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RT @amandakaschube: “I feel like the Titanic. We have hit the iceberg and we’re trying to make decisions of what time the band plays."
The NCAA's infectious disease experts warn that controlling COVID-19 needs to come first.
@sryantribune's story.
https://t.co/fLUo2WTAAx
RT @LettermenRow: Scarlet Sunrise: Evan Pryor confirms early enrollee plans, won’t play senior year https://t.co/7pM2UXfuUA
RT @ChicagoSports: Unsurprisingly, the Big Ten’s postponement of fall sports was met with criticism — as would have a decision to play on.
But commend the conference for listening to what mattered, @sryantribune writes.
https://t.co/uY8nPATVJk
RT @nrarmour: This includes everything but FBS football. Not a surprise but still another blow. https://t.co/HkpwpDkzxA
RT @ChicagoSports: In the wake of the Big Ten’s decision to postpone the fall sports season, Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said he’s optimistic about a spring football season and pulling off a basketball season this winter.
https://t.co/DBys7oJ6cL
RT @ChicagoSports: Tim Anderson stood near the on-deck circle, swinging and stretching, before the Tigers even took the field.
The White Sox shortstop was ready to go — and ready to set the tone.
“I definitely wanted to start the party.”
https://t.co/IUwVB7YcLS
Interesting story on the conundrum NFL scouts face with so many players not competing this fall and the uncertainty of a spring schedule by @BradBiggs for @ChicagoSports : https://t.co/OaW4i1R1KS
When you're actually mad at your boss, blame "the media."
A few days ago I said that Zach Plesac should sit in timeout and shut the f*ck up until he can demonstrate he isn’t an oxygen thief. That still stands. https://t.co/zQsqAlsgxq
Continue to be impressed with the way Evan Pryor has handled everything since meeting him basically right at the start of this crazy time.
This is something out of a bad slapstick comedy movie. 😂
The woman was wearing #Seahawks gear in an attempt to disguise her as a player, I’m told. It did not work.
RT @JohnDBrice1: #BREAKING Have talked w/ multiple people in & around @SoConSports & am told league is moving football - & all fall sports - to spring model. @theACC teams @UVAFootball & @ClemsonFB had worked toward football games w/ @VMI_Football & @CitadelFootball, respectively
A familiar geographic divide ..
Cool map from @Stadium breaking down which states will have FBS programs playing football in fall as of Aug. 13 https://t.co/HlSwuJF4Yj
Love all three of those.
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It's an important message. Thanks for relaying your research and data to help guide intelligent decisions.
@sryantribune Thanks Shannon for covering the press briefing. As a community, as sports fans, we have got to control the #COVID19 outbreak and then we will be fine opening schools, playing college sports and trying to have a more normal life.
This was in response to the argument "athletes are safer at college than at home." Depends on individual choices at home and people they'd live with, but why wouldn't it be safer to not be around thousands of people?
Also this from Dr. Kraft, Infectious Diseases Society of America & Emory Univ School of Med:
"Our population has been preventing us from going back to collegiate athletics bc we are not controlling this pandemic. People don’t want to do basic hygiene that prevents transmission."
Also this from Dr. Kraft, Infectious Diseases Society of America & Emory Univ School of Med:
"Our population has been preventing us from going back to collegiate athletics bc we are not controlling this pandemic. People don’t want to do basic hygiene that prevents transmission."
And therein lies the issue talked about by infectious disease specialists; your individual bubble essentially pops once you go to a school without the same level of precautions and safety.
Illinois tested multiple times per week, and recently started testing daily. https://t.co/R34sj7wIBG
Dr. Carlos Del Rio, Infectious Diseases Society of America, during media zoom briefing w/ other NCAA medical advisers on COVID-19 and college football:
"I feel like we have hit the iceberg, and we are making decisions about when we should have the band play."
“The novel coronavirus is not a statistic. It’s not an agenda. It’s not a debate. COVID-19 is real enough to rise up and beat me senseless. We need to stop giving it license to do the same to others.”
Yeah, I've got the 'Rona https://t.co/whzAwfkrl1
Some at SLU will find this of interest.
"We are going to have a tournament,” said NCAA SVP of basketball Dan Gavitt. "It’s going to be special. We have our preferences about how we’d like to have it be, but if we have to adjust to the virus, which we don’t control, we will adjust accordingly." https://t.co/Kl6EKbkbIy https://t.co/Myen6PoQTV
Update from Gene Smith:
The season is lost, and Ohio State isn't getting it back. But could it schedule games against other willing Big Ten opponents like Penn State or Nebraska?
Ryan Day called it a "fluid situation," and the Buckeyes aren't giving up completely on the fall yet. https://t.co/251fGCwUIr
RT @ElyssaCherney: Check out the latest via @clairehao_ on DePaul University's about-face decision to put most classes online and limit students in campus dorms ... Big contrast to the school's hopes earlier this summer
https://t.co/KoQG39fRk3
