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More questions than answers right now, but it doesn't appear that the Pac-12 will be able to participate in the lucrative (thanks to the TV deal, even if it won't have fans) College Football Playoffs (or major bowl games) given their current schedule. While the long term health of the programs is probably better off IF college football can be safely played, you do wonder if it doesn't make financial short term sense (especially if the football coaches and staff were going to be furloughed) for some of the Pac-12 schools to push for football this fall. Some of the short-season schedules being floated with only 6-7 games sound worse than if they just start playing football (with more prep time) during the winter (early 2021).

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I've read all the Cal sports sites pretty religiously over the years, especially this one and CGB before it. I've never felt especially moved to comment before.

I cannot abide the idea of my alma mater moving forward with football now. I don't presume to speak for the Cal community, but I can't square this with my own values. Thankfully, I think my objection is the polar opposite of what our friends on the Farm are saying. I'm not ok with athletes who are not being compensated being exposed to entirely predictable risk. For the profit of literally everyone but them. If NFL players want to play, fine, but college football in a pandemic is a level of exploitation that I can't get behind. The fact that the University needs the money is a mitigating factor, but to my mind, entirely beside the point.

We have a good team and a promising season, but I won't be watching.

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Hate to admit it, but I agree with Stanford on this one. The cognitive dissonance is real.

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Yeah, my stance hasn't changed. I don't support a restart. You're putting young kids at long-term (career ending for some) health risks, arguing they're adults that can make these decisions unbiased. Ignoring that many come from less affluent communities, which throws is a HUGE bias just by default.

But if Cal plays, I'll watch and support.

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Like I said the other day, p12 fall football was never about the testing of football players and coaches.

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