Big Ten and Pac-12 cancel 2020 fall football seasons

[LincolnWay187]

So are they planning on playing for a big 10 title at best in spring? Because if everyone else somehow manages to play...they expect to play for a national championship this year and they arent going to want to wait 3 months.

 

[alarson]

So are they planning on playing for a big 10 title at best in spring? Because if everyone else somehow manages to play...they expect to play for a national championship this year and they arent going to want to wait 3 months.

some conferences may elect to remain in denial for a few more weeks but it's all going to get canceled

 

[Bigman38]

So help me, what does playing in the Spring do to potentially playing in the Fall 2021? I'm sure this has been discussed I just haven't seen it.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to sacrifice any part of Fall 2021 for a Spring season. Maybe they can get real creative and come up with a short Spring season.

My knee jerk reaction would be a couple tunes ups, then each conference has a single elimination tournament, winners get seeded into another bracket and play for the National Championship. A small handful of teams would be playing longer than they'd probably want but for most it would be a pretty short season that'd generate tons of intrest.

 

[Clonefan32]

Even if football was played, due to basketball being indoors the odds of having fans at basketball was infinitesimal all along.

My bet is basketball will run a condensed no fans season starting in January

Purely out of curiosity what makes you think they can play basketball in January when you can't play football in September? Indoor sport during the winter. You could argue a longer, more prolonged exposure to your opponent. I suppose the only thing you have going for you is the number of people you'd have to monitor.

I just think once you've put it out there you have too much liability to play, you aren't playing again until there is a marked difference in potential harm. And that's not going away by January.

If a basketball player were to get seriously sick the very first thing they'd point to is not being very far removed from canceling all football. You've basically acknowledged the risk is too high-- good luck coming back from that one from a liability perspective.

 

[Gunnerclone]

To me this is just CYA. Players/athletes will be just as exposed out and about in the world vs. in a team activity. Obviously safety is important, but making players play two full schedules in 2021 can't be very "safe" for their health either.

Sucks all the way around don't get me wrong.

I don’t think anyone can be mad that they are taking economics in to their decision right?

 

[alarson]

Purely out of curiosity what makes you think they can play basketball in January when you can't play football in September?

I just think once you've put it out there you have too much liability to play, you aren't playing again until there is a marked difference in potential harm. And that's not going away by January.

If a basketball player were to get seriously sick the very first thing they'd point to is not being very far removed from canceling all football. You've basically acknowledged the risk is too high-- good luck coming back from that one from a liability perspective.

I think it is a lot easier to manage the issues with basketball with the much smaller number of players especially if you limit it to a conference only regular season. Probably easier to follow a model similar to the NBA where the players are more bubbled up

 

[isufbcurt]

JMO but playing in the spring is dumb. Play in the fall or cancel and give everyone an extra year of eligibility.

 

[Clonefan32]

I think it is a lot easier to manage the issues with basketball with the much smaller number of players especially if you limit it to a conference only regular season. Probably easier to follow a model similar to the NBA where the players are more bubbled up

But this is clearly all about liability, and I think that you've just completely opened yourself up to liability by acknowledging it's unsafe to play. No chance you can mitigate that liability to a point you'd feel comfortable someone couldn't sue you if they got sick.

 

[ISUTex]

So are they planning on playing for a big 10 title at best in spring? Because if everyone else somehow manages to play...they expect to play for a national championship this year and they arent going to want to wait 3 months.

So when are campuses closing?

 

[Bigman38]

I think it is a lot easier to manage the issues with basketball with the much smaller number of players especially if you limit it to a conference only regular season. Probably easier to follow a model similar to the NBA where the players are more bubbled up

And it's a lot easier to move/cancel basketball games compared to football.

 

[Clonefan32]

JMO but playing in the spring is dumb. Play in the fall or cancel and give everyone an extra year of eligibility.

I think the Spring thing is a complete farce. I haven't quite figured out what it is yet, but the conferences have a reason for stringing it out longer, but it isn't because they think they're playing football.

 

[CyTwins]

Man I would love it if the Big 12 and SEC still played this fall

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

I just am not convinced that football will be this superspreader thing. If we are pulling the plug on football then I think you have to on in person classes too.

It's just a matter of time before the schools switch to an online platform. The only reason they didn't do this from the get go was because they needed the tuition money. Going online from day one would have driven a lot of students to take a year off.

 

[Cloneon]

Man I would love it if the Big 12 and SEC still played this fall

Imagine the TV revenue for the remaining conferences able to play. Other conferences' viewers will be tuned in, no matter what. If for no other reason than to just see if they make it through the season.

 

[knowlesjam]

There is also a bit of alpha dog going on here with the BIG. They are definitely trying to be the premier conference leading the way...putting pressure on the SEC, Big 12, and ACC to also cancel. The PAC is already their *itch. The BIG got caught yesterday with the early announcement before the PAC could also announce in a co-conference cancel to increase the pressure on the others. Maybe it influences the others...maybe not. Maybe you get football this fall and then another football season in the Spring.

 

[CyTwins]

Imagine the TV revenue for the remaining conferences able to play. Other conferences' viewers will be tuned in, no matter what. If for no other reason than to just see if they make it through the season.

Oh yeah you'd have the entire state of Iowa watching every Iowa State game with half of them cheering on our opponent plus millions of CFB fans across the country

 

[Cloneon]

Oh yeah you'd have the entire state of Iowa watching every Iowa State game with half of them cheering on our opponent plus millions of CFB fans across the country

It would be a branding bonanza for Iowa State.

 

[JStanz51]

Rather than focus on the content of this post, I will comment on its style. I like how Jared is able to start a thread with a header graphic (or whatever you call it) that fits the topic. First time I've seen that feature. I assume it is part of the website facelift. Nice. Can I use my own header graphic when I start a thread?

It only does that because I can start threads automatically through the backend of our website now when I post an article. Eliminated the step of having to take the link and start a thread myself.

 

[theshadow]

Imagine the TV revenue for the remaining conferences able to play.

You don't get more because the other conferences aren't playing. You just don't lose out on the money you were supposed to get.

 

[ISUTex]

It's just a matter of time before the schools switch to an online platform. The only reason they didn't do this from the get go was because they needed the tuition money. Going online from day one would have driven a lot of students to take a year off.

No way I would pay regular tuition for crappy online learning.