2020 Div I-A Football Scheduling Re: COVID-19

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[hoyarooter]

So one of the league officials actually said that the schools are reopening so there can be football? The players should all say ok, reopen this and walk out en masse.

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Bad times in Fort Collins:

[HometownHoya]

MAC football has been cancelled.

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[DanMcQ]

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Meanwhile, Magoo chimes in...

[flyoverhoya]

Aug 10, 2020 17:01:59 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

C'mon. When they stormed the beaches at Normandy, they knew there would be casualties, too. (Lou Holtz, addled since 2014).

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www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn-state/big-ten-football-cancel-pac-12-coronavirus-20200811.html

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www.si.com/college/2020/08/14/ncaa-football-covid-medical-experts-big-ten-pac-12

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Follow the 💰💰💰

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Not great, Bob

[hoyarooter]

Sept 3, 2020 12:31:44 GMT -5 RusskyHoya said:

Not great, Bob

This is horrifying. Hey, Big 10 parents, do you still want your kids playing football now? How about you SEC, ACC and Big 12 parents?

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Sept 3, 2020 20:32:47 GMT -5 hoyarooter said:

Sept 3, 2020 12:31:44 GMT -5 RusskyHoya said:

Not great, Bob

This is horrifying. Hey, Big 10 parents, do you still want your kids playing football now? How about you SEC, ACC and Big 12 parents?

Being walked back: www.cnn.com/2020/09/03/health/penn-state-big-10-myocarditis-covid-spt-trnd/index.html

I would want to know more about this study, I guess.

But Thursday, the university -- one of the 14 members of the Big Ten -- said the doctor was unintentionally citing outdated numbers.
"During his discussion with board members, (Sebastianelli) recalled initial preliminary data that had been verbally shared by a colleague on a forthcoming study, which unbeknownst to him at the time had been published at a lower rate," said Scott Gilbert, a spokesman for the school's health department said. "The research was not conducted by Dr. Sebastianelli or Penn State. Dr. Sebastianelli wishes to clarify this point, and apologize for any confusion.

"Additionally, some have inferred his comments may have related directly to Penn State student athletes. At this time, there have been no cases of myocarditis in COVID-19 positive student-athletes at Penn State."

On how myocarditis could potentially affect an athlete in the long term, Sebastianelli said they don't yet know about whether this would affect the status of athletes -- making them go from elite to average.

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Sept 5, 2020 16:05:05 GMT -5 RusskyHoya said:

Sept 3, 2020 20:32:47 GMT -5 hoyarooter said:

This is horrifying. Hey, Big 10 parents, do you still want your kids playing football now? How about you SEC, ACC and Big 12 parents?

Being walked back: www.cnn.com/2020/09/03/health/penn-state-big-10-myocarditis-covid-spt-trnd/index.html

I would want to know more about this study, I guess.

But Thursday, the university -- one of the 14 members of the Big Ten -- said the doctor was unintentionally citing outdated numbers.
"During his discussion with board members, (Sebastianelli) recalled initial preliminary data that had been verbally shared by a colleague on a forthcoming study, which unbeknownst to him at the time had been published at a lower rate," said Scott Gilbert, a spokesman for the school's health department said. "The research was not conducted by Dr. Sebastianelli or Penn State. Dr. Sebastianelli wishes to clarify this point, and apologize for any confusion.

"Additionally, some have inferred his comments may have related directly to Penn State student athletes. At this time, there have been no cases of myocarditis in COVID-19 positive student-athletes at Penn State."

On how myocarditis could potentially affect an athlete in the long term, Sebastianelli said they don't yet know about whether this would affect the status of athletes -- making them go from elite to average.

Yeah would love to see the actual data. I mean his numbers were outdated and higher than what the study showed allegedly. But how much lower? How much lower would it need to be acceptable. Is the real number 25%? That still seems way too high to be an acceptable risk IMO. 10%? 5%? How much risk are we willing to accept?

Even a 1% risk of myocarditis means ~110 affected student athletes in the FBS(assuming all teams were playing).