<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Saturday’s Notre Dame at Wake Forest game has been postponed because of COVID issues at Notre Dame</p>— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) <a href="

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Fair, but i also think it is disingenuous to say not a single college student has been hospitalized. Obv lower levels, not disputing that... just not 0

 

Sure, they've been hospitalized, but I think it's also fair to say that perfectly healthy players with no underlying issues don't make up any of those figures...

 

If anything, this overarching requirement to test proves that many more people either have it or have had it with zero health complications as a result.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-eligibility-up-in-the-air-as-teams-juggle-disparate-schedules-covid-19-postponements/

 

USF is pausing things because of us.

This sucks !! Since literally zero college kids have been hospitalized I selfishly wish they didn’t have to test anyone. Obviously if they are sick they should be tested etc. but I would love to ask the players that tested positive if they even knew they had it. Oh well. I hope they recover.

 

I hear ya, but if a kid keels over from myocarditis then it will be a big issue.

 

I cant stand the infringement on our rights etc and am outwardly now a staunch conservative/right supporter but this is a novel virus which means there are lots of health externalities that we don't know about and it could be dangerous to let someone infected with an undiagnosed underlying condition.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-eligibility-up-in-the-air-as-teams-juggle-disparate-schedules-covid-19-postponements/

 

USF is pausing things because of us.

 

This isn’t a good look, but I guess it was to be expected.

I hear ya, but if a kid keels over from myocarditis then it will be a big issue.

 

I cant stand the infringement on our rights etc and am outwardly now a staunch conservative/right supporter but this is a novel virus which means there are lots of health externalities that we don't know about and it could be dangerous to let someone infected with an undiagnosed underlying condition.

 

Every year, about two college football players die as a result of participating in football. Most are from non-game S&C work-outs.

 

When you work the numbers, I believe that there is around a 1 in 36,000 chance of dying from playing college football.

 

To date, this has been deemed an acceptable risk by players, parents, and society given that college football is still played.

 

Does Covid really present a greater risk than 1 in 36,000 of a player dying from it?

When you talk about spreading it to non-football players? Absolutely.

 

That’s the thing about infectious diseases... it’s not just about the individual.

 

Your statistics don’t show deaths that others can catch.

 

If a player drinks and drives, it’s not enough to say it’s safe because the driver didn’t die, but ignore the impact the action might have on others.

When you talk about spreading it to non-football players? Absolutely.

 

That’s the thing about infectious diseases... it’s not just about the individual.

 

The people who don't get that by now, never will.

When you talk about spreading it to non-football players? Absolutely.

 

That’s the thing about infectious diseases... it’s not just about the individual.

 

Your statistics don’t show deaths that others can catch.

 

If a player drinks and drives, it’s not enough to say it’s safe because the driver didn’t die, but ignore the impact the action might have on others.

 

Thanks TexasDomer - this are my sentiments as well as the reasoning behind much of the caution. If we put all of college football into a bubble, I might understand the other's arguments. But, these players are certainly exposed to students with underlying conditions as well as faculty, people in South Bend, and those they come across while traveling.

Thanks TexasDomer - this are my sentiments as well as the reasoning behind much of the caution. If we put all of college football into a bubble, I might understand the other's arguments. But, these players are certainly exposed to students with underlying conditions as well as faculty, people in South Bend, and those they come across while traveling.

 

100 football players being tested 3-7 times a week are nowhere near the risk to others on a campus (including faculty and at-risk students) that 10,000 non-athlete students are (or 30K+ for state schools). Especially when these non-athletes are not supervised and subject to random screenings maybe once every two months.

Edited September 25, 20204 yr by jbrown_9999

Sooooo.... you’ve come around to the following strategy with respect to your “COVID’s no more dangerous than football” argument: Punt.

100 football players being tested 3-7 times a week are nowhere near the risk to others on a campus (including faculty and at-risk students) that 10,000 non-athlete students are (or 30K+ for state schools). Especially when these non-athletes are not supervised and subject to random screenings maybe once every two months.

 

I think the concern with the football team right now, however, is that the trend observed within the team (several positive tests) represents a larger number than what’s being reported university-wide. I think it’s fair to ask why, given the near-constant monitoring that’s ongoing with the football team, they’re experiencing a spike when the general student population is not.

 

One thing I struggle with here, as someone who absolutely loves college football and desperately wants a return to normalcy, is that I don’t really have any “skin in the game.” In many ways, it’s easy for me to sit here and acknowledge that the odds of any of these kids experiencing a significant issue as a result of participating is low, because none of it actually affects me. But I know that my wife and I have tried to be fairly cautious because we have a one year old daughter. While a couple deaths may not seem like a big deal to us, were not the ones acutely feeling those losses; to those closest to those individuals, that’s devastating.

 

I guess what I’m saying is that while we can say “1 or 2 kids die on average, largely due to S&C activities,” those aren’t our kids. Regardless of the odds, is it fair to ask everyone to be comfortable with their children potentially dying because we, random strangers, want to watch them play football?

Off topic but this Kansas State\Oklahoma game has been entertaining. Zero defense as expected but still fun to watch.