Ohio State QB Justin Fields starts petition to relaunch Big Ten season

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I remain skeptical that anyone, including the SEC, ACC or the Big 12 play football this Fall. The locations of those conferences have higher rates of infections, hospitalizations and deaths than the rest of the Country.
 

GopherPD said:
I remain skeptical that anyone, including the SEC, ACC or the Big 12 play football this Fall. The locations of those conferences have higher rates of infections, hospitalizations and deaths than the rest of the Country.
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I recall early on when NY was the focus and the west coast and folks were all "Well at least they can play in the south!" Like bro ... that's not how this works....

I still don't know what will happen, but man people.
 

Here is the petition if people want to sign it:
sign.moveon.org

#WeWantToPlay

We want to play. We believe that safety protocols have been established and can be maintained to mitigate concerns of exposure to Covid 19. We believe that we should have the right to make decisions about what is best for our health and our future. Don’t let our hard work and sacrifice be in...
sign.moveon.org sign.moveon.org
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
I don't know whether there was an actual vote, but to suggest that the schools didn't control the decision or that one person made the decision, announced it and now everyone is stuck with it is ridiculous.
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Absolutely correct.

The presidents, of course, made the decision. They obfuscated the process so that no one directly could be blamed. And I don’t blame them for that, one bit. Lot of asshole, crazy fans out there. No need for death threats over a game.
 

Donovan said:
Here is the petition if people want to sign it:
sign.moveon.org

#WeWantToPlay

We want to play. We believe that safety protocols have been established and can be maintained to mitigate concerns of exposure to Covid 19. We believe that we should have the right to make decisions about what is best for our health and our future. Don’t let our hard work and sacrifice be in...
sign.moveon.org sign.moveon.org
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Didn’t click it, and don’t plan on it.

Wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of signatures are from SEC, ACC, and Big XII fans, trying to sew even more division between the conservative/Trumpian fans and the progressive fans in Big Ten country.
 


2nd Degree Gopher said:
I don't know whether there was an actual vote, but to suggest that the schools didn't control the decision or that one person made the decision, announced it and now everyone is stuck with it is ridiculous.
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I thought one governor picking and choosing which businesses can open, and which can't was a ridiculous thought 6 months ago.

So suggesting that Warren made the decision himself doesn't seem all that ridiculous any longer.
 

GopherPD said:
I remain skeptical that anyone, including the SEC, ACC or the Big 12 play football this Fall. The locations of those conferences have higher rates of infections, hospitalizations and deaths than the rest of the Country.
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Infections and hospitalizations are quickly dropping in those locations, and deaths are nowhere near where they were in the northeast in the spring.
 

^^^ thanks Remdesivir!!
Also having 4 months to learn what doesn’t work, and try it different.
 

The vote, no vote deliberative process thing is a classic. Thank you, president Gabel for the chuckle. The lack of communication is deafening, and telling.

Going into left field here but everyone else is doing it so why not- from an academic’s viewpoint this is a once in a lifetime chance to divorce schools from overpaid coaches, under qualified student athletes, unionization headaches, other distractions, and for some even a chance to get a shot in at “jock culture”. Call it implicit bias.
 



GopherWeatherGuy said:
Infections and hospitalizations are quickly dropping in those locations, and deaths are nowhere near where they were in the northeast in the spring.
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68% of German Covid-19 patients tested showed EKG or cardiac MRI abnormalities--even those without severe symptoms. Pretty scary if you are a high-end athlete hoping to get paid for your services in the NFL. Bateman understood this; hopefully more players will say "no thanks".
 


Block M said:
Much more to do with the cohort being infected than remdesivir.
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Sure, I buy that.

But again, they got the benefit of getting to see what went wrong elsewhere, first.

Can you imagine the massacre that would’ve befallen the elderly and long term care patients in the south, if that region had been the first hit in March/April? They would’ve F’ed it up beyond all imagination.
 

pretty funny that the progressives are siding with the management instead of the labor on this one.
 



Pompous Elitist said:
The vote, no vote deliberative process thing is a classic. Thank you, president Gabel for the chuckle. The lack of communication is deafening, and telling.

Going into left field here but everyone else is doing it so why not- from an academic’s viewpoint this is a once in a lifetime chance to divorce schools from overpaid coaches, under qualified student athletes, unionization headaches, other distractions, and for some even a chance to get a shot in at “jock culture”. Call it implicit bias.
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That’s not left field, that’s out of the stadium nutbag crazy. Name a single school that has shuttered its entire athletics program permanently (as you’re suggesting) because of covid.
 




the schools need the players. the players do not need the schools.
 


A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
If they're going to play football they do...
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why?

edit: seems to me that the only reason for this is collusion between the billionaires of the nfl and the millionaires of the ncaa.

edit ii: and now you have progressives who are going to bat for the millionaires and billionaires instead of the exploited player.
 
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bigtenchamps1899 said:
the schools need the players. the players do not need the schools.
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There are lots of players to fill the spots if some choose not to participate. What other vehicle do players have to showcase their wares for the NFL? This isn't basketball where you can leave high school and play on a team in Bulgaria or Ecuador or Tasmania for a year or two.

Players need schools more than schools need players.

Of course, both sides could really use each other.
 


Urbandale said:
There are lots of players to fill the spots if some choose not to participate. What other vehicle do players have to showcase their wares for the NFL? This isn't basketball where you can leave high school and play on a team in Bulgaria or Ecuador or Tasmania for a year or two.

Players need schools more than schools need players.

Of course, both sides could really use each other.
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right, we'll just replace em with scabs!

some of you sound like early-twentieth century robber barons: "their labor is duly rewarded for a days work with a days pay in Standard Corp chits that can be redeemed at the company store. don't like it, go work somewhere else" (meanwhile, we have colluded with government and other corporations to ensure you cant go work anywhere else)
 

howeda7 said:
Not surprising. And how will the ACC justify forging ahead with games? The SEC I can see maybe. I don't the President of UVa or UNC saying "$%^ it. Play ball!"
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Yeah, I would agree. Although its probably better for football to NOT have to have in-person classes, it would further pervert the notion of the student-athlete (but really, can it get more perverted?). One undiagnosed infection in a football player who takes the field will crash the whole thing. Everyone in the huddle will get it.
 

bigtenchamps1899 said:
right, we'll just replace em with scabs!

some of you sound like early-twentieth century robber barons: "their labor is duly rewarded for a days work with a days pay in Standard Corp chits that can be redeemed at the company store. don't like it, go work somewhere else" (meanwhile, we have colluded with government and other corporations to ensure you cant go work anywhere else)
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I think you're mitaking advocating for something.... where people are recognizing reality.
 

Block M said:
Wow. We just need to acknowledge that life-as-usual is not a possibility until there is a vaccine. Why pretend otherwise? How can guys be focusing on the play called in the huddle?
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The same way they focus to work out and socialize together off the field?
 

Block M said:
68% of German Covid-19 patients tested showed EKG or cardiac MRI abnormalities--even those without severe symptoms. Pretty scary if you are a high-end athlete hoping to get paid for your services in the NFL. Bateman understood this; hopefully more players will say "no thanks".
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Bateman has asthma. The cardiac abnormalities occur with every virus, nothing new.

As always, the players who don't want to play, don't have to play.
 


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