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exactly. there's so many different nuances to why people are pushing it. politics of a november election, attendance will be down without football (which is why they waited till a week before students came back and after releasing a schedule to cancel,) players unionizing, academic eggheads holding athletic departments hostage, etc.

if colleges had said back in June "we're not having football," they would have hemorrhaged attendance and donations.

You can extend this to in person attendance at school itself. As soon as there are outbreaks (which there will be) they'll send the kids home, put class online, and keep all that non-refundable tuition and housing money. If students had known well in advance they wouldn't be on campus this semester, not as many would have enrolled and none would have paid for dorms. Always follow the money.

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Posted by LSUBoo

Knoxville, TN

Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 8/13/20 at 10:45 am to LSUlefty

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Spring is just their way of buying time. They won't play in the spring.

I think the 'postponed until the Spring' is a talking point meant to protect themselves from teams like Nebraska from jumping ship.

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Posted by Alt26

Member since Mar 2010

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Posted on 8/13/20 at 10:46 am to ulsaint

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I really think whoever wins the court of public opinion on this one will get what they want.

No. It's whoever refuses to CAVE to public opinion is who will "win". In case you haven't notice, today's media lives to create division and operates in hyperbole. There will be no "good" PR for those who want to play in the fall. The media simply won't allow it. And it will ramp up even higher the closer we get to actual play.

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Medical experts think it's not safe for whatever reason (heart stuff, students coming back on campus, whatever)

The definition of "safe" in this instance is nebulous and wholly subjective. If "safe" = no one getting coronavirus then not just football needs to be canceled, but ALL SOCIAL INTERACTION WHATSOEVER needs to be canceled to achieve that goal. The virus is not going to be eliminated...even if a vaccine is developed. Whether guys play football in the fall, spring, summer or in 2022, there are going to incidents of players contracting Covid. That is a virtual certainty. The ONLY way that doesn't happen is if we simply stop testing for it at this absurd rate. Can you imagine what yearly influenza cases would be if we tested at this rate? I suspect they would dwarf covid...and we have a yearly vaccine!!!!

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Posted by offshoretrash

Farmerville, La

Member since Aug 2008

10174 posts

Posted on 8/13/20 at 10:46 am to ulsaint

Playing spring football will hurt a few schools that has top NFL talent that is draft eligible. If they are projected in the first three rounds I don't see any of those players playing.

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