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    Multi-page obsession over BYU, Nebraska, Astros cheating and now open COVID denial
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    Just getting ready for their Chi-O-carditis mixer
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    Dallas tossing in 5K new cases due to "coding error" may not help the stats. Clay says they're mostly from July
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    At least that group is outdoors. (there are probably twice as many indoors we can't see) This is a good read from Julia Marcus, another really steady voice throughout the pandemic. College age kids are at the age most likely to take risks anyway, and they also are most at risk for mental setbacks from lack of socialization. Their government didn't curb the pandemic for five months, their school still charges them full rate and invites them back to campus, their local community allows bars to stay open. There will be individual acts of idiocy, but we shouldn't blame them when teams have outbreaks and campus closes down.
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    It's everywhere, even Villanova had like a thousand kids partying (outside) with no masks this week. Unfortunately those aren't one-off events, that will be every weekend everywhere. Not much chance FB players can avoid those kids for very long. You can do instagram searches for campus bars and look for their recent tags. I did it a little bit in Auburn and Baton Rouge and see some obvious violations. Not sure where to look in Austin, the 6th Street places actually show people with masks for the most part.
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    August is the month of outbreaks to be sure. If campuses have to start re-closing or even "pausing", it's not gonna matter whether the players are getting it. Quite a shame with this SalivaDirect testing news. Speaking of which, anyone want to be the person answering phones or checking emails at Big Ten, Pac 12, Nebraska, Ohio State, etc. on Monday? That story is getting major play even with headlines like: ...did the Big Ten and Pac-12 act too soon in canceling fall football?
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    I think because symptoms don't start until 4-6 days after infection, the 10 day mark should be plenty to no longer be infectious. You could still test positive for a while as the dead virus hangs around for weeks.
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    As always a great @aslavitt thread down below. Really hopeful news regardless of sports implications. Also note the NBA played a role in funding and development of these tests. So where does Adam Silver go for his apology! (idk who needs to apologize, just haters in general I guess)
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    Is this as big a deal as @aslavitt suggests? Having affordable, frequent testing any time in 2020 America just seems impossible. But Andy has generally been cautious and accurate in his assessments
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    The SEC leadership has been smart about all this. They haven't actually said "We're playing!" Their medical team isn't looking a month ahead, they are simply judging current conditions and so far they feel it's safe to proceed (Athletic interview with an LSU medical task force doctor). They are waiting to see how NFL camps go, as well as campus reopenings. The fact the SEC hasn't released a specific schedule is also pretty telling. They don't want to appear reckless, even though their students are probably planning myocarditis parties for Labor Day weekend. I think they privately realize it's still a long shot to play, but politically they can't pull the plug until COVID hell breaks loose again in their markets.
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    Doing the math on the postal service hustle Whole link is a scathing but very simple analysis of what's happening
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    This potentially frees up resources - money and testing - for the fall football schools as they can slow things down for soccer and volleyball for a few months. Same can be said for prepping the basketball teams when that time comes. It's cynical favoritism but these are desperate times.
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    Baseball is doing great for the moment. To borrow Dan Wetzel's analogy, if you have to drive 20 miles in a snowstorm, you don't start celebrating after mile 5 or even mile 18. But what baseball has done is shown that the 28 teams who have successfully followed protocol can have a fairly normal season (they're like 30 percent done). There is hardly any comparison to college football, I understand. But I think it's fair to make the narrow point that all sports that decide to play need to be prepared to hold steady when they see some positive tests in the beginning. Can they stop occasional positives from turning into outbreaks? At most colleges, probably not. Imagine if it was 4-5 teams instead of just Miami and St. Louis...that probably ends the season.
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    2020 MLB thread

    Bartles replied to ss13's topic in Baseball

    Strasburg ejected...from the stands
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    SEC meeting also, previously scheduled with no change of course expected
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    The Dupont case semi-fictionalized in last year's film Dark Waters is in that ballpark. Anyone developing a condition (cancer) related to drinking water in that community could join the suit. But it took years to play out, many plaintiffs never got paid and the company plows forward to this day. The worldwide virus COVID seems like a much higher hurdle to clear in terms of liability than a single company provably poisoning a drinking supply.
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    Should be pinned to the top of every covid thread. We're 5+ months in, shouldn't we have heard about a COVID lawsuit or two that actually has a chance to stick? Meatpackers, Amazon? Yet you can't read/watch CFB coverage without someone mentioning fear of lawsuits.
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    WVU comes to Austin, only longish flights are in the final three weeks
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    League just waiting for the right time to announce we're calling things off, right? Even getting volleyball and soccer in on the grand deception! Three tests per week is basically what MLB has been doing. Not sure where the money/supplies come from but it's a good step
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    This fracture might provide even greater motivation among the "play" contingent to keep everyone virus-free. They will study the B1G/Pac medical findings and take them seriously. Donors and sponsors will offer more money to improve testing and try to create a bubble-type environment as legally as possible (LOL). Despite some of the public comments, you can't take the "it's not that serious" approach, you have to try to keep cases near zero. IMO, still an uphill climb just to get some games in. We'll learn a lot from campus and K-12 openings as the weeks go by.
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    Mentioned this earlier, but if either American or Conference USA plays, that would give the "play" group a majority of the CFP board of managers (that's what they call their governing group). Seems like a no brainer if they can swing it financially, especially the AAC champ would have a legit shot at the playoff (Memphis favored, Cincy and SMU both pretty good). That would leave the Rose Bowlers playing their spring conference games for...maybe a few sympathy poll votes? Ohio State can win every game by 40 and it would be tough to justify over an SEC/BIG/Clemson team that won its conference plus a semifinal and NCG.
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    That one ref's biceps the only structure this conference got right now
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    Casillas tweet might just mean everything is on pause to line up with SEC 9/26 schedule
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    I expect all will cancel within a day or two, but there are some bizarre options at the moment. If the ACC, Big 12 and SEC decide to push forward, and the Sun Belt has already announced it intends to do the same, that would give that group five of the 11 votes on the College Football Playoff board of managers (Notre Dame has its own vote and they are ACC for now). But you would only need one more conference between the American and C-USA to play in order to have a majority of the board. That's probably not a hard sell in either case (both offices are in Dallas). So in theory they could vote to hold the playoff on schedule without the fall defectors.
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