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Post by gibbyb1 on Aug 16, 2020 11:51:38 GMT -5
Iowa and Ohio State football parents hand delivered a letter to the Big Ten Office because they "must know" what's going on and there must be transparency and they "need answers." Absurd. How could it be any more transparent??? The Big Ten needs to meet with and explain this to PARENTS? So embarrassing
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Post by n00b on Aug 16, 2020 12:29:26 GMT -5
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Post by psuvbfan10 on Aug 16, 2020 12:34:42 GMT -5
So they left the bubble? The bubble seems to be holding for NBA and NHL so far!
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Post by n00b on Aug 16, 2020 12:37:34 GMT -5
So they left the bubble? The bubble seems to be holding for NBA and NHL so far! Well I don’t think any schools are truly in a bubble. I just think a student who is busy with 20 hours/week of athletic activity has less time to participate in more risky behaviors.
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Post by oldnewbie on Aug 16, 2020 12:51:54 GMT -5
Iowa and Ohio State football parents hand delivered a letter to the Big Ten Office because they "must know" what's going on and there must be transparency and they "need answers." Absurd. How could it be any more transparent??? The Big Ten needs to meet with and explain this to PARENTS? So embarrassing Absurd why, exactly? Professional athletes pay agents and/or lawyers to represent their interests. Through High school athletes have parents to advise them and protect their interests. Then, for the years they are college athletes, there is an attempt to bury the parents role and outlaw professional representation to isolate naive, inexperienced athletes fresh out of high school. Gee, I wonder why is it that college athletes get taken advantage of? Somebody needs to advocate for these players and demand some answers. Who else is going to do it? The players union they aren't allowed to have? The conferences and schools that are fighting to not share any revenue with them or to give them adequate healthcare?
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Post by volleav on Aug 16, 2020 13:18:20 GMT -5
Iowa and Ohio State football parents hand delivered a letter to the Big Ten Office because they "must know" what's going on and there must be transparency and they "need answers." Schedule put out with a beginning of Sept start date. 5 days later everything is cancelled. NOT delayed but cancelled. If I was a parent I'd be wanting some communication and transparency. And Nebraska & Penn State parents are as well. If someone doesn't fight for these kids who will?
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Post by volleav on Aug 16, 2020 13:20:10 GMT -5
You'll see huge outbreaks amount athletes with cancelled seasons, especially with no plan in place. You can keep kids in a "bubble" a whole lot easier when there's reason.
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Post by n00b on Aug 16, 2020 13:42:37 GMT -5
You'll see huge outbreaks amount athletes with cancelled seasons, especially with no plan in place. You can keep kids in a "bubble" a whole lot easier when there's reason. I think the NBA, NHL and MLS are a good example of this. What are the odds that all of those athletes would’ve stayed COVID-free if they were at home, not competing?
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Post by gibbyb1 on Aug 16, 2020 13:54:40 GMT -5
Absurd. How could it be any more transparent??? The Big Ten needs to meet with and explain this to PARENTS? So embarrassing Absurd why, exactly? Professional athletes pay agents and/or lawyers to represent their interests. Through High school athletes have parents to advise them and protect their interests. Then, for the years they are college athletes, there is an attempt to bury the parents role and outlaw professional representation to isolate naive, inexperienced athletes fresh out of high school. Gee, I wonder why is it that college athletes get taken advantage of? Somebody needs to advocate for these players and demand some answers. Who else is going to do it? The players union they aren't allowed to have? The conferences and schools that are fighting to not share any revenue with them or to give them adequate healthcare? Well for one their coaches advocated hard, players were also voicing their desire to play. You do t think their coaches weren’t pushing hard to play? Heck they all made public statements advocating to play. What are parents going to do that coaches and AD’s couldn’t and actually did? As for transparency, this wasn’t good or clear enough???”The health, the safety, the wellness — both physical and mental — of our student-athletes was going to be at the top of our list,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said in an interview on Big Ten Network after the conference’s announcement. “As things evolved, you look at the numbers of cases that are spiking, the numbers of deaths — not only in our country and our states where many of our schools are located but worldwide.
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Post by gibbyb1 on Aug 16, 2020 13:57:19 GMT -5
You'll see huge outbreaks amount athletes with cancelled seasons, especially with no plan in place. You can keep kids in a "bubble" a whole lot easier when there's reason. I think the NBA, NHL and MLS are a good example of this. What are the odds that all of those athletes would’ve stayed COVID-free if they were at home, not competing? The bubble has proven it can be done, no bubble has pretty much proven it can’t. Baseball may have a very hard time completing their season.
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Post by volleav on Aug 16, 2020 14:00:50 GMT -5
Absurd why, exactly? Professional athletes pay agents and/or lawyers to represent their interests. Through High school athletes have parents to advise them and protect their interests. Then, for the years they are college athletes, there is an attempt to bury the parents role and outlaw professional representation to isolate naive, inexperienced athletes fresh out of high school. Gee, I wonder why is it that college athletes get taken advantage of? Somebody needs to advocate for these players and demand some answers. Who else is going to do it? The players union they aren't allowed to have? The conferences and schools that are fighting to not share any revenue with them or to give them adequate healthcare? Well for one their coaches advocated hard, players were also voicing their desire to play. You do t think their coaches weren’t pushing hard to play? Heck they all made public statements advocating to play. What are parents going to do that coaches and AD’s couldn’t and actually did? As for transparency, this wasn’t good or clear enough???”The health, the safety, the wellness — both physical and mental — of our student-athletes was going to be at the top of our list,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said in an interview on Big Ten Network after the conference’s announcement. “As things evolved, you look at the numbers of cases that are spiking, the numbers of deaths — not only in our country and our states where many of our schools are located but worldwide. The point is that was happening 5 days earlier when scheduled were released. Nothing new happened, except the NCAA stating schools cannot require signing of COVID waivers. An explaination is definitely warranted.
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Post by gibbyb1 on Aug 16, 2020 14:06:53 GMT -5
Absurd. How could it be any more transparent??? The Big Ten needs to meet with and explain this to PARENTS? So embarrassing Absurd why, exactly? Professional athletes pay agents and/or lawyers to represent their interests. Through High school athletes have parents to advise them and protect their interests. Then, for the years they are college athletes, there is an attempt to bury the parents role and outlaw professional representation to isolate naive, inexperienced athletes fresh out of high school. Gee, I wonder why is it that college athletes get taken advantage of? Somebody needs to advocate for these players and demand some answers. Who else is going to do it? The players union they aren't allowed to have? The conferences and schools that are fighting to not share any revenue with them or to give them adequate healthcare? Well for one their coaches advocated hard, players were also voicing their desire to play. You do t think their coaches weren’t pushing hard to play? Heck they all made public statements advocating to play. What are parents going to do that coaches and AD’s couldn’t and actually did? As for transparency, this wasn’t good or clear enough???”The health, the safety, the wellness — both physical and mental — of our student-athletes was going to be at the top of our list,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said in an interview on Big Ten Network after the conference’s announcement. “As things evolved, you look at the numbers of cases that are spiking, the numbers of deaths — not only in our country and our states where many of our schools are located but worldwide.
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Post by n00b on Aug 16, 2020 14:16:26 GMT -5
I think the NBA, NHL and MLS are a good example of this. What are the odds that all of those athletes would’ve stayed COVID-free if they were at home, not competing? The bubble has proven it can be done, no bubble has pretty much proven it can’t. Baseball may have a very hard time completing their season. I disagree. I think as long as you’re willing to postpone/cancel games when necessary (or probably a safer standard than ‘necessary’), you can have a season outside of a bubble. MLB has it right in my opinion. Don’t cancel 30 teams because 1 or 2 have had to deal with outbreaks. Will it result in wacky standings with uneven numbers of games, yes. Is that better than cancelling an entire season? Also yes.
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Post by gibbyb1 on Aug 16, 2020 14:18:41 GMT -5
Well for one their coaches advocated hard, players were also voicing their desire to play. You do t think their coaches weren’t pushing hard to play? Heck they all made public statements advocating to play. What are parents going to do that coaches and AD’s couldn’t and actually did? As for transparency, this wasn’t good or clear enough???”The health, the safety, the wellness — both physical and mental — of our student-athletes was going to be at the top of our list,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said in an interview on Big Ten Network after the conference’s announcement. “As things evolved, you look at the numbers of cases that are spiking, the numbers of deaths — not only in our country and our states where many of our schools are located but worldwide. The point is that was happening 5 days earlier when scheduled were released. Nothing new happened, except the NCAA stating schools cannot require signing of COVID waivers. An explaination is definitely warranted. New things happen everyday. You don’t think they were continuing to meet, discuss, review data 24/7 after announcing schedule? This pandemic has been incredibly fluid, thousands of decisions have been made, only to change days later. not to mention that since they released schedules, kids were going back to school, getting sick, research on myocarditis came out, and maybe most importantly It was ruled that the waivers schools were asking kids to sign, wouldn’t be valid. It was over when that happened. I can’t imagine anything needing LESS explanation than the cancelling of fall sports, not to mention that they actually did explain why.
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Post by n00b on Aug 16, 2020 14:23:00 GMT -5
The point is that was happening 5 days earlier when scheduled were released. Nothing new happened, except the NCAA stating schools cannot require signing of COVID waivers. An explaination is definitely warranted. New things happen everyday. You don’t think they were continuing to meet, discuss, review data 24/7 after announcing schedule? This pandemic has been incredibly fluid, thousands of decisions have been made, only to change days later. not to mention that since they released schedules, kids were going back to school, getting sick, research on myocarditis came out, and maybe most importantly It was ruled that the waivers schools were asking kids to sign, wouldn’t be valid. It was over when that happened. I can’t imagine anything needing LESS explanation than the cancelling of fall sports, not to mention that they actually did explain why. And I think the waiver piece is exactly why parents felt the need to get involved. Student athletes weren’t being treated as adults, capable of making health and safety decisions for themselves. So the university felt required to be the ones making parental decisions for athletes. And they obviously are going to be extremely conservative so they don’t get sued into oblivion.
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