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On 8/21/2020 at 8:44 AM, Bledred said:

Hit the nail right on the head here.  Could be many years before they even sniff the attendance numbers they have been getting steady the last 20 years.  The 1994 strike in MLB practically destroyed their fanbase.  It took a once-in-a-life-time-steroid-induced home run race between Sammy and Mark to revive pro baseball.  If they did not have that, who knows how long it would of taken for them to recover.  Having no fans in the stadiums and no games for most is unprecedented territory for sports of all levels.  The effects of which could last for a very long time.  Take anything away from any American, and they will find something else to replace it with.  Getting that same American to go back to what they had before...might as well be forcing a horse to drink. 

talking about the NFL too. forget them and the owners can go broke right along with the players and their political bulls#!t!

i think Luke takes over as soon as we play again.

if nothing else, this highlights/shows Warren's lack of transparency with all that is at stake here, with possible long term consequences.

he appears to put himself above accountability. not a good look for job security.

16 hours ago, krc1995 said:

What is lineman? 
 

fun game. 

what are receivers?

1 hour ago, WyoHusker56 said:

 

Yup, honestly the letter they released last week was a mistake. Had they put that out initially I think it was fine. However, they waited until a total fire storm was brewing and then put out no additional information and hoped it'd go away. At that point they needed to release real documentation and the longer they don't the worse this gets. 

i would guess this will have a negative effect on future recruiting, if the conferences that play make it through the season?

thoughts?

21 hours ago, Enhance said:

To be fair, the lack of sporting events is not really changing their responsibilities or work load. It's just shifting it. If anything, their jobs are a lot harder now because they're going to have to navigate inevitable revenue losses. I'd be particularly cautious about looping university presidents into that mix. Athletic departments only make up just a piece of their oversight responsibilities.

ok, now i feel better. 

2 hours ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

The only meaningful parallel is the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, and the response looked a lot like it does today: some cancellations, some attempts to play, lots of confusion trying to adjust to a moving target: 

 

https://saturdayblitz.com/2020/03/22/college-football-navigated-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic/

the cancel culture is worse than the infection!  

22 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

you can hear all of the same stuff on TV daily, Warren's statement came off an infomercial, useless.

"there is simply too much we don't know about the virus"

we will hear the same s#!t this spring and next fall.  sigh

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/arrests/

read them for yourself. players making millions and still acting like thugs.

and we haven't even mentioned player compensation, which is on the back burner now, due to covid, but it is sure to come up again in the future. the pink elephant in the room.

and as for college football in the spring, it will be a pony league with the high draft picks sitting out. no reputable agent is gonna advise his stars to risk injury, just prior to the draft, as many have said. a makeup schedule with constant traveling will be a covid nightmare.

67 NFL guys are sitting out the season, the rest have decided it is an occupational hazard, with risks being a personal choice.

for me i could care less who plays in the National Felons league, i won't be watching them kneeling or the multiple anthems, 

a political stunt, not football.

Kiffin, what a joke. legal issues all over hell. 

what a joke, while SEC, ACC and others get to play a full schedule?  ]This is grade A bulls#!t.

i guess the guys will be fresh for the spring?

this is getting worse, not better, as plan B is being implemented. 

if they do try to play in the spring, the height of flu season, how is that safer in a dome stadium?

playing at a dome location to counter bad weather is a non starter, if fans are going to be allowed.

so you can kiss the spring season good bye.

this will be a continuing mess for months on end.

14 hours ago, Omaha fan said:

That means the kids will be practicing in January. 160 players in hawks would be quite a squeeze and I don’t think any of the players signed up for practicing outdoors in January. 
 

The spring football thing isn’t reality 

would be tough with the no hoodie policy.

Warren is lost, NU to the ACC permanently is a joke, no money and too far from home.

i still think, as much as i hate it, we need to sit this fall out. the virus is getting active now that campus students are starting to return.

this will give everyone involved time to make a viable shortened spring season, which will put us on track for a full 2021 fall campaign.

3 hours ago, Bledred said:

We are more likely to start our own conference and make our own TV network than go back to the Texas Conference. 

agree, i don't think the Big12 can match the 40-50 mil we get from the Big each season.

momentum

2 hours ago, Hilltop said:

Over under on how much longer Kevin Warren holds the Big Ten Commissioner job?  My guess is >12 months.  Hell of a situation that guy walked into.  

under

lawyers and lawsuits are coming soon. there will be football for all who want to play, starting in late September.

you can play ball or sit out the season

you can go back to work and wear a mask or stay home

if you are looking for some type of leverage to get some games in, good luck, this deal is done.

spring ball makes for a bad schedule as well.  next fall is it.

what's he gonna say?  The commish throttled him. risky move trying to leave the Big, money is scarce!