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Bartles

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  1. Looks like they picked the wrong year to go independent. Half their schedule had already bailed on them. They probably could have kept the Liberty and Army games, otherwise they'd have been fishing for FCS opponents. Ironically one of the safest COVID areas in the nation at the moment. This isn't a warning sign for any other schools doing the same, unless they're just broke
  2. Can't imagine there's much money in United Soccer League (traveling and allowing fans in some venues), Major League Lacrosse, Women's Pro Soccer League, World Team Tennis or the lower division European soccer leagues. I think it's instructive to look at the lower budget operations because they can't lock down as strictly and they can't test as frequently as the big time leagues. There have been plenty of problems but no one has abandoned ship at this point.
  3. Pretty much every US and world sport that has attempted to come back has gone through this pattern: Skepticism before re-start; Early COVID flare-ups intensify skepticism; Protocols followed or tightened; Play resumes; Flare-ups decrease NHL, NBA and especially MLB can't take any victory laps just yet. But lots of international leagues and smaller US ventures have successfully completed their seasons. Quite a few traveling around, not in bubbles. Football, especially college, has by far the toughest task due to roster size and physical demands. But we're still in the skepticism phase, they haven't really locked in protocols yet or even set the schedule. I'm not exactly optimistic but far from giving up.
  4. CSU story is disgusting. Addazio may be a Gundy type?
  5. Yeah, I've been encouraged looking at the Dallas numbers but there's no way they're accurate given the rapid drops, mixed with occasional large increases. What sucks is they could have just been honest and it would still likely be decent news. I think the best we can say is much of Texas is now well past the peak, for the summer wave anyway.
  6. SOLD! For $15 million to an invest group including...
  7. Maybe I'm underreacting, but I think we barely hear a word of the players' revolt a month from now. Athlete rights issues will play out eventually, as they were doing anyway. But the near future is all about the dance with coronavirus.
  8. The revenue and NIL aren't really negotiable unless the NCAA, and maybe local legislators, acknowledge that those are even in play. That's a huge ask in itself, even before they talk about specific numbers. That's not happening in the next couple weeks. Six year medical benefits probably doesn't even get on the docket for state of California governing bodies (state govt, UC and CSU systems). The fact the season is hanging by such a thin thread anyway makes it even less likely the conference would make any major changes based on these demands.
  9. If those players hold firm, that pretty much means no Pac-12 football. The NIL and 50% revenue distribution would be tough to legally pull off on short notice even if the league agreed, which of course they won't. Those are NCAA things, so we all know how that will be received. Best the league can do is agree to negotiate, say yes to the easy ones like black players committee, and "hold discussions" on all the others.
  10. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    The Cardinals turned out to be one player and three staff FWIW. But now they PPD their entire Brewers series to be safe. I guess the Cards will be on daily tests like PHI/MIA last week. Hopefully we at least learned the Indians and Twins aren't necessarily in danger for having played them recently.
  11. I'm pretty sure it's a couple days before a person becomes infectious. Guess it's possible whatever was on his clothes or body jumped onto you in your hug. Of course there's any number of other possibilities in our daily lives, even if we're being careful. Best wishes to BearSchlong and Xian and your families. We appreciate the updates here.
  12. Interesting nugget from the Athletic article on Big 12 schedule options: Coaches/ADs are saying they should schedule more than 10 games in case they need to cancel any, which in itself isn't a great look as they're suggesting we'll just step over the bodies during an outbreak and try again next week. But the real motivation might be, as usual, making sure they can cash the checks.
  13. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    Or maybe we have to wait five days for the Twins testing, now that the Cardinals are outbreaking (at least 5 new positives)
  14. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    Phillies still ZERO positives, now six days removed from Marlins interaction...looks like the on-field sport is safe
  15. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    Phillies with zero positives from yesterday's tests, team is staying away from stadium for now. Marlins planning to send infected players back to Miami via sleeper buses? Curious about the medical safety of that plan, especially for the bus driver and anyone else who is not infected. Or if it's possible at least one Marlin had a false positive but now becomes legit infected on the bus. What's left of the Marlins will bus down to DC to meet their taxi squad reinforcements and supposedly actually start playing again.
  16. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    I guess MLB either has to shelve the Cardinals for a week (and maybe the Twins too, since they just faced each other), or else they'll have some explanation like after contact tracing they are confident the affected players have all been isolated, and the series can begin tomorrow.
  17. How can I enjoy the Las Vegas Bowl if I have to keep an eye on Bama vs. Georgia at the same time?
  18. WOW, they're starting 3-4 weeks later than other leagues and SEC champ game is Dec. 19?!? I want to say good on them for giving the region more time to get its shit together re: virus. But I can't help but think it's mainly motivated by a desire to get fans in the stadium.
  19. Just pointing out waves of negativity towards sports in general as the Marlins story was unfolding. Mainly directed at football, since so many other sports are already underway with only a handful of problems. I know the WNBA could run flawlessly, or they could have a 28 Days Later outbreak, and neither would really move the needle for sports in general.
  20. Agree with this. No place in the US has the discipline and cohesiveness seen overseas to hammer the numbers down to where every outbreak can be traced and cut off before it's in the community. Besides our basic behavior, people move around too much so even a smallish town can't prevent new cases from being brought in almost daily. America will simply be a dangerous place for an indeterminate amount of time. Best we can hope for is the future waves are short-term bumps and no more surges that look like the Titan rollercoaster climb.
  21. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    Blue Jays-Phillies pushed back to Saturday DH to give Phils a five-day break, which health officials said should be enough to allow any positive tests to show up. I applaud the safety, but it's pretty foolish to think they can outmaneuver the virus. I would have scrapped the whole series. We'll see what happens.
  22. The simplest explanation is proceeding with a fall schedule gives them some chance of playing some games and cashing some checks. If they push everything to spring and conditions are not good at that time, then they get zero monies. That simply can't happen. They won't say it, but the spring is still there as a fallback if for example they can get through 8-ish games in fall. They could come back and do conference champ games and a watered down CFP while everyone else does normal spring practice. Everyone making these decisions simply can't see it any other way than to get a season going under any circumstances. Their very careers depend on it. It would take a mass movement by players, students and/or parents to call it off, which I don't see happening.
  23. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    Zero Phillies positives from Tuesday testing, which is obviously good news but you wouldn't really expect them to pop positive until at least Thursday (with results reported Friday, when the Blue Jays are sitting in town ready to play).
  24. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    Welp, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale on a radio show, 1-2 of the Marlins went out after a game in Atlanta last week. And with lax regulation of everything in Atlanta, there were plenty of vectors for them to catch the virus. So, I retract what I said about pardoning them even if they do share the info publicly. I mean, I would credit them if they did that (which is unlikely), but how the fuck do you come from Miami and not know you need to stay away from EVERYONE in order to keep your large paychecks intact. Nightengale radio quotes
  25. If you like sports, you should root for this league to run seamlessly through its championship. This Marlins business shows how public opinion is just waiting to jump on any failure to discourage other sports from even starting. (Maybe they're right? MLB is in for a nervous week)
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