UNC Suspending Athletics for at least 24 hours

[CuseLegacy]

 

[721Comstock]

No-show classes, now no-show athletics.

UNC leading the way into the virtual future.

 

[CuseLegacy]

No-show classes, now no-show athletics.

UNC leading the way into the virtual future.

I heard Coach Mack on the news last night stating the clusters of covid occurring on campus wouldn't effect the football program. I guess he was wrong.

 

[JeffCuse]

24 hours. That'll fix it.

 

[RandomGuy]

Wonder if its just Covid, or if backlash is playing a role?

Football on an empty campus? UNC sends clear message that student-athletes don’t exist

UNC’s plan to still play football with an empty campus shows it feels athletes are employees, not students.

amp.newsobserver.com

 

[CDNCuse]

Wonder if its just Covid, or if backlash is playing a role?

Football on an empty campus? UNC sends clear message that student-athletes don’t exist

UNC’s plan to still play football with an empty campus shows it feels athletes are employees, not students.

amp.newsobserver.com

It is bonkers that students can't attend classes yet football practices continue.

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[sutomcat]

It is bonkers that students can't attend classes yet football practices continue.

Who would have thought North Carolina would end up acting like East Carolina? Has Mack gone completely senile?

 

[Trueblue25]

Cancel the season, this is just getting stupid. Players will move on to the pros and university’s will have to stop wearing their asses as hats in regards to spending.

 

[Nick44]

But...but...it was a hoax!?!?

 

[AngryOtto]

I still feel by the first few days of September the acc will pull the plug. I know everyone wants a season but it is not going to happen. Once the ncaa grants an extra year of eligibility Friday you will see a number of athletes opt out within a couple weeks.

 

[AngryOtto]

Cancel the season, this is just getting stupid. Players will move on to the pros and university’s will have to stop wearing their asses as hats in regards to spending.

I agree. However I do not see the nfl setting up a minor league system like all other major league sports. Why when the colleges do it for them at no cost.

 

[Cusesky8214]

I agree. However I do not see the nfl setting up a minor league system like all other major league sports. Why when the colleges do it for them at no cost.

XFL baby. Can you smell what the Rock is cookin???

 

[DaCuse]

There’s no way we have football or basketball this year. It’s a very unfortunate reality.

 

[elimunelson]

Season isn’t happening. ACC is allowing a spring practice now.

 

[mscanlo]

the decision to go online might actually help UNC as it will create a bubble-like atmosphere for the players.

as for schools pushing for football, yes the optics aren't great as it is primarily motivated by revenue, but if the majority of the athletes want to play, then it it nice to try to exhaust all options for them (I acknowledge it is only football athletes who have this option right now).... the majority of these kids won't play past college, so a lost year is a lost year, and a lot of athletes are itching to play the game they love and got them to college

 

[sufandu]

I'm one of the people that has taken the virus very seriously, but I think there is a way that athletes could play. If all athletes maintained a bubble at their schools, with virtual learning and no contact with other students, and all competitors did the same, I can see it being possible. Do I think it's realistic or that we'll see it happen? No.

 

[JeffCuse]

I'm one of the people that has taken the virus very seriously, but I think there is a way that athletes could play. If all athletes maintained a bubble at their schools, with virtual learning and no contact with other students, and all competitors did the same, I can see it being possible. Do I think it's realistic or that we'll see it happen? No.

The NBA and NHL have shown strict bubbles work. But i dont see any chance college kids, especially ones that are governed not by a single commissioner but by their schools, universally conforming.

 

[sufandu]

The NBA and NHL have shown strict bubbles work. But i dont see any chance college kids, especially ones that are governed not by a single commissioner but by their schools, universally conforming.

Agreed. The only way it would possibly work would be to explain that this is the only way we're gonna have a chance to play. If you choose to leave the bubble, you choose not to play. It would be a sacrifice.

 

[orangeinohio]

Agreed. The only way it would possibly work would be to explain that this is the only way we're gonna have a chance to play. If you choose to leave the bubble, you choose not to play. It would be a sacrifice.

What about going to classes?

 

[upperdeck]

there are lots of bubbles on campuses already.. people with required in person learning/labs are happening at places that are virtual.. not much different than the sports teams.

 

[PhatOrange]

It is bonkers that students can't attend classes yet football practices continue.

nah, football practices are spread out on an open field. Kids want to attend practice. The other is like an extended snow day.

But really, it's not any more bonkers than walmart workers heading to work while hair salons, car dealerships, banks, flower shops, landscapers and everything else was closed. Here we are on Aug20 and we still have businesses closed. We flattened the curve 4 months ago.

 

[longtimefan]

nah, football practices are spread out on an open field. Kids want to attend practice. The other is like an extended snow day.

But really, it's not any more bonkers than walmart workers heading to work while hair salons, car dealerships, banks, flower shops, landscapers and everything else was closed. Here we are on Aug20 and we still have businesses closed. We flattened the curve 4 months ago.

But the "flattening" is at such a high level it can be better described as a "plateau".

 

[PhatOrange]

But the "flattening" is at such a high level it can be better described as a "plateau".

in New York ?

 

[Bayside44]

What about going to classes?

Last year was pretty eye opening, stories about guys like Burrow and Fields never actually going on campus, all classes are online. The Manley complex is decently set up already. Don't think moving the kids to online is that far-fetched.