(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:57 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)TripleA Wrote:  As of a few days ago, 37 colleges reported 48,300 cases involving students. Of those cases, 2 required hospitalization, and zero deaths. That is less than the flu in an average year.

Ya but the flu doesn’t kill 200k a year...


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The average age of Covid deaths in the US is 75. We're talking about college age students. They are NOT at risk, actually less than the flu for their age group.

The fact that Covid kills old people at a higher rate than the flu doesn't impact the ability of college students to return to school or play football.

Ya but they can spread it to old people as asymptomatic carriers. But hey who cares about old people as long as we get sports right?


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Recent research shows that young people don't spread the disease efficiently, if at all. And if you have older people (70+) in the family, keep them away if you're concerned.

I'm 73. I haven't seen my grandkids since this started.

That doesn't mean we can't play football.

Face it. You didn't hear anything about Houston football being canceled. You just made it up b/c you don't think they should be playing.

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:57 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)TripleA Wrote:  As of a few days ago, 37 colleges reported 48,300 cases involving students. Of those cases, 2 required hospitalization, and zero deaths. That is less than the flu in an average year.

Ya but the flu doesn’t kill 200k a year...


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The average age of Covid deaths in the US is 75. We're talking about college age students. They are NOT at risk, actually less than the flu for their age group.

The fact that Covid kills old people at a higher rate than the flu doesn't impact the ability of college students to return to school or play football.

Ya but they can spread it to old people as asymptomatic carriers. But hey who cares about old people as long as we get sports right?


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The most likely way for that to happen is to cancel the season & the players spend more time at home with those older people without the benefit of 3x/week testing that players receive because they are practicing & playing.

(09-24-2020 08:00 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:49 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:47 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 06:49 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Let me guess you think it’s all a hoax and that people should inject bleach to cure viruses.


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Playing this health risk card when college teams are getting better care & testing than anyone in the general society? What then is the health safety benefit of not playing? Sure the virus has proven to be serious, especially for those over 80 years old with co-morbidities. At the same time, not one college football player has even been hospitalized since practice began, much less developed long term cardiac issues, which BTW have shown to be temporary even for the one case (GSU QB) that has been publicised.

Yet more and more colleges continue to cancel games as the pandemic gets worse. Just wait until winter when the second wave hits. Then it will be devastating.


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Worse how? Death continue to tend down per capita across the country. Hospitalizations continue to tend down per capita across the country. The only parameter trending up is cases & those due to the PCR test that is being run 40 cycles that will show positive for virtually anyone exposed including those who are well & not contagious. In fact, in the case of be Memphis, they were shut down by contact tracing back to a parent of one of the players. No one has been sick.

You realize we are predicting to have another 200k deaths by the end of the year right? I would say that’s worse than what we have now. But luckily I think sports will rightly be shut down once the elections are over.


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You have a link for that prediction? They have been so accurate in the past, lol.

(09-24-2020 08:01 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:57 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)TripleA Wrote:  As of a few days ago, 37 colleges reported 48,300 cases involving students. Of those cases, 2 required hospitalization, and zero deaths. That is less than the flu in an average year.

Ya but the flu doesn’t kill 200k a year...


Sent from the warp via the ruinous powers of chaos.

The average age of Covid deaths in the US is 75. We're talking about college age students. They are NOT at risk, actually less than the flu for their age group.

The fact that Covid kills old people at a higher rate than the flu doesn't impact the ability of college students to return to school or play football.

Ya but they can spread it to old people as asymptomatic carriers. But hey who cares about old people as long as we get sports right?


Sent from the warp via the ruinous powers of chaos.

Recent research shows that young people don't spread the disease efficiently, if at all. And if you have older people (70+) in the family, keep them away if you're concerned.

I'm 73. I haven't seen my grandkids since this started.

That doesn't mean we can't play football.

Face it. You didn't hear anything about Houston football being canceled. You just made it up b/c you don't think they should be playing.

I mean if you discount on all the fellow coog fans on coogfans.com and the various Facebook groups calling for the season to be canceled then sure I made it up. Unlike you I trust the science of doctors and they are saying it will get worse.


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(09-24-2020 08:03 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:00 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:49 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:47 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  Playing this health risk card when college teams are getting better care & testing than anyone in the general society? What then is the health safety benefit of not playing? Sure the virus has proven to be serious, especially for those over 80 years old with co-morbidities. At the same time, not one college football player has even been hospitalized since practice began, much less developed long term cardiac issues, which BTW have shown to be temporary even for the one case (GSU QB) that has been publicised.

Yet more and more colleges continue to cancel games as the pandemic gets worse. Just wait until winter when the second wave hits. Then it will be devastating.


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Worse how? Death continue to tend down per capita across the country. Hospitalizations continue to tend down per capita across the country. The only parameter trending up is cases & those due to the PCR test that is being run 40 cycles that will show positive for virtually anyone exposed including those who are well & not contagious. In fact, in the case of be Memphis, they were shut down by contact tracing back to a parent of one of the players. No one has been sick.

You realize we are predicting to have another 200k deaths by the end of the year right? I would say that’s worse than what we have now. But luckily I think sports will rightly be shut down once the elections are over.


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You have a link for that prediction? They have been so accurate in the past, lol.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com...uary%3famp

Here you go.


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(09-24-2020 08:02 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:57 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)TripleA Wrote:  As of a few days ago, 37 colleges reported 48,300 cases involving students. Of those cases, 2 required hospitalization, and zero deaths. That is less than the flu in an average year.

Ya but the flu doesn’t kill 200k a year...


Sent from the warp via the ruinous powers of chaos.

The average age of Covid deaths in the US is 75. We're talking about college age students. They are NOT at risk, actually less than the flu for their age group.

The fact that Covid kills old people at a higher rate than the flu doesn't impact the ability of college students to return to school or play football.

Ya but they can spread it to old people as asymptomatic carriers. But hey who cares about old people as long as we get sports right?


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The most likely way for that to happen is to cancel the season & the players spend more time at home with those older people without the benefit of 3x/week testing that players receive because they are practicing & playing.

Better to be isolated and away from everyone else than playing a sport where you literally touch each other’s sweat.


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(09-24-2020 08:03 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:01 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:57 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:54 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Ya but the flu doesn’t kill 200k a year...


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The average age of Covid deaths in the US is 75. We're talking about college age students. They are NOT at risk, actually less than the flu for their age group.

The fact that Covid kills old people at a higher rate than the flu doesn't impact the ability of college students to return to school or play football.

Ya but they can spread it to old people as asymptomatic carriers. But hey who cares about old people as long as we get sports right?


Sent from the warp via the ruinous powers of chaos.

Recent research shows that young people don't spread the disease efficiently, if at all. And if you have older people (70+) in the family, keep them away if you're concerned.

I'm 73. I haven't seen my grandkids since this started.

That doesn't mean we can't play football.

Face it. You didn't hear anything about Houston football being canceled. You just made it up b/c you don't think they should be playing.

I mean if you discount on all the fellow coog fans on coogfans.com and the various Facebook groups calling for the season to be canceled then sure I made it up. Unlike you I trust the science of doctors and they are saying it will get worse.


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BS. You originally made it sound like something official at Houston.

And don't be lecturing me about not following science. I'm quoting research and providing links. You're talking out your butt with an obvious agenda.

(09-24-2020 08:06 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:03 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:01 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:57 AM)TripleA Wrote:  The average age of Covid deaths in the US is 75. We're talking about college age students. They are NOT at risk, actually less than the flu for their age group.

The fact that Covid kills old people at a higher rate than the flu doesn't impact the ability of college students to return to school or play football.

Ya but they can spread it to old people as asymptomatic carriers. But hey who cares about old people as long as we get sports right?


Sent from the warp via the ruinous powers of chaos.

Recent research shows that young people don't spread the disease efficiently, if at all. And if you have older people (70+) in the family, keep them away if you're concerned.

I'm 73. I haven't seen my grandkids since this started.

That doesn't mean we can't play football.

Face it. You didn't hear anything about Houston football being canceled. You just made it up b/c you don't think they should be playing.

I mean if you discount on all the fellow coog fans on coogfans.com and the various Facebook groups calling for the season to be canceled then sure I made it up. Unlike you I trust the science of doctors and they are saying it will get worse.


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BS. You originally made it sound like something official at Houston.

And don't be lecturing me about not following science. I'm quoting research and providing links. You're talking out your butt with an obvious agenda.

Never once made it official, I specifically said I was hearing it from others. I didn’t specify who though. I’m pretty sure Dr. Fauci disagrees with your “science”.


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(09-24-2020 08:05 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:03 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:00 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:49 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Yet more and more colleges continue to cancel games as the pandemic gets worse. Just wait until winter when the second wave hits. Then it will be devastating.


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Worse how? Death continue to tend down per capita across the country. Hospitalizations continue to tend down per capita across the country. The only parameter trending up is cases & those due to the PCR test that is being run 40 cycles that will show positive for virtually anyone exposed including those who are well & not contagious. In fact, in the case of be Memphis, they were shut down by contact tracing back to a parent of one of the players. No one has been sick.

You realize we are predicting to have another 200k deaths by the end of the year right? I would say that’s worse than what we have now. But luckily I think sports will rightly be shut down once the elections are over.


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You have a link for that prediction? They have been so accurate in the past, lol.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com...uary%3famp

Here you go.


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That's the same modeling people (at U of Washington) who predicted 2.2M deaths by July, when this started back in March.

And even if we somehow had 200K more deaths by January, the stats on young people likely won't change.

(09-24-2020 08:09 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:05 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:03 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:00 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  Worse how? Death continue to tend down per capita across the country. Hospitalizations continue to tend down per capita across the country. The only parameter trending up is cases & those due to the PCR test that is being run 40 cycles that will show positive for virtually anyone exposed including those who are well & not contagious. In fact, in the case of be Memphis, they were shut down by contact tracing back to a parent of one of the players. No one has been sick.

You realize we are predicting to have another 200k deaths by the end of the year right? I would say that’s worse than what we have now. But luckily I think sports will rightly be shut down once the elections are over.


Sent from the warp via the ruinous powers of chaos.

You have a link for that prediction? They have been so accurate in the past, lol.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com...uary%3famp

Here you go.


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That's the same modeling people (at U of Washington) who predicted 2.2M deaths by July, when this started back in March.

And even if we somehow had 200K more deaths by January, the stats on young people likely won't change.

But it will be because we didn’t limit the spread. So it will definitely happen if we continue on with this sport rather than do the right thing and cancel. Too many people care more about money than safety. It’s time people in charge take over and force people to do whats right.


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(09-24-2020 07:58 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:49 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 07:47 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 06:49 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 06:48 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  These players are in no danger. Jeeminy.

My son's middle school team has been playing for a month. Our HS team is coming up in their 5th game. Nobody's dying. Nobody's sick.

These colleges are just cowering from the magical mysterious covid boogeyman.

Let me guess you think it’s all a hoax and that people should inject bleach to cure viruses.


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Playing this health risk card when college teams are getting better care & testing than anyone in the general society? What then is the health safety benefit of not playing? Sure the virus has proven to be serious, especially for those over 80 years old with co-morbidities. At the same time, not one college football player has even been hospitalized since practice began, much less developed long term cardiac issues, which BTW have shown to be temporary even for the one case (GSU QB) that has been publicised.

Yet more and more colleges continue to cancel games as the pandemic gets worse. Just wait until winter when the second wave hits. Then it will be devastating.


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Worse how? Death continue to tend down per capita across the country. Hospitalizations continue to tend down per capita across the country. The only parameter trending up is cases & those due to the PCR test that is being run 40 cycles that will show positive for virtually anyone exposed including those who are well & not contagious. In fact, in the case of be Memphis, they were shut down by contact tracing back to a parent of one of the players. No one has been sick.

While true at the moment. It will go up significantly in the coming months.


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Maybe you should shut it down and schedule some meaningful games with the MAC in March.

(09-24-2020 08:14 AM)Edgebrookjeff Wrote:  Maybe you should shut it down and schedule some meaningful games with the MAC in March.

Luckily I think everything will be shutdown after November.


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(09-24-2020 08:15 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:14 AM)Edgebrookjeff Wrote:  Maybe you should shut it down and schedule some meaningful games with the MAC in March.

Luckily I think everything will be shutdown after November.


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Everything you have said from the beginning of this thread is conjecture, I think, predicted, likely etc. But facts say otherwise & bottom line, no one in this country is safer than college football players who are being tested 3x/week, being provided cardiac monitoring & ready access to medical staff.

(09-24-2020 08:50 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:15 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:14 AM)Edgebrookjeff Wrote:  Maybe you should shut it down and schedule some meaningful games with the MAC in March.

Luckily I think everything will be shutdown after November.


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Everything you have said from the beginning of this thread is conjecture, I think, predicted, likely etc. But facts say otherwise & bottom line, no one in this country is safer than college football players who are being tested 3x/week, being provided cardiac monitoring & ready access to medical staff.

Uh huh.... so basically your point is entertainment is more important than safety. Even though they can spread the disease and even though there is a good chance we can limit the deaths by shutting down this joke of a season we should still play because money and your selfish need for entertainment trumps lives.

It’s ironic that this is coming from a school who can’t even handle their own covid out break and has already had to cancel games.


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(09-24-2020 08:53 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:50 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:15 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:14 AM)Edgebrookjeff Wrote:  Maybe you should shut it down and schedule some meaningful games with the MAC in March.

Luckily I think everything will be shutdown after November.


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Everything you have said from the beginning of this thread is conjecture, I think, predicted, likely etc. But facts say otherwise & bottom line, no one in this country is safer than college football players who are being tested 3x/week, being provided cardiac monitoring & ready access to medical staff.

Uh huh.... so basically your point is entertainment is more important than safety. Even though they can spread the disease and even though there is a good chance we can limit the deaths by shutting down this joke of a season we should still play because money and your selfish need for entertainment trumps lives.

It’s ironic that this is coming from a school who can’t even handle their own covid out break and has already had to cancel games.


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It's apparent you don't read or comprehend well so I've bolded the contradictory statement you made versus what I just said. Just the opposite of your conclusion - the players are safer practicing & playing.

(09-24-2020 09:07 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:53 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:50 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:15 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:14 AM)Edgebrookjeff Wrote:  Maybe you should shut it down and schedule some meaningful games with the MAC in March.

Luckily I think everything will be shutdown after November.


Sent from the warp via the ruinous powers of chaos.

Everything you have said from the beginning of this thread is conjecture, I think, predicted, likely etc. But facts say otherwise & bottom line, no one in this country is safer than college football players who are being tested 3x/week, being provided cardiac monitoring & ready access to medical staff.

Uh huh.... so basically your point is entertainment is more important than safety. Even though they can spread the disease and even though there is a good chance we can limit the deaths by shutting down this joke of a season we should still play because money and your selfish need for entertainment trumps lives.

It’s ironic that this is coming from a school who can’t even handle their own covid out break and has already had to cancel games.


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It's apparent you don't read or comprehend well so I've bolded the contradictory statement you made versus what I just said. Just the opposite of your conclusion - the players are safer practicing & playing.

But they aren’t as safe if they don’t play at all... if they are isolated from people it limits the spread. As we have already seen alot teams are canceling because of positives. This could be avoided if they were isolated and didn’t play the season at all.


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(09-24-2020 08:12 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:09 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:05 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:03 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:00 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  You realize we are predicting to have another 200k deaths by the end of the year right? I would say that’s worse than what we have now. But luckily I think sports will rightly be shut down once the elections are over.


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You have a link for that prediction? They have been so accurate in the past, lol.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com...uary%3famp

Here you go.


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That's the same modeling people (at U of Washington) who predicted 2.2M deaths by July, when this started back in March.

And even if we somehow had 200K more deaths by January, the stats on young people likely won't change.

But it will be because we didn’t limit the spread. So it will definitely happen if we continue on with this sport rather than do the right thing and cancel. Too many people care more about money than safety. It’s time people in charge take over and force people to do whats right.


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There was never a plan to limit the total number of infections because there isnt any way to do that beyond a permanent shut down. The only plan that exists is to flatten the curve---which doesn't really reduce the total number of people who will eventually be infected---it just spreads the same number of infections over a longer period so the healthcare system is not overwhelmed. Only a vaccine can actually lower the total number of people who will eventually be infected.

(09-24-2020 09:18 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:12 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:09 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:05 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:03 AM)TripleA Wrote:  You have a link for that prediction? They have been so accurate in the past, lol.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com...uary%3famp

Here you go.


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That's the same modeling people (at U of Washington) who predicted 2.2M deaths by July, when this started back in March.

And even if we somehow had 200K more deaths by January, the stats on young people likely won't change.

But it will be because we didn’t limit the spread. So it will definitely happen if we continue on with this sport rather than do the right thing and cancel. Too many people care more about money than safety. It’s time people in charge take over and force people to do whats right.


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There was never a plan to limit the total number of infections because there isnt any way to do that beyond a permanent shut down. The only plan that exists is to flatten the curve---which doesn't really reduce the total number of people who will eventually be infected---it just spreads the same number of infections over a longer period so the healthcare system is not overwhelmed. Only a vaccine can actually lower the total number of people who will eventually be infected.

Which is why we should have shutdown until the vaccine came out next year. But we have already seen how shutdowns work in New Zealand.


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(09-24-2020 09:09 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 09:07 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:53 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:50 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 08:15 AM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  Luckily I think everything will be shutdown after November.


Sent from the warp via the ruinous powers of chaos.

Everything you have said from the beginning of this thread is conjecture, I think, predicted, likely etc. But facts say otherwise & bottom line, no one in this country is safer than college football players who are being tested 3x/week, being provided cardiac monitoring & ready access to medical staff.

Uh huh.... so basically your point is entertainment is more important than safety. Even though they can spread the disease and even though there is a good chance we can limit the deaths by shutting down this joke of a season we should still play because money and your selfish need for entertainment trumps lives.

It’s ironic that this is coming from a school who can’t even handle their own covid out break and has already had to cancel games.


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It's apparent you don't read or comprehend well so I've bolded the contradictory statement you made versus what I just said. Just the opposite of your conclusion - the players are safer practicing & playing.

But they aren’t as safe if they don’t play at all... if they are isolated from people it limits the spread. As we have already seen alot teams are canceling because of positives. This could be avoided if they were isolated and didn’t play the season at all.


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False. You can get the virus just as easily from a trip to Walmart as you can from a trip to the endzone. In fact, outside of school athletic programs, people arent being tested multiple times a week. So, in the outside world, you arent protected from peers, co-workers, family, and friends who might be carrying the virus but arent aware of it (because they arent regularly tested like members within the athletic department are). The fact is, college football players within an active athletic program are probably LESS likely to contract the virus than people in their peer age group who are not in an athletic program. Furthermore, because players are in good condition and have few (if any) underlying conditions, they are even less likely than other kids in their age group to suffer severe medical consequences as a result of infection. Those are the facts.

Does that mean there is absolute no danger? Of course not--but there is a danger of death from simply playing the game of football. That said, there is potential danger every time you drive a car---but you still climb in a car daily. Why? Because you know the potential threat is there, but the risk is so low its considered negligible by reasonable people who are too busy living life to be overly focused on tiny levels of risk that we regularly face on a daily basis. In this case, the risk of Covid does not magically disappear simply because the player opts not to play. Unless the player is going to lock himself in his grandmothers basement and stay there until there is a vaccine---he is no safer outside of the athletic program than he is playing within the athletic program.