2020 College Women's VB season at risk? (New Poll #5)

[n00b]

Mar 20, 2020 7:55:10 GMT -5 badgerbreath said:

Nature News link. No new cases in a China yesterday. Italy surpassed China in accumulated deaths. The point of my comment is that the sweep is 3-4 months long if you manage it. We’re not going to do what China did. South Korea is a model we could have followed. They have done a good job controlling spread and keeping deaths down. But they went the route of massive testing. We did not. We’ll be lucky if we see China’s outcome.

But again, South Korea took away freedom and privacy that is protected here in America. Not to the extent of China, but still more than would be allowable here:

At the same time, the South Korean government created a GPS-enabled app to monitor those under quarantine and set off an alarm if they ventured outdoors. Travellers entering the country are also being asked to record their symptoms on a state-sponsored app.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/south-korea-coronavirus-lessons-quick-easy-tests-monitoring-200319011438619.html

[mln59]

i think the poll deadline might need to be extended. i am feeling less confident that the fall semester won't be impacted.

[Wolfgang]

Mar 20, 2020 11:47:04 GMT -5 mln59 said:

i think the poll deadline might need to be extended. i am feeling less confident that the fall semester won't be impacted.

Polls can’t be extended. The only way is to remove the current poll and create a new one in its place. I can do that come March 26.

[badgerbreath]

Venice is currently using a version of test and trace and is doing much better at reducing infections, and especially deaths, than other nearby regions of Italy. It can be implemented at the municipal and regional scale, given resources, not just national. If we implemented this in the most active areas of infection we could be much more targeted in our policy response. Right now we’re in the dark and we’re shutting down everything. The economic consequences of that could be pretty terrible, not to mention the volleyball consequences. We’re really screwed, and I think the vball season is too.

I wonder about Spring vball though. Would that work? Yes i know it competes with sand and the men...and basketball in the beginning.

[bluepenquin]

70% has this business as usual, 19% complete suspension. I wonder if these numbers would change if the poll started over with more current knowledge.

My worthless opinion: I don't think anything will be 'as usual' again. Like post 9/11 - things will be different. That said - I would guess that the season will proceed in full even with the probability that a 2nd wave could hit this fall. With more knowledge and experience - we as a society will likely adapt to something that balances our health safety and living a free and normal life. Right now we are lacking that knowledge and experience of the virus, but this will change and very quickly.

[cindra]

Mar 23, 2020 11:36:46 GMT -5 bluepenquin said:

70% has this business as usual, 19% complete suspension. I wonder if these numbers would change if the poll started over with more current knowledge.

My worthless opinion: I don't think anything will be 'as usual' again. Like post 9/11 - things will be different. That said - I would guess that the season will proceed in full even with the probability that a 2nd wave could hit this fall. With more knowledge and experience - we as a society will likely adapt to something that balances our health safety and living a free and normal life. Right now we are lacking that knowledge and experience of the virus, but this will change and very quickly.

A paper done by the Imperial College in London released a model that, before a vaccine is developed, could minimize deaths and hospital load by cycling on and off of shelter in place orders as cases rise and fall. The logistics of that would be weird, and it would hopefully only be needed for a few years before a vaccine comes around but it seemed like an interesting way to maximize freedom if people are on board.

[Wolfgang]

Mar 23, 2020 11:36:46 GMT -5 bluepenquin said:

70% has this business as usual, 19% complete suspension. I wonder if these numbers would change if the poll started over with more current knowledge.

My worthless opinion: I don't think anything will be 'as usual' again. Like post 9/11 - things will be different. That said - I would guess that the season will proceed in full even with the probability that a 2nd wave could hit this fall. With more knowledge and experience - we as a society will likely adapt to something that balances our health safety and living a free and normal life. Right now we are lacking that knowledge and experience of the virus, but this will change and very quickly.

I plan to do another round of this poll (slightly different) after the current one expires on March 26.

[Wolfgang]

With the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (to 2021 or possibly indefinitely?), the cancellation of all junior club volleyball tournaments, the abrupt cancellation of the men's volleyball season, the abrupt cancellation of the NCAA women's beach volleyball season, the cancellation of the pro beach tours, the cancellation of pro sports like MLB, NHL, and NBA (among others), my VT contests aren't looking all that bad. LOL!

Remember the contests where I offered, among other things, the following prizes?

[Deleted]

I am not worried at the moment. I understand these are strange days. But, I also do not believe it is possible to live the next 6 months the way we have lived the last week or 2, almost regardless of what the virus is doing. The economy has to rev back up. Things need to restart. If they do not, then we will have bigger problems than the virus on our hands. That is not to say that volleyball is essential to revving things back up. But, I have to assume that those kinds of things will be back.

[Wolfgang]

New poll up!

The results of the first poll have been summarized in the first post of this thread.

[volleydadtx]

Fall football is very much in jeopardy. Do a Google search to see for yourself. I would rate the chances at about 10 percent that are fall sports at any level.  Until we have a vaccine, social distancing is our new normal.  That includes church, movies, malls, concerts, sports, and pretty much anything else that attracts groups of people. 

[Tara Flex]

Not sure if this has been discussed yet - 

Is playing the full volleyball season as a winter sport an option? Besides managing scheduling conflicts in the gyms with the basketball teams, what would prevent this from being an option?

[volleydadtx]

Mar 27, 2020 14:28:53 GMT -5 Tara Flex said:

Not sure if this has been suggested yet...

Is playing the volleyball season as a Winter sport an option? Besides working out scheduling conflicts in the gyms with the basketball teams, what else would prevent this from being an option?

A good friend of mine is a high D2 AD, and he says right now "all options are on the table", including a spring 2021 season for vball.  There are dozens of scenarios being looked at.  

The biggest issue is athletic budgets moving foward.  Things are going to look very different from the top down.

[hammer]

Mar 27, 2020 14:24:39 GMT -5 volleydadtx said:

Fall football is very much in jeopardy. Do a Google search to see for yourself. I would rate the chances at about 10 percent that are fall sports at any level.  Until we have a vaccine, social distancing is our new normal.  That includes church, movies, malls, concerts, sports, and pretty much anything else that attracts groups of people. 

Heard that the NBA might restart their season in May sometime, but all teams would be in one location and they would play games without any fans. I guess this eliminates travel and vectoring of the virus. I assume everyone playing/coaching/assisting on sidelines would have to be tested a few days before restart and pass; otherwise they would be out until they can prove they are unable to infect anyone else.

[volleydadtx]

NBA season is over according to my intel.