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Post by professorhoya on Apr 23, 2020 12:04:33 GMT -5
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 23, 2020 13:40:12 GMT -5
Nobody really knows. Hard to believe they would play major college football in the northern states in January and February. And it concerns me that the President of a major University refers to January and February as "Spring"!
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Post by bostonfan on Apr 23, 2020 13:56:26 GMT -5
Anything is possible with this pandemic because no one really seems to have the answers, but Sept seems a long ways off for people to talk with such confidence about what will/might happen then. I am hopeful that kids are back to taking classes in person by the start of the fall semester. Not sure about putting large crowds in arenas for games then, but hopefully by year end they are able to safely do that.
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Post by hoya73 on Apr 23, 2020 16:18:33 GMT -5
Because my daughter works at UT, I worry that if there's no Longhorns football in September, they'll be in such a financial bind losing that revenue plus oil money that she may get laid off. The biggest driver of revenue is TV, so ticket sales at a stadium aren't as important as playing a season for the cameras, revenue-wise.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 23, 2020 18:16:44 GMT -5
Because my daughter works at UT, I worry that if there's no Longhorns football in September, they'll be in such a financial bind losing that revenue plus oil money that she may get laid off. The biggest driver of revenue is TV, so ticket sales at a stadium aren't as important as playing a season for the cameras, revenue-wise. A survey of 114 FBS athletic directors found 113 (99%) believe college football will be played this academic year. When is the operative question: watchstadium.com/99-percent-of-fbs-ads-believe-well-have-college-football-this-season-04-21-2020/
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Post by BSM on Apr 23, 2020 18:54:52 GMT -5
The Power 5 conferences need to play a full season with their 6 or 7 home games, even If that means starting the season in October or November or later,
They need the full revenue stream from the TV contracts and the season tickets.
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Post by MCIGuy on Apr 23, 2020 20:42:03 GMT -5
My heart bleeds for the Power 5.
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Post by hoya9797 on Apr 24, 2020 8:31:39 GMT -5
The Power 5 conferences need to play a full season with their 6 or 7 home games, even If that means starting the season in October or November or later, They need the full revenue stream from the TV contracts and the season tickets. Maybe colleges shouldn’t stake so much of their financial security on a couple affiliated professional sports teams. It’s an absurd system we’ve found ourselves in.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 24, 2020 8:56:06 GMT -5
Maybe colleges shouldn’t stake so much of their financial security on a couple affiliated professional sports teams. It’s an absurd system we’ve found ourselves in. Then again, should colleges be in the hospitality business, given that they runs lodging and food service businesses for hundreds of thousands of people?
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Post by TC on Apr 24, 2020 9:11:56 GMT -5
Maybe colleges shouldn’t stake so much of their financial security on a couple affiliated professional sports teams. It’s an absurd system we’ve found ourselves in. Then again, should colleges be in the hospitality business, given that they runs lodging and food service businesses for hundreds of thousands of people? If you're attempting to make the argument that running minor league sports teams is a necessary service to students, it's not.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 24, 2020 9:59:09 GMT -5
If you're attempting to make the argument that running minor league sports teams is a necessary service to students, it's not. Not at all, just that higher education does a lot of things not directly related to education. Today's major research university is a conglomerate of many different cost and revenue centers, from investment management to parking services to running for-profit ventures like hospitals or research incubators. Re: parking services, Ohio State signed a $483 million deal to let a third party to run its parking business. Some faculty thought it was a great idea, others not as much. www.thelantern.com/2013/12/50-year-agreement-osus-483m-parking-deal-stands-alone-among-schools-year-1/
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Post by drquigley on Apr 24, 2020 16:04:49 GMT -5
There is so much we don't know about this virus. I can't imagine safely playing any fall sports. I hold out hope for basketball especially if the start is pushed back to January. But I'm really glad we aren't a major football school. They are going to be under huge pressure to play.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Apr 24, 2020 16:36:00 GMT -5
There is so much we don't know about this virus. I can't imagine safely playing any fall sports. I hold out hope for basketball especially if the start is pushed back to January. But I'm really glad we aren't a major football school. They are going to be under huge pressure to play. Correct, nobody knows. If the fall is impacted, I would be fine with a conference-only season. It would be weird, and make NCAA tournament selection even weirder (and yes, certainly benefit the high majors on strength of schedule). It's not ideal, but better than nothing. Worst case scenario is another resurgence in the fall or winter, and then there won't be anything.
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Post by TC on Apr 24, 2020 16:37:42 GMT -5
(and yes, certainly benefit the high majors on strength of schedule) If there's no out-of-conference play, you have no real SOS statistics to go off of and SOS isn't really a factor.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Apr 24, 2020 16:43:57 GMT -5
(and yes, certainly benefit the high majors on strength of schedule) If there's no out-of-conference play, you have no real SOS statistics to go off of and SOS isn't really a factor. Right. What I am getting at more is that there's simply no good way to evaluate mid-majors in such a context. Usually, those sorts of teams have good shots at playing good teams in the off-season. Gonzaga is a good example. If you had to evaluate them on conference-only play, gauging whether they are a really good Gonzaga team or only a so-so Gonzaga team would be tougher. But yes, strength of schedule is meaningless if nobody plays outside of their conference.
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Post by prhoya on Apr 24, 2020 22:28:24 GMT -5
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Post by professorhoya on Apr 25, 2020 10:26:49 GMT -5
If there's no out-of-conference play, you have no real SOS statistics to go off of and SOS isn't really a factor. Right. What I am getting at more is that there's simply no good way to evaluate mid-majors in such a context. Usually, those sorts of teams have good shots at playing good teams in the off-season. Gonzaga is a good example. If you had to evaluate them on conference-only play, gauging whether they are a really good Gonzaga team or only a so-so Gonzaga team would be tougher. But yes, strength of schedule is meaningless if nobody plays outside of their conference. I could see them maybe expanding the tournament to 128 teams for this year only on a truncated regular season schedule. That would allow for every conference champion to make the tourney. With basketball there are alot of options since teams can play games back to back days or even 5 times a week if they have to from a physical standpoint. You can't do that in football (once a week max) so that leaves football in a difficult spot if the season is delayed.
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Post by TC on May 3, 2020 11:44:04 GMT -5
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Post by prhoya on May 12, 2020 0:39:05 GMT -5
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Post by paranoia2 on May 12, 2020 5:49:27 GMT -5
True leadership is needed . Somebody with hairy legs that w turn blonde in the summer & that kids would reach down in the water and rub his legs to watch the hair stand back up, somebody who learned about cockroaches and about kids jumping on his lap and that he loved kids jumping on his lap.
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