Support staff should be masked at all times and players masked if not on the court...therefore should not be resulting in high-risk exposures. This seems like a major slip-up in protocol. Doubt theyll ever let us know what happened.

(12-02-2020 07:04 AM)NC Tribe Wrote:  

(12-02-2020 05:58 AM)bubbadog57 Wrote:  How many refs will get COVID this season? They are on the court for two hours, wearing no masks, among sweating, hard exhaling athletes and, for extra danger, handling a sweaty basketball the entire game in a poorly ventilated, indoor facility. And traveling back and forth to the games thrown in.

Many of these referees are in their high thirties, forties and even fifties and this age range can have serious battles with the virus if they pick it up from
refereeing the ballgames.

It's only a matter of time until there are major problems.

The announcers aren't traveling to games, just commenting on the video feed.

Maybe have one ref to throw the ball up in the gym and have the other two ref remotely, that way when I scream at the TV about a call, I am actually screaming at the ref!

Or just leave the ball at center court and make the players run for it, like dodge ball.

(12-02-2020 12:03 PM)nogretheogre Wrote:  Support staff should be masked at all times and players masked if not on the court...therefore should not be resulting in high-risk exposures. This seems like a major slip-up in protocol. Doubt theyll ever let us know what happened.

Very true on getting the whole story. I am 100% behind what is best for the athletes well-being. I think my frustration in the process is the seeming lack of uniformity in response across the NCAA. I am also not naive enough to not think this has everything to do with game $$ and generating enough win totals to be eligible for the ultimate cash grab at the NCAA tournament. Those concerns will have many coaches and ADs looking the other way.

(12-02-2020 12:34 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(12-02-2020 12:03 PM)nogretheogre Wrote:  Support staff should be masked at all times and players masked if not on the court...therefore should not be resulting in high-risk exposures. This seems like a major slip-up in protocol. Doubt theyll ever let us know what happened.

Very true on getting the whole story. I am 100% behind what is best for the athletes well-being. I think my frustration in the process is the seeming lack of uniformity in response across the NCAA. I am also not naive enough to not think this has everything to do with game $$ and generating enough win totals to be eligible for the ultimate cash grab at the NCAA tournament. Those concerns will have many coaches and ADs looking the other way.

For Big Ten football they were doing an automatic "you are out for 21 days" for a positive test. Easier to do when you have over 100 on your roster, then when you have 15.

(12-02-2020 01:08 PM)NC Tribe Wrote:  

(12-02-2020 12:34 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(12-02-2020 12:03 PM)nogretheogre Wrote:  Support staff should be masked at all times and players masked if not on the court...therefore should not be resulting in high-risk exposures. This seems like a major slip-up in protocol. Doubt theyll ever let us know what happened.

Very true on getting the whole story. I am 100% behind what is best for the athletes well-being. I think my frustration in the process is the seeming lack of uniformity in response across the NCAA. I am also not naive enough to not think this has everything to do with game $$ and generating enough win totals to be eligible for the ultimate cash grab at the NCAA tournament. Those concerns will have many coaches and ADs looking the other way.

For Big Ten football they were doing an automatic "you are out for 21 days" for a positive test. Easier to do when you have over 100 on your roster, then when you have 15.

They also started from the "no season" point and were negotiating to have a season, rather than negotiating towards safety from a regular season.

“ William & Mary men’s basketball team plans to keep improving during 14-day COVID quarantine”

https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/vp-sp...ssion=true

Hampton game is now 12/16

(12-04-2020 07:02 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  “ William & Mary men’s basketball team plans to keep improving during 14-day COVID quarantine”

https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/vp-sp...ssion=true

Hampton game is now 12/16

Good news in the article from Dane:

"Barring any changes, illness should not hamper that objective. Fischer said the one person in the program to test positive was asymptomatic and no one has tested positive or displayed any symptoms since Sunday."

https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/...53568?s=21


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Man, 2020 strikes again. No Tribe basketball, but #1 vs. #2 sounded like good watching...until it was cancelled due to positive COVID tests on the Gonzaga travelling squad (one athlete). Ah, well...

Gonzago gone for two weeks with UConn, Richmond, JMU, etc.

Why, for heaven's sake are they having this basketball season? It is, essentially, meaningless and infused with the Covid and absolutely
nobody attending the games.

Well, of course, we really know why they're forcing it on...the $$$ from the NCAA Tourney.

I agree with Bubba. This is silly. We're also going to see a lot of wasted money when schools travel and can't play when they get there, etc.

The season really will serve as practice and theyll likely grant the players another year of eligibility as well for this (havent heard that this MBB season is included?)

What matters is that the conference tourneys are in a bubble and the NCAA tourney is bubbled. Otherwise there is no way this is going to finish.

A good year to be interrupted by a pandemic, if there is such a thing, since the CAA is awful this year.

(12-05-2020 04:11 PM)bubbadog57 Wrote:  Gonzago gone for two weeks with UConn, Richmond, JMU, etc.

Why, for heaven's sake are they having this basketball season? It is, essentially, meaningless and infused with the Covid and absolutely
nobody attending the games.

Well, of course, we really know why they're forcing it on...the $$$ from the NCAA Tourney.

The carnage being done to the development of the 0-30 year old population because of the fears of the 50-100 year old population re: COVID is unconscionable, and reflects a complete loss of the belief in salvation history by whoever continues to insist on penalizing the 0-30 year old population.

No game played by anyone is meaningless to the participants.

For heaven’s sake, let the kids play.

Let them play whoever else is ready to suit up on 48-72 hours short notice. Let them play locally. Let them play across NCAA divisions.

Then, let them all play in March for an NCAA title.

Think outside the box, people, and remember, from dust you came, and to dust you shall return. Get over the fear! Be prudent and respect others, but live your lives, and let the kids live their lives.

Football has the benefit of practicing and playing outdoors and 10 players out with covid still leaves 75 players to play games. With just 14 on a basketball roster, a player or two makes playing very difficult.

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(12-05-2020 04:40 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  A good year to be interrupted by a pandemic, if there is such a thing, since the CAA is awful this year.

The CAA may be awful but, the teams are pretty evenly matched. The tournament, if there is one, would be a crap shoot.

(12-05-2020 05:11 PM)nj alum Wrote:  

(12-05-2020 04:11 PM)bubbadog57 Wrote:  Gonzago gone for two weeks with UConn, Richmond, JMU, etc.

Why, for heaven's sake are they having this basketball season? It is, essentially, meaningless and infused with the Covid and absolutely
nobody attending the games.

Well, of course, we really know why they're forcing it on...the $$$ from the NCAA Tourney.

The carnage being done to the development of the 0-30 year old population because of the fears of the 50-100 year old population re: COVID is unconscionable, and reflects a complete loss of the belief in salvation history by whoever continues to insist on penalizing the 0-30 year old population.

No game played by anyone is meaningless to the participants.

For heaven’s sake, let the kids play.

Let them play whoever else is ready to suit up on 48-72 hours short notice. Let them play locally. Let them play across NCAA divisions.

Then, let them all play in March for an NCAA title.

Think outside the box, people, and remember, from dust you came, and to dust you shall return. Get over the fear! Be prudent and respect others, but live your lives, and let the kids live their lives.

(12-05-2020 08:27 PM)Tribal Wrote:  Football has the benefit of practicing and playing outdoors and 10 players out with covid still leaves 75 players to play games. With just 14 on a basketball roster, a player or two makes playing very difficult.

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Basketball is played in facilities like Walmart, Target, Lowe’s ... all the places that have been allowed to remain open.

It is not being played in facilities like bars and restaurants ... all the places that have been closed.

Temple’s great hoops team basically played with five guys.

There is no reason why W&M’s schedule this year couldn’t have been extremely flexible with multiple games against Richmond, VCU, Randolph Macon, Christopher Newport, Hampton, Norfolk, and ODU.

Heck, with students gone for two months, W’burg could’ve been a pod/bubble for eight schools.

Instead, we’re shutting down, again, in Month 9 of flattening the curve based on stats that show “whatever”, and don’t reveal the number of deaths directly due to COVID, and a statistical analysis of said deaths ... age, medical history, etc.

To my knowledge, not one sports figure has died directly from COVID since sports ramped back up. All of the games cancelled ... they resumed several weeks later with no one dying ... no coaches, no players, no support staff. The athletes are in the safest environments of any of us.

Get over the fear. Live our lives.

Google search "player dies from covid" and you'll see an endless list.

If I decide to go to Wal-Mart, contract covid, and die, it's on me. I am in the camp of keeping businesses open and moving forward with caution (commonsense - masks, hand sanitizer, etc). It boils my blood when politicians, who shut everything down, are subsequently caught bucking their own mandates but that's a different argument.

All but forcing kids to play so us fans can be entertained seems like a bad idea to me. With a immunization effort underway, we might as well put sports on hold until we can safely play. What's one season?

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Richmond tested their players three times, since Tuesday, with no positives. They are set to play Wofford tomorrow.