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Even if every team started with no cases (which is false), the season would crash within 3 weeks.  Just scratch it all.  Same with baseball - even if it begins well, it's all going to go sideways. 

Baseball seems to be muddling along, perhaps better than expected.

And then there is Sweden.

https://twitter.com/ESPNRittenberg/status/1299385264758980610?s=19

so, it takes a minimum of 13 weeks to get teams back on campus and ready to play a game?

The B1G is trying to figure out how they can recover "face".  I think the expected the other conferences to do the same, and when they didn't fall in line, the B1G started trying to reconsider (all those petitions you know).

Of course, the SEC et al. might have to cancel themselves, and that would save their "face" adequately.  See, we were right.

If the SEC gets through the season "OK", the B1G will get some serious criticism.  So, they are scrambling for half measures and what else they might do now.

They might gin up a "provisional season" starting late October or something and then make another call depending on what happens elsewhere.

Utah has now completed three weeks of HS FB, with crowds.

Regional play gets underway next week, at least around here.

I can't say I have the slightest idea of how the B1G is making decisions on this.  I feel like a rudimentary review of what the experts say would suggest if you want to play, either play now, or play in the spring.  Scheduling for the height of flu season seems, well, stupid.

Playing during Flu Season with a new Flu type Bug does seems like the worse of the 3 choices. 

I'm not wanting to make this political but I'm referencing an action a politician made that I thought was really good, and hope to contrasts it to what Big Ten and Warren are doing.

Governor of Ohio Mike Dewine, held daily press conferences at 2pm. Early in the Pandemic, he felt that even meant on Saturdays and Sundays. Everyday we heard from the governor. It didn't matter if you agreed with his stance or not, he came out, said here is the info I have, with this info I think we should follow this policy. There are memes out there about this, world leaders applauded how Dewine was handling what going on, lots of people started afternoon drinking (don't forget your daily Wine with Dewine at 2*) To a person, everyone thought the process he used to make decisions was top notch (even when people didn't agree, see Ohio masks riots.)

Contrast that with how Kevin Warren and the Big Ten is handling the same Pandemic. No one knows, how the Big is coming to decisions (closed door 14 person vote?) We don't know what leads to the votes (out dated paper referencing how elderly may develop a heart disease?) We don't have them addressing the presses/AD's/Coaches/Parents/Athletes questions? We don't have them addressing glaring hypocrisy (own kids still playing, classes still going on, other on campuses mass gatherings, etc.) 

Truth be told, I support the decision to cancel the Fall Athletic season. I have taken my kids out of all group activities this fall. But they (Warren/B1G) need to be open, honest and transparent as to why they are making the decisions they have.  


*I was drinking Jack Daniels Bourbon, but that doesn't rhyme with Dewine.