TSSAA ED says fate of high school football unknown as of now

[sportsguy22]

3 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

You get a gold star

It'll be interesting to see where they are at the end of July, from a trend standpoint. Two weeks ago, WC had less than 400 active cases, and a month ago they had less than 200 active cases. ~1200 active cases would put them in the "moderate" category.

I truly wish we could get a daily count of the only two categories that matter...hospitalizations and deaths. Then, we can work off those percentages. This will give us the fairest data moving forward and maybe end all the panic and fear chaos too.

[osunut2]

Just now, sportsguy22 said:

I truly wish we could get a daily count of the only two categories that matter...hospitalizations and deaths. Then, we can work off those percentages. This will give us the fairest data moving forward and maybe end all the panic and fear chaos too.

I can't speak for other counties, but in Knoxville this week, overall deaths and ICU hospitalizations attributed to COVID both doubled, and ventilator use was up over 150%. That said, we only had 5 total deaths prior to this week (now at 10), so we've definitely stayed out of harm's way for the most part.

[steelcityroller]

15 minutes ago, sportsguy22 said:

Moved them to the spring that is. Most all reporters are saying it will not affect the decision of other schools and divisions whatsoever. The Ivy League operates on its own anyway. Ironically, they may have just scheduled themselves out of having a fall sports season at all (so cancelling could end up being exactly right)...if you believe the fear and panic that a second wave is going to get ugly in January or February. It's so premature to make such a decision too, but that's the genius Ivy League big wigs for you.

Even if it happens its gonna be much different.

I was talking to a HS coach last night and he said they are talking about if they play only allowing people who purchase season passes into the games. That way everybody can sign a waiver and made to wear a mask.

Some of your smaller conferences are starting to cancel their fall sports as well.

The Big 10 and Pac 12 are talking about playing a shorter conference only schedule and pushing the start of the season back 2-4 weeks.

NFL teams are talking about mandating masks and only allowing for fractional attendance to only season ticket holders.

All the dominoes will fall in the next two weeks because its reaching that point where a decision has to be made or else everything just falls apart. Nobody wants to be the person to make the decision so everybody is just punting the ball back and forth.

 

[osunut2]

19 minutes ago, sportsguy22 said:

Moved them to the spring that is. Most all reporters are saying it will not affect the decision of other schools and divisions whatsoever. The Ivy League operates on its own anyway. Ironically, they may have just scheduled themselves out of having a fall sports season at all (so cancelling could end up being exactly right)...if you believe the fear and panic that a second wave is going to get ugly in January or February. It's so premature to make such a decision too, but that's the genius Ivy League big wigs for you.

Just announced that all fall sports were cancelled and won't be rescheduled. Apparently there is a chance that football will get another shot in the spring, though. Either way, sports are a financial loser for the Ivy League, so this isn't a big shock.

[osunut2]

1 minute ago, steelcityroller said:

The Big 10 and Pac 12 are talking about playing a shorter conference only schedule and pushing the start of the season back 2-4 weeks.

Word out of the Big Ten AD meetings is that multiple schools (i.e., Rutgers, Northwestern, and 1-2 others) won't play this fall. If that's the case, the rest of the conference is expecting to play an abbreviated conference-only schedule. And if the schedules are expanded beyond that, regional MAC schools will fill in those gaps.

[steelcityroller]

7 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

Word out of the Big Ten AD meetings is that multiple schools (i.e., Rutgers, Northwestern, and 1-2 others) won't play this fall. If that's the case, the rest of the conference is expecting to play an abbreviated conference-only schedule. And if the schedules are expanded beyond that, regional MAC schools will fill in those gaps.

The NFL is wanting the players to put 35%of their salaries in escrow. They are also gonna give players an option to opt out of the 2020 season.

[Djohnson]

Tennessee Broke the Record today 2,500 positive test for Covid-19 in a single day. Not looking good

Edited July 9, 2020 by Djohnson

[GWAVE1]

9 minutes ago, Djohnson said:

Tennessee Broke the Record today 2,500 positive test for Covid-19 in a single day. Not looking good

Roughly 6,879,000 people in Tenn.  

[Sidelinehustler]

10 minutes ago, GWAVE1 said:

Roughly 6,879,000 people in Tenn.  

Started virtual learning early!

[MadHatter1]

22 minutes ago, Djohnson said:

Tennessee Broke the Record today 2,500 positive test for Covid-19 in a single day. Not looking good

They also broke the record for most tests. I watched the briefing. What else did they say? Why are you only giving that one stat when they gave others? If you tell the whole story the percentage of sick people stayed the same. So really all that happened was they gave a record number of tests. The sky is not falling chicken little. Liberal agenda with you every time bro. 

[sportsguy22]

2 minutes ago, MadHatter1 said:

They also broke the record for most tests. I watched the briefing. What else did they say? Why are you only giving that one stat when they gave others? If you tell the whole story the percentage of sick people stayed the same. So really all that happened was they gave a record number of tests. The sky is not falling chicken little. Liberal agenda with you every time bro. 

Well said!! Negative pessimistic bias nonsense! Gets old! How many of those supposed total cases are false positives, asymptomatic, very mild symptoms??!!! I’m betting a ton! Large, large majority.

[tj3775]

Yeah...it broke a record but they also tested 29,000 people. That's a 8.3% ratio.