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Post by ernesto on Aug 20, 2020 13:28:38 GMT -5
The television ratings and revenue will be huge for a football-starved nation. The losers are the conference universities that "could not" find a way to play and for their home communities. The loss of revenue for the latter is a tragedy for many people. It's seems like certain parts of this country are more concerned with teenagers playing football than getting rid of this pandemic that's lingering over us. Not to be contentious, but logically how does not playing get rid of the pandemic? It is arguable that a sequestered team of teenagers, with close medical attention, is safer than those same teens outside of that structure. Not playing does little to change any vector of the pandemic. |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 20, 2020 13:37:18 GMT -5
It's seems like certain parts of this country are more concerned with teenagers playing football than getting rid of this pandemic that's lingering over us. Not to be contentious, but logically how does not playing get rid of the pandemic? It is arguable that a sequestered team of teenagers, with close medical attention, is safer than those same teens outside of that structure. Not playing does little to change any vector of the pandemic. Having 100+ kids and coaches traveling to other campuses to play tackle football will almost certainly help to spread this virus. Heck, they can't even practice without coming down with many positive cases, but the problem is, the schools don't care, as long as they get their paychecks from ESPN & FOX sports. |
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Post by ernesto on Aug 20, 2020 13:41:48 GMT -5
OK.
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Post by inger on Aug 20, 2020 18:24:36 GMT -5
And it’s about hormones and opportunity for horny kids... |
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Post by domeplease on Aug 20, 2020 18:52:44 GMT -5
Not to be contentious, but logically how does not playing get rid of the pandemic? It is arguable that a sequestered team of teenagers, with close medical attention, is safer than those same teens outside of that structure. Not playing does little to change any vector of the pandemic. Having 100+ kids and coaches traveling to other campuses to play tackle football will almost certainly help to spread this virus. Heck, they can't even practice without coming down with many positive cases, but the problem is, the schools don't care, as long as they get their paychecks from ESPN & FOX sports. YOUR RIGHT = GREED over LIVES = THE AMERICAN WAY |
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Post by ernesto on Aug 20, 2020 19:37:28 GMT -5
We disagree, and that's what makes a discussion. If doing without football would end the pandemic, I would of course favor doing without football. But, it is virtually certain that there will be negligible impact on the pandemic, and if it were possible to measure, possibly a decrease in the covid metrics by controlled sequestering of these young men and women. If there is no football in the B10 and PAC, I look forward to the measurements of covid vectors in those regions that do not have football versus those regions which do. Do not be surprised if the numbers are better in the football-playing regions.
Thanks for the discussion, and I am done with this topic for now, at least.
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Post by inger on Aug 20, 2020 20:32:29 GMT -5
We disagree, and that's what makes a discussion. If doing without football would end the pandemic, I would of course favor doing without football. But, it is virtually certain that there will be negligible impact on the pandemic, and if it were possible to measure, possibly a decrease in the covid metrics by controlled sequestering of these young men and women. If there is no football in the B10 and PAC, I look forward to the measurements of covid vectors in those regions that do not have football versus those regions which do. Do not be surprised if the numbers are better in the football-playing regions. Thanks for the discussion, and I am done with this topic for now, at least. If you can believe the rhetoric, and some days I can, other days I can’t) every little thing we do helps in incremental measures. No, the numbers in football playing conferences may indeed not correlate with overall results in a particular area. But then again, they might. This is a virus, therefore a living organism. Similar to my post about wild animals, there are certain predictabilities. There are also certain unpredictibilities. It’s nature. If the virus is headed in one direction, but the temperature changes, does the virus still remain strong, or does it weaken? What if it rains? No one seems to know... |
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Post by noetsi on Aug 20, 2020 20:47:01 GMT -5
I think if they had not opened the universities than the players might, with really close supervision have avoided major problems. But they did open many universities and the kids will party and thus get sick.
Quick math problem. If one player with COVID19 without a mask goes into huddle at time Yt, how many players have it at Yt+1?
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Post by inger on Aug 20, 2020 21:01:36 GMT -5
I think if they had not opened the universities than the players might, with really close supervision have avoided major problems. But they did open many universities and the kids will party and thus get sick. Quick math problem. If one player with COVID19 without a mask goes into huddle at time Yt, how many players have it at Yt+1? The problem would be more solvable if there also had to be a heretofore healthy player within the huddle without a mask. The mask is supposed to be a preventative of mostly passing, though a lesser one to receiving. This is why no quarterback will ever achieve a 100% Passing percentage. Even then, if the maskless player gets a block from a player with a mask there may be an interception charged. At that point the ball is turned over, which leaves no opportunity for additional passing until the ball is returned. With all of that said, my answer is an average of 3.47 with average blocking and interception skills. |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 20, 2020 21:11:29 GMT -5
I think if they had not opened the universities than the players might, with really close supervision have avoided major problems. But they did open many universities and the kids will party and thus get sick.Quick math problem. If one player with COVID19 without a mask goes into huddle at time Yt, how many players have it at Yt+1? Then again, the primary reason these kids are at the school is for their education. If kids can't attend classes on campus, then they shouldn't be playing sports and this is coming from a huge college sports fan. |
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Post by inger on Aug 20, 2020 22:50:58 GMT -5
I think if they had not opened the universities than the players might, with really close supervision have avoided major problems. But they did open many universities and the kids will party and thus get sick.Quick math problem. If one player with COVID19 without a mask goes into huddle at time Yt, how many players have it at Yt+1? Then again, the primary reason these kids are at the school is for their education. If kids can't attend classes on campus, then they shouldn't be playing sports and this is coming from a huge college sports fan. Yes. It’s bad enough that the schools “help” them pass without not even requiring them to crack a book. They just become closer to being a minor league team than they already are... |
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Post by ernesto on Aug 20, 2020 22:53:51 GMT -5
We disagree, and that's what makes a discussion. If doing without football would end the pandemic, I would of course favor doing without football. But, it is virtually certain that there will be negligible impact on the pandemic, and if it were possible to measure, possibly a decrease in the covid metrics by controlled sequestering of these young men and women. If there is no football in the B10 and PAC, I look forward to the measurements of covid vectors in those regions that do not have football versus those regions which do. Do not be surprised if the numbers are better in the football-playing regions. Thanks for the discussion, and I am done with this topic for now, at least. If you can believe the rhetoric, and some days I can, other days I can’t) every little thing we do helps in incremental measures. No, the numbers in football playing conferences may indeed not correlate with overall results in a particular area. But then again, they might. This is a virus, therefore a living organism. Similar to my post about wild animals, there are certain predictabilities. There are also certain unpredictibilities. It’s nature. If the virus is headed in one direction, but the temperature changes, does the virus still remain strong, or does it weaken? What if it rains? No one seems to know... You really are a Mountain Man. There is a void in the Wild Kingdom type reality shows since Steve Irwin was careless. Have you thought about hosting a show that depicts the raw nature of the unpredictability of wild animals for we city folk? |
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Post by inger on Aug 20, 2020 23:06:54 GMT -5
If you can believe the rhetoric, and some days I can, other days I can’t) every little thing we do helps in incremental measures. No, the numbers in football playing conferences may indeed not correlate with overall results in a particular area. But then again, they might. This is a virus, therefore a living organism. Similar to my post about wild animals, there are certain predictabilities. There are also certain unpredictibilities. It’s nature. If the virus is headed in one direction, but the temperature changes, does the virus still remain strong, or does it weaken? What if it rains? No one seems to know... You really are a Mountain Man. There is a void in the Wild Kingdom type reality shows since Steve Irwin was careless. Have you thought about hosting a show that depicts the raw nature of the unpredictability of wild animals for we city folk? Over time you will find that I am more chameleon than man. I’m more logician than anything, though the logic is often my own special brand. what city are you in, if you don’t mind sharing that, ernesto? ... |
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 20, 2020 23:47:13 GMT -5
We disagree, and that's what makes a discussion. If doing without football would end the pandemic, I would of course favor doing without football. But, it is virtually certain that there will be negligible impact on the pandemic, and if it were possible to measure, possibly a decrease in the covid metrics by controlled sequestering of these young men and women. If there is no football in the B10 and PAC, I look forward to the measurements of covid vectors in those regions that do not have football versus those regions which do. Do not be surprised if the numbers are better in the football-playing regions. Thanks for the discussion, and I am done with this topic for now, at least. If you can believe the rhetoric, and some days I can, other days I can’t) every little thing we do helps in incremental measures. No, the numbers in football playing conferences may indeed not correlate with overall results in a particular area. But then again, they might. This is a virus, therefore a living organism. Similar to my post about wild animals, there are certain predictabilities. There are also certain unpredictibilities. It’s nature. If the virus is headed in one direction, but the temperature changes, does the virus still remain strong, or does it weaken? What if it rains? No one seems to know... Actually, a virus is not an organism because it is not made up of cells or even a single cell. It is much smaller. Also, there is also serious debate as to whether or not it is living, as it cannot reproduce or induce any other metabolic function without a host. It’s more like a zombie parasite. |
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Post by ernesto on Aug 21, 2020 13:44:33 GMT -5
If you can believe the rhetoric, and some days I can, other days I can’t) every little thing we do helps in incremental measures. No, the numbers in football playing conferences may indeed not correlate with overall results in a particular area. But then again, they might. This is a virus, therefore a living organism. Similar to my post about wild animals, there are certain predictabilities. There are also certain unpredictibilities. It’s nature. If the virus is headed in one direction, but the temperature changes, does the virus still remain strong, or does it weaken? What if it rains? No one seems to know... Actually, a virus is not an organism because it is not made up of cells or even a single cell. It is much smaller. Also, there is also serious debate as to whether or not it is living, as it cannot reproduce or induce any other metabolic function without a host. It’s more like a zombie parasite. Interesting, Rizzuto. Is this your field of work? I can understand that the virus needs a host in order to reproduce, and then that host can spread the "non-living" entity to another host. Weird a bit. |
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