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Post by curiouskg on Nov 18, 2021 13:45:57 GMT -5
Due to non-Covid related illness within the Rutgers program
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Post by robtearle on Nov 18, 2021 13:47:50 GMT -5
Due to non-Covid related illness within the Rutgers program WTF? |
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Post by curiouskg on Nov 18, 2021 13:49:24 GMT -5
Due to non-Covid related illness within the Rutgers program WTF? That’s all the email said. |
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Nov 18, 2021 13:49:46 GMT -5
Guess our RPI won't have to suffer the Rutgers effect.
Are they not going to Lincoln the next night either?
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Post by FreeBall on Nov 18, 2021 13:50:45 GMT -5
Does this mean the Rutgers @ Nebraska match on Saturday is also likely to be cancelled?
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Post by robtearle on Nov 18, 2021 13:52:25 GMT -5
That’s all the email said. In the spring, Northwestern did the same sort of "non-COVID" cancellation (did we ever get a full story on that?). But if its not COVID, then the flu? Why not just say so? |
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Post by oldnewbie on Nov 18, 2021 13:52:26 GMT -5
The flu has definitely hit some teams that have had to play through it. I'm not sure at what point you cancel rather than play down a few players.
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Post by mervinswerved on Nov 18, 2021 13:53:53 GMT -5
I've been wondering if teams (society) would start treating other contagious diseases more seriously.
Also, this could be something like norovirus, which is quite nasty and has shut down college campuses and cancelled games in the past. I remember having a breakout on campus one year, our cross country team landing in Chicago for a meet at Notre Dame, and them being told by ND to turn around and go home.
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Nov 18, 2021 13:54:03 GMT -5
Does this mean the Rutgers @ Nebraska match on Saturday is also likely to be cancelled? One would think, unless they have some kind of odd illness that is OK one day later. |
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Post by mervynpumpkinhead on Nov 18, 2021 13:54:10 GMT -5
Sounds like shingles.
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Post by Kingsley on Nov 18, 2021 13:56:49 GMT -5
The possibilities are broader than illness. The official language is, "The decision not to travel to Minnesota was supported by the Big Ten Conference and was made out of an abundance of caution surrounding the health and safety of the participants due to matters unrelated to COVID."
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Post by robtearle on Nov 18, 2021 14:00:06 GMT -5
So I just pulled up the match cancel - forfeit policy the Big Ten announced in August, and it seems to go out of its way to imply that it is a COVID-specific policy. That is, does anybody know if this match (or these matches, assuming Saturday vs Nebraska also is off) count as forfeit wins from Minn and Nebraska, or "no contest"? bigten.org/sports/2021/8/23/GEN_0823214746.aspx |
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Post by mervinswerved on Nov 18, 2021 14:04:35 GMT -5
That is very interesting language in the release.
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Post by bprtbone on Nov 18, 2021 14:06:25 GMT -5
Looks like it counts as a dub for the Gophers? Or Emily has it backwards.
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Post by nestedegg on Nov 18, 2021 14:06:26 GMT -5
So I just pulled up the match cancel - forfeit policy the Big Ten announced in August, and it seems to go out of its way to imply that it is a COVID-specific policy. That is, does anybody know if this match (or these matches, assuming Saturday vs Nebraska also is off) count as forfeit wins from Minn and Nebraska, or "no contest"? bigten.org/sports/2021/8/23/GEN_0823214746.aspxI was wondering that, too...might be a positive when it comes to RPI, but as far as the running for a Big Ten championship goes, this obviously has a major impact. |
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