Both P5 conferences released their schedules with built in flexibility and, within a matter of days, they shut their fall sports seasons down. The players feel some kind of way about it, as they should. They deserve a voice. But there are questions that need to be asked. What new information did you get that made you change your mind? Have you shared that information? Have you considered the future ramifications to your programs and are you prepared for the transfers?

There is something about this decision that doesn’t feel right, but it got worse yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, it was announced that all B1G intramural sports would be allowed to proceed as usual. Wait...so you’re not allowing the programs that generate the most amount of cash that props up every other sport to play out of “COVID-19 safety concerns” but you’ll permit intramural sports? Commissioner Kevin Warren is going to be on the hot seat after this week. What an epic cluster fuck.

 

LOL, I thought that it was about the rapper that were killed/murdered.

 

The OP is decently written, and I’d really love to add something valuable to the conversation, but I have absolutely no fucking idea what this was about.

 

College football is trying to determine how to make it through the 2020 season and lose the least amount of money. They know it's a money losing season, just a question of how much. Big time college football is cash eating monster. It depends on donations and video revenue. Ticket sales is one of the smaller revenue streams. If they can keep games on tv, it might be worth it.

The health risk to players, athletic staff, or fans is a secondary consideration.

 

Sorry about the confusion, y’all. There are 5 “Power 5” conferences in college football. The ACC, Big 10 (B1G), Big 12 (Big XII), PAC-12 (Pacific Coast) and the SEC.

I’m curious to know the thoughts of these board members about cutting all fall sports for two of the major conferences (with major tv deals). There’s more at stake than just “cancelling” or “postponing”. Juniors and Seniors from the two P5 confernces entering the NFL draft will have their rankings hindered compared to the other three conferences. Furthermore, it opens the door for an exodus in transfers (i.e. Justin Fields) to leave their starting position and go to a school that will be playing.

Schools asking to play in the spring are asking their freshman and sophomores to play two full seasons in 11 months, which could cause injury or worse. Effectively, they could be setting up their players and their programs of two+ years of setbacks. Saturday Down South has a fantastic article earlier this week equating cancelling a season to the SMU “death penalty” in 1985.

I’m just interested in others opinions.

 

I only know about SEC because it’s shoved down your throat here. Don’t care about it though. I didn’t even watch the football games I cheered for as a cheerleader. Thank you for the clarification though.