It’s all about money it’s not player heath

Amen!

Postponement is a stunt they are using hoping to keep their teams from playing with another confrence in fall by promising them a season but just delayed.

In spring nothing will change and they will cancel citing player safety because there won't be enough rest between seasons

The heart thing seems relevant.

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A rare heart condition that could be linked with the coronavirus is fueling concern among Power 5 conference administrators about the viability of college sports this fall.

Myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, has been found in at least five Big Ten Conference athletes and among several other athletes in other conferences, according to two sources with knowledge of athletes' medical care.

The condition is usually caused by a viral infection, including those that cause the common cold, H1N1 influenza or mononucleosis. Left undiagnosed and untreated, it can cause heart damage and sudden cardiac arrest, which can be fatal. It is a rare condition, but the COVID-19 virus has been linked with myocarditis with a higher frequency than other viruses, based on limited studies and anecdotal evidence since the start of the pandemic.

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If I'm an admin and I see a "rare" condition already present in 5 athletes, I have to at least consider what my career looks like if we proceed and someone dies.

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Myocarditis is very often found in young athletes.

Plenty of research on it pre-covid.

There is no proof that the myocarditis was caused by covid.

Lol you think the B10 and PAC12 really plan on playing in the spring?

W/o a some vaccinations... this shite is here for the LONG HAUL! People need to solve the problem... not figure out a way to live with it.

It can be about two things ya know. Player health is tied to liability thus money anyway.

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It can be about two things ya know. Player health is tied to liability thus money anyway.

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Bingo, I agree, college football while the same sport as NFL and yes MLB is playing, those are "jobs" and under US. Labor law, those Players unions through collective bargaining negotiated their playing conditions and wages to play under COVID and Management (Owners signed off). No different than when the economy was on lock down, certain businesses if they wanted to open could stay open, trucking companies and truckers to move supplies, grocery stores, restaraunts (takeout) Drug stores, hospitals, gas stations, car repair shops, Vets were allowed to stay open. So those business owners could choose to work under what conditions they wanted.

College football players are still under NCAA student athletes and amateurs. They get a scholarship and grant and aide to go to school to obtain a degree, sports is the means that gave them the opportunity. So college players can't negotiate terms of playing as they are not employees of the University. Period. The moment that happens, a HS player then they can't receive a scholarship (Pell or Grant and aide) to obtain a degree.

I think the Big10 and Pac 12 University Presidents, in consultation with legal and medical staff and Governors ran simulations. What is the finanical impact of not playing (lost TV, ticket, concession, merchandise revenue) vs. playing and having some players get health issues 10 years down the line and then what is the amount of potential lawsuit in Billions with a B dollars and probability of losing said lawsuit. I think those conferences were more risk averse and said no go based on the economics.

So 2 options, the Big10 and Pac12 said play, and the players under NCAA are amateurs can't negotiate working terms, something happens and lawsuits follow. You allow them to do what the Pac12 players a few weeks ago were calling for, form a players union, then they are employees and defacto no longer student athletes. So under the notion that the players are not employees, they are scholarship student-athletes, Big10 and Pac12 saw the financial risk as to great and cancelled.

What is the risk aversion of the states SEC/ACC/Big12 footprint, we will see.

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The world is a sad place right now.

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The commies want it that way. Anyway, I agree it's all about money right now. In this litigation culture today God forbid a football player should die of Covid-19.

I say let the boys play. But I can understand the SEC's concerns. You know some blood sucking lawyer is lurking in the shadows just waiting to sue the SEC and the University if one of those boys die of Covid-19.

It's always about the money....no spring football by the way.