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Post by jake on May 9, 2020 11:39:21 GMT -5
Season tickets for renewals have been sent out since early March I believe. I renewed mine kind of early in March but UH have extended the deadline to mid June. I have no idea when new season tickets will be available but for those who forgot to renew due to all the corona thing, you have until mid June or your seats will be open for others to buy. If for some reason UH won’t allow fans, they can always refund my purchase or credit me for the following season. I have faith something can be worked out. If Hawaii can find a way to open our economy back up, it shouldn’t be that hard to open an arena and put in safeguards to minimize the risk. If I have to wear hazmat suits, I will go. Mahalo, Nice to hear from a hard nosed UH fan. No matter what the risk factor is in Hawai'i,...come the end of August, whether to play a full or partial or not at all season will be made by a vote of the Conference. And, unless, the Hawai'i governor wants to go it alone,...California's politicians will decide the fate of California college WVB in 2020. Mahalo.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2020 12:05:57 GMT -5
Based on what I'm hearing it still seems like a WVB season in the BW is likely. Fan-less events seem probable. Financial considerations are impacting schedules. The season may be shorter, there will definitely be less travel.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on May 9, 2020 12:50:11 GMT -5
I agree. My sister lives in California. California has done a good job but Hawaii is much safer for the reasons you mentioned. But as soon as you let the haoles in, the situation changes completely, unless there is some type of rapid testing available for new arrivals. The quarantine route doesn't seem feasible for a volleyball tournament. I was thinking about that the other day..... how long the 14-day quarantine for visitors will be in place. Maybe by August, the quarantine restrictions will be relaxed but it’s hard to say.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on May 9, 2020 12:53:47 GMT -5
Season tickets for renewals have been sent out since early March I believe. I renewed mine kind of early in March but UH have extended the deadline to mid June. I have no idea when new season tickets will be available but for those who forgot to renew due to all the corona thing, you have until mid June or your seats will be open for others to buy. If for some reason UH won’t allow fans, they can always refund my purchase or credit me for the following season. I have faith something can be worked out. If Hawaii can find a way to open our economy back up, it shouldn’t be that hard to open an arena and put in safeguards to minimize the risk. If I have to wear hazmat suits, I will go. Mahalo, Nice to hear from a hard nosed UH fan. No matter what the risk factor is in Hawai'i,...come the end of August, whether to play a full or partial or not at all season will be made by a vote of the Conference. And, unless, the Hawai'i governor wants to go it alone,...California's politicians will decide the fate of California college WVB in 2020. Mahalo. Not sure what you’re getting at but if you believe that Hawaii’s volleyball team will spend over 3 months in California just to complete a Big West conference volleyball schedule, then you’re drunk. Lol. They’d be better off forgoing the 2020 season,
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Post by thebeach1 on May 9, 2020 13:26:48 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if the BWC institutes a schedule similar to what the BWC Men's Volleyball has: a home/home and away/away schedule for the 2020 WVB season. Instead of all 10 BWC schools traveling to Hawaii for the 2020 season, only 5 schools will travel and UH will be able to limit their travel to the mainland.
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Post by haw2991 on May 9, 2020 14:23:57 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if the BWC institutes a schedule similar to what the BWC Men's Volleyball has: a home/home and away/away schedule for the 2020 WVB season. Instead of all 10 BWC schools traveling to Hawaii for the 2020 season, only 5 schools will travel and UH will be able to limit their travel to the mainland. This seems like a very reasonable proposition. Hopefully Hawaii gets Cal Poly and Long Beach at the Stan for two games in a row.....
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Post by volleyguy on May 9, 2020 15:11:02 GMT -5
The only silver lining to a fan-less volleyball season is that some Big West schools might finally invest in some decent video streaming equipment (you know who I'm talking about, jake) and hopefully better announcers.
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Post by trojansc on May 9, 2020 15:34:25 GMT -5
The only silver lining to a fan-less volleyball season is that some Big West schools might finally invest in some decent video streaming equipment (you know who I'm talking about, jake) and hopefully better announcers. Hawaii and BYU are in a league of their own when it comes to streaming. Actually, Nebraska has had excellent quality streams (I can’t recall re: announcers) This is my beef with the NCAA’s second round format (which is horrible). Most of these matches aren’t televised, are on crappy streams, and most take place within a 3-4 hour window. Shame.
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Post by volleyguy on May 9, 2020 15:48:51 GMT -5
The only silver lining to a fan-less volleyball season is that some Big West schools might finally invest in some decent video streaming equipment (you know who I'm talking about, jake) and hopefully better announcers. Hawaii and BYU are in a league of their own when it comes to streaming. Actually, Nebraska has had excellent quality streams (I can’t recall re: announcers) This is my beef with the NCAA’s second round format (which is horrible). Most of these matches aren’t televised, are on crappy streams, and most take place within a 3-4 hour window. Shame. I'm pretty sure that Hawaii's broadcast isn't at all university-based. BYU's is, although it may be connected or subsidized by the LDS organization somehow. I have watched, or listened to, a few of Nebraska's university-based matches. The announcers were good, if a bit homerish and annoying if you aren't a Nebraska fan. There will always be some variations in the quality of announcing, but it seems possible to have some minimum technical requirements for the streaming equipment, camera placement, etc.
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Post by staticb on May 9, 2020 19:56:19 GMT -5
The only silver lining to a fan-less volleyball season is that some Big West schools might finally invest in some decent video streaming equipment (you know who I'm talking about, jake) and hopefully better announcers. Seeing as these schools don't have television contracts, I don't mind them letting their broadcasting department give students the chance to practice working the games. That said, having some basic knowledge about the sport they are broadcasting should absolutely be a requirement. (Unless they were doing the "pretend you just got called to fill in and broadcast on some random sport you know nothing about homework assignment)
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Post by bigwestfan on May 9, 2020 23:19:38 GMT -5
Don't know how reliable the sources is, but heard from someone at a recent conference where Janet Napolitano spoke - there would be no Fall UC Sports
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Post by gouci on May 9, 2020 23:34:41 GMT -5
Don't know how reliable the sources is, but heard from someone at a recent conference where Janet Napolitano spoke - there would be no Fall UC Sports The NCAA just said no fall sports for colleges with campuses closed to students. So if the Cal State schools go strictly online for the Fall like Cal State Fullerton they can't play volleyball. If this rumor about the UC schools is true they can't play volleyball either. So I guess Hawaii may win the Big West title by default. LOL
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Post by brooselee on May 9, 2020 23:54:40 GMT -5
Why can’t the UC or all the other Cali schools let the athletes on campus and if other students doesn’t want to face the risk, they can continue to learn online?
Each student athletes will be tested and will be housed in athletes only dorms. That way you can separate the athletes from the general population.
Its important that California schools make an effort to find a solution. They are screwing up many, many leagues. If Cal was to not play sports, they will affect the PAC 12, Mountain West, Big West, WAC, WCC, MPSF just to name a few.
Get the student athletes on campus! They can have their games with no fans if they want. Just get them on campus so they don’t screw everything up for others.
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Post by ancksunamun on May 10, 2020 2:59:06 GMT -5
Why can’t the UC or all the other Cali schools let the athletes on campus and if other students doesn’t want to face the risk, they can continue to learn online? Each student athletes will be tested and will be housed in athletes only dorms. That way you can separate the athletes from the general population. Its important that California schools make an effort to find a solution. They are screwing up many, many leagues. If Cal was to not play sports, they will affect the PAC 12, Mountain West, Big West, WAC, WCC, MPSF just to name a few. Get the student athletes on campus! They can have their games with no fans if they want. Just get them on campus so they don’t screw everything up for others. Ooh... maybe the Pac-12 will let Hawaii sub for one of the Cal schools this fall. 😁😉
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2020 8:35:21 GMT -5
Why can’t the UC or all the other Cali schools let the athletes on campus and if other students doesn’t want to face the risk, they can continue to learn online? Each student athletes will be tested and will be housed in athletes only dorms. That way you can separate the athletes from the general population. Its important that California schools make an effort to find a solution. They are screwing up many, many leagues. If Cal was to not play sports, they will affect the PAC 12, Mountain West, Big West, WAC, WCC, MPSF just to name a few. Get the student athletes on campus! They can have their games with no fans if they want. Just get them on campus so they don’t screw everything up for others. Because the "student athletes" aren't supposed to be professionals. "Screwing everything else up for others" doesn't fit with the notion of amateurism. If the schools bring back a handful of students (football, basketball etc) because those students are so valuable to the school due of the revenue their performances generate, it'd risk exposing the true reason why the term 'student athlete was created in the first place: As an air-tight racket supplying cheap athletic labor.
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