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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
Harvard swept Yale as they were tied for 1st until last Saturday.
That means Harvard was playing for an NCAA Tournament bid without even knowing it. :/
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-10-2020 03:44 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote: They coulda just played in an empty arena, college bball has done it before and soccer is doing it now.
I'd rather they just cancel then play in empty arenas. Games are for the fans.
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-10-2020 04:00 PM)quo vadis Wrote: (03-10-2020 03:44 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote: They coulda just played in an empty arena, college bball has done it before and soccer is doing it now.
I'd rather they just cancel then play in empty arenas. Games are for the fans.
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03-10-2020 04:06 PM |
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-10-2020 04:00 PM)quo vadis Wrote: (03-10-2020 03:44 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote: They coulda just played in an empty arena, college bball has done it before and soccer is doing it now.
I'd rather they just cancel then play in empty arenas. Games are for the fans.
That's what Cornell is doing with their hockey series with Princeton and NCAA tournament Women's hockey game.
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03-10-2020 04:47 PM |
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
NYC area of New Rochelle is more like a lockdown right now as the National Guards are going in to help clean down the places where there are a lot of people are at.
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03-10-2020 04:59 PM |
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-10-2020 03:44 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote: They coulda just played in an empty arena, college bball has done it before and soccer is doing it now. It's not like they are playing on a cruise ship in the Bay or Seattle
Cambridge is potentially a hotspot for COVID-19 we just don’t know the full extent of community spread yet. Biogen which is based in Cambridge so far has seventy presumptive cases from a meeting they held at the end of February (I have a work acquaintance was at the meeting).
Yale won the regular season and there is no good reason to bring payers to Cambridge, especially since Harvard is sending its own students home prior to the scheduled start of the tournament.
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03-10-2020 05:30 PM |
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-10-2020 12:56 PM)Bogg Wrote: (03-10-2020 12:46 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: They could also say we are not going to participate in the NCAA tournament due to the virus. They chose not to. Double standard. Cancel a tiny tournament with few fans. Go to a large event with many fans. Cancel going to both based on principle. Either that or go to both.
The Ivy League doesn't participate in the NCAA tournament. Its member schools do separately from the conference structure. The Ivy League functionally cancelled the rest of their basketball season, but whether or not to play additional non-conference games (be it NCAA/NIT/etc) is up to the individual schools.
You're basically suggesting that the Ivy League obtain an emergency court order barring Yale from playing any organized basketball, which they couldn't get even if they wanted one (and they don't, they're going to leave it up to the universities).
They didn't need a court order. They could have just said we highly recommend Yale not participate, and twist a few arms on the side, and guess what, Yale would not be participating. But they did not.
The fact remains, they canceled a tiny tournament with few fans, while essentially saying Yale is good to go on going to much bigger tournament, with a much higher chance of viral transmission.
Double standard. Either stand on principle, or don't.
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03-10-2020 07:52 PM |
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-10-2020 07:52 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: They could have just said we highly recommend Yale not participate, and twist a few arms on the side, and guess what, Yale would not be participating.
...and if Yale wants to play in the NCAAs?
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03-10-2020 08:32 PM |
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-10-2020 07:52 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: (03-10-2020 12:56 PM)Bogg Wrote: (03-10-2020 12:46 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: They could also say we are not going to participate in the NCAA tournament due to the virus. They chose not to. Double standard. Cancel a tiny tournament with few fans. Go to a large event with many fans. Cancel going to both based on principle. Either that or go to both.
The Ivy League doesn't participate in the NCAA tournament. Its member schools do separately from the conference structure. The Ivy League functionally cancelled the rest of their basketball season, but whether or not to play additional non-conference games (be it NCAA/NIT/etc) is up to the individual schools.
You're basically suggesting that the Ivy League obtain an emergency court order barring Yale from playing any organized basketball, which they couldn't get even if they wanted one (and they don't, they're going to leave it up to the universities).
They didn't need a court order. They could have just said we highly recommend Yale not participate, and twist a few arms on the side, and guess what, Yale would not be participating. But they did not.
The fact remains, they canceled a tiny tournament with few fans, while essentially saying Yale is good to go on going to much bigger tournament, with a much higher chance of viral transmission.
Double standard. Either stand on principle, or don't.
as others have stated, it's a conference vs school decision. But, how does the decision impact you? Why do you care? In your own words, "they canceled a tiny tournament with few fans".
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03-10-2020 09:07 PM |
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-10-2020 09:07 PM)VCE Wrote: (03-10-2020 07:52 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: (03-10-2020 12:56 PM)Bogg Wrote: (03-10-2020 12:46 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: They could also say we are not going to participate in the NCAA tournament due to the virus. They chose not to. Double standard. Cancel a tiny tournament with few fans. Go to a large event with many fans. Cancel going to both based on principle. Either that or go to both.
The Ivy League doesn't participate in the NCAA tournament. Its member schools do separately from the conference structure. The Ivy League functionally cancelled the rest of their basketball season, but whether or not to play additional non-conference games (be it NCAA/NIT/etc) is up to the individual schools.
You're basically suggesting that the Ivy League obtain an emergency court order barring Yale from playing any organized basketball, which they couldn't get even if they wanted one (and they don't, they're going to leave it up to the universities).
They didn't need a court order. They could have just said we highly recommend Yale not participate, and twist a few arms on the side, and guess what, Yale would not be participating. But they did not.
The fact remains, they canceled a tiny tournament with few fans, while essentially saying Yale is good to go on going to much bigger tournament, with a much higher chance of viral transmission.
Double standard. Either stand on principle, or don't.
as others have stated, it's a conference vs school decision. But, how does the decision impact you? Why do you care? In your own words, "they canceled a tiny tournament with few fans".
I would just like people who state they are doing something on principle, to actually do so all the way, rather than in a half hearted, wishy washy way. If they say they are concerned about safety, then be concerned about safety. The fact remains, there is a higher chance of catching this virus at an NCAA tournament than their little tournament. So, stand up and say they won't participate in the NCAA's. But they won't do that. Either be all in or be all out. Don't just do things halfway for eye candy.
(This post was last modified: 03-11-2020 12:48 PM by BullsFanInTX.)
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RE: Ivy Tournament cancelled
(03-11-2020 12:47 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: (03-10-2020 09:07 PM)VCE Wrote: (03-10-2020 07:52 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: (03-10-2020 12:56 PM)Bogg Wrote: (03-10-2020 12:46 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote: They could also say we are not going to participate in the NCAA tournament due to the virus. They chose not to. Double standard. Cancel a tiny tournament with few fans. Go to a large event with many fans. Cancel going to both based on principle. Either that or go to both.
The Ivy League doesn't participate in the NCAA tournament. Its member schools do separately from the conference structure. The Ivy League functionally cancelled the rest of their basketball season, but whether or not to play additional non-conference games (be it NCAA/NIT/etc) is up to the individual schools.
You're basically suggesting that the Ivy League obtain an emergency court order barring Yale from playing any organized basketball, which they couldn't get even if they wanted one (and they don't, they're going to leave it up to the universities).
They didn't need a court order. They could have just said we highly recommend Yale not participate, and twist a few arms on the side, and guess what, Yale would not be participating. But they did not.
The fact remains, they canceled a tiny tournament with few fans, while essentially saying Yale is good to go on going to much bigger tournament, with a much higher chance of viral transmission.
Double standard. Either stand on principle, or don't.
as others have stated, it's a conference vs school decision. But, how does the decision impact you? Why do you care? In your own words, "they canceled a tiny tournament with few fans".
I would just like people who state they are doing something on principle, to actually do so all the way, rather than in a half hearted, wishy washy way. If they say they are concerned about safety, then be concerned about safety. The fact remains, there is a higher chance of catching this virus at an NCAA tournament than their little tournament. So, stand up and say they won't participate in the NCAA's. But they won't do that. Either be all in or be all out. Don't just do things halfway for eye candy.
The conference cancelled all sports for the rest of the academic year. I'm not sure how much more "all in" they can be.
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