No football this season means the school will need to cut 5-10 sports, probably permanently.
Honestly they probably should do it anyways and spend more money on football and basketball but I know that's an unpopular opinion for some reason on a Cal football blog lol
I teach at a school that plans to come back in the fall. My impression is that everything from leadership is about a) maximizing revenue and b) minimizing liability.
As to the former, we can't go fully online because if we did there'd be no revenue from housing/dining services (and less from tuition) which would double or triple a budget gap that already caused major job cuts. Commuter schools like the CSU system are actually a lot better off in this regard - and I'm just glad my school isn't as over extended as a lot of small residential college that could go under completely if they shut down again.
As to the latter, we can't teach full classes in anything close to CDC guideline-compliance, so we are being told to split classes into 2-3-4 or more groups and rotate when they are in class and online. I'm likely to be stuck in one spot so I can be seen/heard by the camera and in-person teaching will largely be reduced to lecturing (a far less effective method than engaged active learning - especially when the professor is wearing a mask)). At the same time, school sends out a 14 page guidance pamphlet that mainly is about saying "we tried but they didn't follow the guidelines" when students, staff and faculty inevitably get sick.
After last semester, I think most faculty assume we're all going to wind up going fully online sometime in the fall - a second wave will definitely lead to it, but even without that it's very likely we go online by Halloween just because of persistent flare ups.
All of this is my way of saying if you think FB has issues, you aren't thinking big enough. I'll be stunned if we get more than a few weeks of any college sports this fall.
All those who have defied the medical guidance to social distance and wear masks (led by the President's refusal to set a responsible example) have created this horrible situation. If there had been better compliance we'd be in a much better situation now, and able to look forward to baseball, NFL, college football and basketball, NBA, as well as plays, concerts, etc. this fall. As is, it now looks like we'll all have to do without for the coming months as things only get worse.
David is right. All those who have 'defied medical guidance' and not practiced social distancing have created another spike. And I can't think of a better example than the throngs out there marching and protesting over the past two weeks. They should be ashamed.
I share your concern for the health of those marchers. I will say, at every protest I've been to I've been impressed with how many people are WEARING their masks, and even keeping a distance as much as possible. I'd say 98+ % were masked. Certainly, I've seen plenty of people on the news not wearing masks, but those are usually the speakers, etc.
Whether or not the president runs around in a mask, or what he says, would have ZERO impact on a 18-21 year olds decision to go to a party....get real lol that's on parenting, the coaching staff/university, and the individual players making the decisions.
If your parents don’t see the president wearing a mask and then base their decision to wear a mask and encourage their kids to wear a mask or not is going to be influenced by what the presidents says or does, that does have an impact on those 18-21 year olds.
Parenting, like the presidency is about leadership. I have constituency of 2 that I’m responsible for leading and protecting, the presidency has a constituency of 350 million. Every time he doesn’t wear a mask he sets a bad example that some will choose to follow.
I just saw a very small crowd of 6,200 people in a 19,000 seat arena that were, for the most part not wearing masks, despite them being handed out for free because their president wasn’t wearing a mask and is actively encouraging them not to wear one because actions often speak louder than words.
Can't disagree; my point was that the prez could/should have given more encouragement to states to follow the scientists & CDC guidelines when opening up (which I supported), instead of talking as if he thought it was all a hoax and would be over soon regardless of how we opened. A little more discipline and patience and we likely would be over the worst of it.
No football this season means the school will need to cut 5-10 sports, probably permanently.
Honestly they probably should do it anyways and spend more money on football and basketball but I know that's an unpopular opinion for some reason on a Cal football blog lol
I teach at a school that plans to come back in the fall. My impression is that everything from leadership is about a) maximizing revenue and b) minimizing liability.
As to the former, we can't go fully online because if we did there'd be no revenue from housing/dining services (and less from tuition) which would double or triple a budget gap that already caused major job cuts. Commuter schools like the CSU system are actually a lot better off in this regard - and I'm just glad my school isn't as over extended as a lot of small residential college that could go under completely if they shut down again.
As to the latter, we can't teach full classes in anything close to CDC guideline-compliance, so we are being told to split classes into 2-3-4 or more groups and rotate when they are in class and online. I'm likely to be stuck in one spot so I can be seen/heard by the camera and in-person teaching will largely be reduced to lecturing (a far less effective method than engaged active learning - especially when the professor is wearing a mask)). At the same time, school sends out a 14 page guidance pamphlet that mainly is about saying "we tried but they didn't follow the guidelines" when students, staff and faculty inevitably get sick.
After last semester, I think most faculty assume we're all going to wind up going fully online sometime in the fall - a second wave will definitely lead to it, but even without that it's very likely we go online by Halloween just because of persistent flare ups.
All of this is my way of saying if you think FB has issues, you aren't thinking big enough. I'll be stunned if we get more than a few weeks of any college sports this fall.
There had been speculation about playing NCAA football next spring, but that seems to have subsided for some reason.
All those who have defied the medical guidance to social distance and wear masks (led by the President's refusal to set a responsible example) have created this horrible situation. If there had been better compliance we'd be in a much better situation now, and able to look forward to baseball, NFL, college football and basketball, NBA, as well as plays, concerts, etc. this fall. As is, it now looks like we'll all have to do without for the coming months as things only get worse.
David is right. All those who have 'defied medical guidance' and not practiced social distancing have created another spike. And I can't think of a better example than the throngs out there marching and protesting over the past two weeks. They should be ashamed.
I share your concern for the health of those marchers. I will say, at every protest I've been to I've been impressed with how many people are WEARING their masks, and even keeping a distance as much as possible. I'd say 98+ % were masked. Certainly, I've seen plenty of people on the news not wearing masks, but those are usually the speakers, etc.
Whether or not the president runs around in a mask, or what he says, would have ZERO impact on a 18-21 year olds decision to go to a party....get real lol that's on parenting, the coaching staff/university, and the individual players making the decisions.
I disagree with this.
If your parents don’t see the president wearing a mask and then base their decision to wear a mask and encourage their kids to wear a mask or not is going to be influenced by what the presidents says or does, that does have an impact on those 18-21 year olds.
Parenting, like the presidency is about leadership. I have constituency of 2 that I’m responsible for leading and protecting, the presidency has a constituency of 350 million. Every time he doesn’t wear a mask he sets a bad example that some will choose to follow.
I just saw a very small crowd of 6,200 people in a 19,000 seat arena that were, for the most part not wearing masks, despite them being handed out for free because their president wasn’t wearing a mask and is actively encouraging them not to wear one because actions often speak louder than words.
Can't disagree; my point was that the prez could/should have given more encouragement to states to follow the scientists & CDC guidelines when opening up (which I supported), instead of talking as if he thought it was all a hoax and would be over soon regardless of how we opened. A little more discipline and patience and we likely would be over the worst of it.
At this point it seems that the season will have to be canceled.
More...
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/19/college-football-players-test-positive-virus-hbcus-cancel-four-games
... several football programs around the country have reported that players have tested positive for the virus, including:
Thirteen at the University of Texas at Austin
Eight athletes, likely football players, at Kansas State University
Eight at the University of Alabama
Three at Oklahoma State University
Two at Clemson University
Three at Auburn University
Two at the University of South Florida
Two at Iowa State University
Two at the University of Mississippi
At least one at Florida State University
Seven student athletes from three sports, presumably including football, at Arkansas State University
Five at Texas State University
"Several" at Troy University
Also
https://www.si.com/college/2020/06/20/lsu-football-players-quarantined-coronavirus
I need this season. Been waiting since 2013 for the bears to be relevant again and I know that this is the year. SMH
That would just be Cal's luck wouldn't it?
Screwed by texass yet again! (13 players test positive)