.
Had they worn a mask AND hadn’t they gone to massive demonstrations and riots and none of this would’ve happened. Period.
Had they worn a mask AND hadn’t they gone to massive demonstrations and riots and none of this would’ve happened. Period.
It doesn’t fucking matter. These athletes are not a part of regular society. They are being tested on a weekly basis which regular people are not and every school has an empty campus where they can isolate their athletes in a bubble. Those that test positive are isolated from the rest of the team and them after two weeks are no longer contagious and can return to the team. The risk of getting this virus and dying from it for regular people is super low. It’s even lower for these athletes who are more protected than the rest of us.
And protests are not the cause of the virus spreading. King county cases per week are very much under control compared to other places around the country and we’ve obviously had just as much if not more protesting than anywhere in the country which is only further proof that this virus doesn’t spread well in an open air, outdoor environment. You know, kind of like playing football outside. Poor leadership and people unwilling to change their lifestyles at all in the dumber states like Texas and Florida is why the spread of the virus isn’t as low as it should be at this point.
Had they worn a mask AND hadn’t they gone to massive demonstrations and riots and none of this would’ve happened. Period.
It doesn’t fucking matter. These athletes are not a part of regular society. They are being tested on a weekly basis which regular people are not and every school has an empty campus where they can isolate their athletes in a bubble. Those that test positive are isolated from the rest of the team and them after two weeks are no longer contagious and can return to the team. The risk of getting this virus and dying from it for regular people is super low. It’s even lower for these athletes who are more protected than the rest of us.
And protests are not the cause of the virus spreading. King county cases per week are very much under control compared to other places around the country and we’ve obviously had just as much if not more protesting than anywhere in the country which is only further proof that this virus doesn’t spread well in an open air, outdoor environment. You know, kind of like playing football outside. Poor leadership and people unwilling to change their lifestyles at all in the dumber states like Texas and Florida is why the spread of the virus isn’t as low as it should be at this point.
Its scary how much I agree with a liberal. But your right on again.
The issue is the universities are concerned about liability should some of these players come down with complications from Covid.
Yeah we all know nearly 100% of the players that get it will survive but some could have lung and heart issues and try and hold universities financially responsible over the long run.
The irony in the liability issue is if they were employees they would fall under workers compensation laws and would severely limit the university’s liability.
The issue is the universities are concerned about liability should some of these players come down with complications from Covid.
Yeah we all know nearly 100% of the players that get it will survive but some could have lung and heart issues and try and hold universities financially responsible over the long run.
We know Chest, and the vast majority of these players would have no problem signing a liability waiver if that’s all they have to do to play. Regular people have to sign one to go to the gym. It’s not a big deal. Hell, me going to the tiny little Anytime Fitness gym down the street to work out is riskier than these players playing football outside. This shit is ridiculous. Just make them sign a waiver and let them fucking play football. They have one life to live and a very short time span relative to the rest of their lives to play this sport.
How about the liability of costing them a year of their NFL careers? Huh? You force them to push back their entry into the NFL draft another year, that’s one year taken away from the length of their pro careers which could be worth millions of dollars just for one individual. Years from now you could realistically see players suing these schools claiming they only had a five-year NFL career when they should have had a six-year NFL career and these schools are liable for their loss of NFL earning potential.
Waivers do not protect the school from negligence. If it’s determined the schools acted negligently the waiver does not matter. When you go into surgery you sign waivers.
I wonder how many players will opt out for the spring. If I had a kid graded between the 1-4 rounds I’m probably sitting out and getting ready for the draft players like Molden, Tryon, Levi they are interviewing agents right now the agents will give them a front and send them to training facility to be 100% for evaluations.
Everyone is just assuming that the spring will bring this great cure and everything will be back to normal but that doesn’t there is no evidence of that. Larry Scott is a bitch. Why not go and if it doesn’t work go with the spring now your all or nothing.
Waivers do not protect the school from negligence. If it’s determined the schools acted negligently the waiver does not matter. When you go into surgery you sign waivers.
I wonder how many players will opt out for the spring. If I had a kid graded between the 1-4 rounds I’m probably sitting out and getting ready for the draft players like Molden, Tryon, Levi they are interviewing agents right now the agents will give them a front and send them to training facility to be 100% for evaluations.
Everyone is just assuming that the spring will bring this great cure and everything will be back to normal but that doesn’t there is no evidence of that. Larry Scott is a bitch. Why not go and if it doesn’t work go with the spring now your all or nothing.
What negligence could anybody argue in a court of law? If done correctly with masking, testing, virtual meetings, work out equipment being moved outdoors, and keeping athletes in a bubble on campus as much as possible, there is no negligence any player could argue in court.
It doesn’t matter though. It’s over now.
I agree Larry Scott is a fucking bitch. I would love to know which presidents from which schools are supporting that piece of shit remaining the conference’s commissioner. He is so fucking incompetent the only reason he still has his job can only be corruption.
Yup, unless the NFL draft gets pushed back I can definitely see UW losing some of their best players from this defense which had a chance to be one of the best defenses in school history. Makes me sick for these kids. They work their asses off only to end up getting patronized and fucked by people who don’t genuinely give a fuck about them or their well being.
Even if the NFL pushes it back they can’t push back too far because they have training camps. Being a Plaintiff attorney for 15 years on the negligence part when running a large organization with a lot of moving parts negligence can creep in. But doesn’t matter with the current Supreme Court outside of gross negligence.
Well the SEC, ACC, Big 12 are going to give it a try!!
Mask have proven to be effective you dopes. Look at the countries who stressed wearing mask and how they are in much better shape than the United States. If everyone had just followed the protocols then our country wouldn’t be spiking in cases.
If the cases had flattened or be on the decline then we’d like be having a season. Can’t really justify making only college football play but also say it’s too dangerous to have school or other sports playing.
Mask have proven to be effective you dopes. Look at the countries who stressed wearing mask and how they are in much better shape than the United States. If everyone had just followed the protocols then our country wouldn’t be spiking in cases.
If the cases had flattened or be on the decline then we’d like be having a season. Can’t really justify making only college football play but also say it’s too dangerous to have school or other sports playing.
Yes, I agree with you but my point is the number of cases in regular society is not at all relevant to these athletes and the risk they face because these athletes can be completely isolated from regular society. Therefore, any stats about the spread of the virus in the general public ARE NOT RELEVANT to college football players.
Each university has everything they need to set up a bubble just like the NBA is doing. They have an empty campus. They have enough empty dorm rooms for every athlete to get their own individual dorm. They have the money to pay the expenses of their athletes breaking their leasing agreements at their apartment complexes and moving back onto campus if they don’t live on campus already. They have campus security to monitor where these athletes are and make sure none of them leave campus or bring outsiders onto campus. Anybody caught doing so should be suspended a game. I think having blue balls for a couple months is a fine trade off for getting to play football games. They have access to as much testing and medical facilities as they need on campus. They have all the food they need. All their meetings can be virtual. All of their necessary workout equipment has already been moved outdoors. All of their practices are obviously outdoors. What the fuck am I missing here? Putting them in a bubble and playing the season in the Fall is perfectly doable.
Like I said, there is zero leadership and competence at the top of college football. Every university is capable of doing this and enforcing the same rules and procedures. An actual PLAN like this should have been put into place months ago. Instead the NCAA isn’t doing shit and each individual conference is just winging it with no plan at all. How the fuck did these people get these cushy ass jobs when they’re all so stupid and lazy?
Waivers do not protect the school from negligence. If it’s determined the schools acted negligently the waiver does not matter. When you go into surgery you sign waivers.
I wonder how many players will opt out for the spring. If I had a kid graded between the 1-4 rounds I’m probably sitting out and getting ready for the draft players like Molden, Tryon, Levi they are interviewing agents right now the agents will give them a front and send them to training facility to be 100% for evaluations.
Everyone is just assuming that the spring will bring this great cure and everything will be back to normal but that doesn’t there is no evidence of that. Larry Scott is a bitch. Why not go and if it doesn’t work go with the spring now your all or nothing.
What negligence could anybody argue in a court of law? If done correctly with masking, testing, virtual meetings, work out equipment being moved outdoors, and keeping athletes in a bubble on campus as much as possible, there is no negligence any player could argue in court.
It doesn’t matter though. It’s over now.
I agree Larry Scott is a fucking bitch. I would love to know which presidents from which schools are supporting that piece of shit remaining the conference’s commissioner. He is so fucking incompetent the only reason he still has his job can only be corruption.
Yup, unless the NFL draft gets pushed back I can definitely see UW losing some of their best players from this defense which had a chance to be one of the best defenses in school history. Makes me sick for these kids. They work their asses off only to end up getting patronized and fucked by people who don’t genuinely give a fuck about them or their well being.
You and I could walk around that campus and in 5 minutes come up with multiple instances of potential negligence by the Univ. Door handles not being cleaned after being opened. Keyboards not being wiped down after use, people using utensils and sitting them on the table, etc etc etc.
There are lawyers allready coming up with arguments why entites with money should pay damages to people who catch the virus, and no way will those places take a risk a jury agrees and awards them some outlandish judgement, and will settle out of court.
What are you talking about? There is zero way to prove negligence in a court law as long as these universities take reasonable precautions which they have already done for the most part. In order to prove negligence you have to prove a specific action or inaction directly resulted in this person being harmed. There is no fucking way to prove how or where a person contracted a virus. And how is anybody going to prove door handles weren’t sanitized enough? That’s a laughable case and there would be no settlement. The universities would win easily.
What a fucking miserable time to be college football fan. That is unless you’re a BIG12, ACC, and SEC fan of course because those conference’s appear to have no plans of postponing their seasons because they aren’t run by pussies. Can we at least get an updated roster so we can see the gains and body transformations the players are making while they’re working harder than ever for no fucking season. Throw me a fricken bone here you cunts. I’m also looking forward to the next TSIO podcast. Should be an all-timer.
What a fucking miserable time to be college football fan. That is unless you’re a BIG12, ACC, and SEC fan of course because those conference’s appear to have no plans of postponing their seasons because they aren’t run by pussies. Can we at least get an updated roster so we can see the gains and body transformations the players are making while they’re working harder than ever for no fucking season. Throw me a fricken bone here you cunts. I’m also looking forward to the next TSIO podcast. Should be an all-timer.
I dont think its going to go well for the other leagues.
What a fucking miserable time to be college football fan. That is unless you’re a BIG12, ACC, and SEC fan of course because those conference’s appear to have no plans of postponing their seasons because they aren’t run by pussies. Can we at least get an updated roster so we can see the gains and body transformations the players are making while they’re working harder than ever for no fucking season. Throw me a fricken bone here you cunts. I’m also looking forward to the next TSIO podcast. Should be an all-timer.
I dont think its going to go well for the other leagues.
There’s still a decent chance SEC/ACC at least gives no shits and gets a season in which would look really bad for us (fire everyone).
But yeah, if this backfires on the south and we end up looking like we actually care about the “student athletes” then what’s to stop them from bleeding recruits to us.
The whole thing appears to have gotten as political as everything else. Soft interviewed a UW medical professional who gave me the vibe like they think the SEC either lying or incompetent on the whole topic.
We’ll see.
Christ, no college football in the fall. How do I avoid becoming an alcoholic when I’m now not trying to stay focused on another 4th quarter meltdown to Cal, Stanford, Oregon, and Utah.
