Only think it’ll work with some sort of bubble set up, similar to the NBA. Major logistical challenges though, so I’m not optimistic.
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Agreed. Don’t think you can bubble college students either. Imagine being a walk-on and getting thrown in the bubble for a year lol
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Totally agree. an’t place college kids into a bubble. For so many reasons. But also no way to keep and track 80+ 18-22 year olds and another 30ish staff for 4 months.
If/when they cancel/postpone/seriously alter the college basketball season, I’m wondering if the G-League would be able to pivot to take on OADs and college seniors that plan to go pro at season’s end anyway.
I don’t know logistically, financially or legally if any of that could work. But it would at least be something.
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Im hoping for some semblance of a season but I guarantee there will be no fans in indoor arenas for those games. And the NCAA now has 6 months to plan a bubble strategy for the NCAA tournament, which they absolutely need to survive.
Lol they kind of have to. Two years in a row of no march madness and the NCAA is financially dead. Im pumped for some May Madness though
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In light of all the rumors we hear, this is a funny story (even though I am in the camp that this tweet alone probably didn’t dictate things but just sped up what was eventually going to happen)
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This UNC news not helpful
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I agree…but, honestly, any school that isn’t prepared to weather some new cases as they open school isn’t evidently looking at reality! They are merely reacting to the panic porn and not understanding it is freaking virus, and no matter what you do it will spread. They must be looking at other numbers than just cases! I honestly have been impressed with UVA’s transparency BUT if they don’t expect new cases to arise as students return to grounds they are not basing their expectations in reality. Are they simply asymptomatic cases? Do they have ANY symptoms or did they have symptoms in the past? There is much we don’t about this virus, but there is much, much more we do know now!
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We agree. The only thing I am convinced of is it aint going away
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I agree…much like the flu pandemic of 1918 is still around 100 years later…the key is understanding it and no over reacting.
BTW, I have thoroughly enjoyed hearing you on the multiple different podcasts. You, paired with @Marktykobe @Merch work so well together from MJ focusing on the “parent” perspective of players road, to TW unbelievable stat/game memories, to your “behind” the scenes. I also really, like each alumni’s perspective on the road to the chip in 19 and today’s team!
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really appreciate that. Somehow the 3 of us have jelled against all odds. hahaha. Mark is very prepared where TW has all the real Life memories and I just talk shit and (sometimes) make up my own version of stories. Best is learning things about guys youve known for 25 plus years!
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A couple of points in response. The 1918 flu has not been around for almost 100 years. Influenza viruses are very unstable compared to, say, the measles. That’s why the flu vaccine has to be redone every year. It remains to be seen how stable COVID-19 is. There are some fascinating articles on-line about digging up intact DNA from the 1918 flu in remote Alaska, as well as attempts to reconstruct the virus itself in the lab for study (spoiler, they succeeded!).
We have friends with kids at UNC, including one who was infected by a symptomatic suitemate. So there are symptomatic COVID-19 students there.
One of our kids is a 4th year at UVA, and we are bombarded with emails from the school about their plans to prevent spread of the virus. They definitely are realistic and expect infections to pop up. They have detailed plans for testing and containing spread. Not sure how they differ from UNC’s, and it remains to be seen if they will be effective. Like everyone here, I am hoping for success at UVA, but am also skeptical about whether they can contain the virus in the student population with such a large student body spread out across a decent sized city. I think having a rapid saliva test for the virus would be a game changer for large universities like UVA, and I think that’s probably a more realistic thing to hope for by the end of the year than a widely distributable, effective vaccine.
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I don’t claim to be a scientist, just reading as much I can to learn…and “effective” is the key term for any vaccine. Reports are that it may only be 50% efficacious, not even to the level of the flu virus. And yes, obviously influenza is not exactly the same as the 1918 flu pandemic, but that’s where it got started! Praying that our leaders in our communities and states are realistic and getting good information, and not bending to the panic.
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There’s a bit of distance between not “bending to the panic” and ignoring reality. If enough people took the virus seriously, the spread could have been dramatically mitigated by now. Schools can have intricate and detailed plans on how to contain the spread of the coronavirus, they can have well considered contingencies on how to isolate the infected, but they will be worthless if students ignore best practices. If they gather in large groups, wear no masks, and disregard any semblance of social distancing, then as good Robbie noted, “the best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley, an’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain…” I imagine UNC officials forgot to account for the stupidity of the young. What will follow at other schools will be interesting to watch.
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As they say “Live fast, die a preventable death that would have required minimal sacrifices but now we have to make even further sacrifices due to not taking the necessary precautions from the getgo”
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Your shit talk is really good. You guys gel together well
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Whoa you’re talking a bunch of ish on podcast? I don’t believe.
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