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Post by Phaedrus on Jul 9, 2020 14:32:15 GMT -5
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 9, 2020 14:53:15 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 14:55:51 GMT -5
Interesting move. I still am skeptical that they will be able to achieve this. But, it'd be way better than nothing. If (And that's a very, very BIG IF) volleyball plays a conference-only schedule, I wonder if that means a true balanced schedule with 2 matches against every other school. Or, maybe they regionalize it a bit so you play 2 versus your closest foes and one against others. Or, none against others. Would the geographical extremes (Nebraska/Rutgers) play at all, for instance.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 9, 2020 14:59:02 GMT -5
I actually never played a game involving dominoes so, to this day, I don't know how dominoes are used. You have to match one of the numbers on your domino with an open end of a domino already on the board. The idea is to be the first to play all your dominoes. (But dominoes are like cards -- there are multiple different games that can be played with them.)
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Post by vbmom10 on Jul 9, 2020 14:59:24 GMT -5
Based on what John Cook said--no. He said in his "Convo with the Cooks" that the Big10 Schedule was out and Nebr plays more west teams than east, to minimize costs (and for health reasons), but mostly to save money. He stated Nebr does charter flights and really can't bus much as its too far--so it will be interesting to see the schedule.
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Post by Not Me on Jul 9, 2020 15:03:39 GMT -5
How many non Big-10 schools will lose a huge chunk of their athletic budget because they won’t get the big $$$ from the non-leave football game? Those incentives can be quite large.
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Post by SportyBucky on Jul 9, 2020 15:07:01 GMT -5
How many non Big-10 schools will lose a huge chunk of their athletic budget because they won’t get the big $$$ from the non-leave football game? Those incentives can be quite large. Well, given the state of Nebraska football, it might be them not getting money from volleyball this year. ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/d7evmVshEtCkUmUW6e/giphy.gif)
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Post by cindra on Jul 9, 2020 15:08:48 GMT -5
I had that gif in my tabs to post when things dropped today. Beat me to it.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 9, 2020 15:12:10 GMT -5
I've got a Helen Mirren gif where she says, "Hello, I'm Helen Mirren..."
I can't seem to find the appropriate thread to post it in.
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Post by n00b on Jul 9, 2020 15:13:14 GMT -5
How many non Big-10 schools will lose a huge chunk of their athletic budget because they won’t get the big $$$ from the non-leave football game? Those incentives can be quite large. Lawyers will be involved. Contracts obviously have force majeure clauses. And if games are cancelled outside of their control is one thing. But just deciding 'it's going to be easier to only play ourselves this year and we don't want to pay you the previously agreed amount' seems questionable at best.
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Post by huskersrule95 on Jul 9, 2020 15:19:33 GMT -5
How many non Big-10 schools will lose a huge chunk of their athletic budget because they won’t get the big $$$ from the non-leave football game? Those incentives can be quite large. Well, given the state of Nebraska football, it might be them not getting money from volleyball this year. ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/d7evmVshEtCkUmUW6e/giphy.gif) Nebraska Football had over $59 million profit last year while volleyball made a small profit. Nice try but completely wrong
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Post by n00b on Jul 9, 2020 15:26:12 GMT -5
Interestingly, there is nothing in the statement either way about postseason.
To that end, the Big Ten Conference announced today that if the Conference is able to participate in fall sports (men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball) based on medical advice, it will move to Conference-only schedules in those sports. Details for these sports will be released at a later date, while decisions on sports not listed above will continue to be evaluated. By limiting competition to other Big Ten institutions, the Conference will have the greatest flexibility to adjust its own operations throughout the season and make quick decisions in real-time based on the most current evolving medical advice and the fluid nature of the pandemic.
A strict reading of that could mean no bowl games, no college football playoff, no postseason for Olympic sports. I'm guessing that isn't the case but it's not exactly clear.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 15:31:52 GMT -5
Interestingly, there is nothing in the statement either way about postseason. To that end, the Big Ten Conference announced today that if the Conference is able to participate in fall sports (men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball) based on medical advice, it will move to Conference-only schedules in those sports. Details for these sports will be released at a later date, while decisions on sports not listed above will continue to be evaluated. By limiting competition to other Big Ten institutions, the Conference will have the greatest flexibility to adjust its own operations throughout the season and make quick decisions in real-time based on the most current evolving medical advice and the fluid nature of the pandemic.A strict reading of that could mean no bowl games, no college football playoff, no postseason for Olympic sports. I'm guessing that isn't the case but it's not exactly clear. I don't read into it that deeply. All of those possible postseason things is well into the future. I doubt the B1G would bother playing a regular season within conference and then saying no to bowls, playoff, B1G championship games/tournaments, or NCAA tournaments. The status of the NCAA tournaments is not in their hands. If they have NCAA's, I would be shocked if the B1G says no
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Post by n00b on Jul 9, 2020 15:35:50 GMT -5
Interestingly, there is nothing in the statement either way about postseason. To that end, the Big Ten Conference announced today that if the Conference is able to participate in fall sports (men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball) based on medical advice, it will move to Conference-only schedules in those sports. Details for these sports will be released at a later date, while decisions on sports not listed above will continue to be evaluated. By limiting competition to other Big Ten institutions, the Conference will have the greatest flexibility to adjust its own operations throughout the season and make quick decisions in real-time based on the most current evolving medical advice and the fluid nature of the pandemic.A strict reading of that could mean no bowl games, no college football playoff, no postseason for Olympic sports. I'm guessing that isn't the case but it's not exactly clear. I don't read into it that deeply. All of those possible postseason things is well into the future. I doubt the B1G would bother playing a regular season within conference and then saying no to bowls, playoff, B1G championship games/tournaments, or NCAA tournaments. The status of the NCAA tournaments is not in their hands. If they have NCAA's, I would be shocked if the B1G says no Except it throws all the means of selection out the window. If the NCAA comes back and says 'you can do this, but we're still going to use RPI' then the Big Ten only gets 2 teams in. Would they refuse out of principle? It's worth noting that since the NCAA volleyball tournament is played during basketball season and immediately preceding the college football playoff, there will be serious incentives to make sure it gets played. Yeah, the NCAA doesn't run the College Football Playoff but it would still be terrible optics to cancel the volleyball championship while going forward with the football playoff and bowl games.
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Post by horns1 on Jul 9, 2020 15:36:56 GMT -5
How many non Big-10 schools will lose a huge chunk of their athletic budget because they won’t get the big $$$ from the non-leave football game? Those incentives can be quite large. Well, given the state of Nebraska football, it might be them not getting money from volleyball this year.
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