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CDC ? Isnt that the source you have discredited and now use their data ? Come on man !

It's *wear*, but what club events have you attended and why if you have such a negative opinon of them? The ones I have attended in the last 2 weeks had on-site security that ensured the mask policy was enforced. And tickets needed to be purchased off-site from where the event was held, so there was no "pay table".

I'm not an official, and I address coaches as "Coach". I don't remember ever addressing one by his/her first name. I urge my student athlete children to do the same.

Play until you can't. Suspend, restart, play until you can't. Moving to spring is not the answer.

So a quick look at games within approximately 1 hour drive from Indy (again not knowing where you live) but I tried to get as many rivalry games as possible: Week 1 - Warren Central @ Center Grove Week 2 - Columbus East @ Columbus North Week 3 - Carmel @ Center Grove Week 4 - Avon @ Brownsburg or Cathedral @ Chatard Week 5 - Mooresville @ Decatur Central Week 6 - Carmel @ North Central or Indy Lutheran @ Scecina Week 7 - Rensselaer Central @ Lafayette Central Catholic Week 8 - Eastern (Greentown) @ Sheridan Week 9 - Cathedral @ Center Grove None of these games will probably be played anyway (wear a mask people!) but come up with a better schedule in 15 minutes!

What I’m asking is if a player testing positive right now requires suspension of team activities for a week or two for reasons of safety - as we’ve seen happen several times already - why would a player testing positive during the season have a different result?

A very high level club team? Kudos to you and yours.

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It will be interesting to see how the Commish responds to this, compared to what the NBA did with that jackwad Sterling. I don’t see how Snyder survives this. The culture in the organization starts with him.

People focusing on the declining death rate as evidence that resuming “normalcy” is appropriate are looking at an incomplete picture. COVID 19 is not an “all or nothing” disease like influenza. You get the flu, you recover or, in a very small % of patients you die. There’s generally no in between. Increasingly, researchers are finding that is not the case with COVID 19. Although COVID 19 is many times more likely to kill you than the flu, researchers are now finding a disturbing rate of complications in recovered patients. The most serious appears to be some type of coagulopathy which causes blood clots to form, which can result in heart attacks, pulmonary emboli, or strokes, including strokes in very young people. There are also neurological and kidney complications, not to mention permanent lung scarring. So, the next time someone poo-poos COVID-19 because it “only” has a 1% fatality rate, keep in mind that the rate of those experiencing significant and potentially permanent health effects is many multiples of that.

cant dispute the 10 and under kids as pointed out in the article I provided earlier https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/07/18/young-people-most-likely-to-spread-coronavirus-at-home-large-study-finds/amp/ its the 10 to 19 years old that are concerning. Maybe you didn't catch that....I copied and pasted it for you.... see below The study found that young people, between the ages of 10 to 19, were not often the first in their household to show symptoms—but when they were, 18.6% of their contacts contracted the disease, which is more than any other age group. By contrast, children 9 years old and younger were the least likely group to spread coronavirus in their household, with 5.3% of their contacts—which represents three people—testing positive.

Cool story, bro.

It's 'yes sir' or 'yes ma'am' with our kids. I think it is mainly a Southern thing, although I was raised here that way, but my Mom was Southern. And if we hear people tell them, "oh, you don't have to call me sir/ma'am" we say "oh, yes they do". And we do get compliments a lot about how polite our kids are. So it pays off. I even say yes sir or yes ma'am at a fast food drive through

when schools get back in sessions and the group levels increase.......it only stands to get worse.....right now we have cases and compared to school enrollments sport teams are just small groups

When I read the MULTIPLE THREADS on this topic, I find a common theme..articles and studies that say its safe because kids do not contract or spread Covid. I also read how how we should get back to normal and deal with this...i don't know what to believe and still do not have a clear cut opinion on how I feel either way...but the 1 FACT I have seen is this; multiple programs have been suspended or paused because of HIGH SCHOOL KIDS testing positive. We won't know anything concrete until we get kids back into the schools and see what happens. None of us know the answer..

Until we get leadership that wants to put the cases at a manageable level........the fall football season will be a chopped up mess........i can see some teams w/o cases going 2-3 weeks w/o games because opponents have outbreaks. Spring, and hopefully some treatments......is the realistic chance for a full season, perhaps not chopped up....but the fall between players, students, teachers, coaches, families and officials having outbreaks is a very doubtful happening

Agreed. I even carry this beyond the field and into everyday life with my kids. Even if an adult tells my kids to call them by their first name, my kids know to add Mister or Miss in front of it ... like Mr. Sam or Miss Samantha. Maybe that's a Southern thing.

What do you mean by "because of the almighty dollar"?? Club sports from the ones I'm involved in are funded by the parents.

Probably. The social justice warriors bother me just as much as those who don't think there is racism. I'll just stick to putting up silly pictures. The cognitive dissonance looks like it is real. I've never seen someone get by with so many lies. Fox News caught the president a couple of times this week. I haven't seen much backlash. Oh, well.

yeah....we've heard that several times and i'm glad for your factory but you avoid my question .... AGAIN !

Timing is everything...

The statistics for Flu deaths among school age children is consistent with previous Flu seasons. The Covid-19 deaths are most likely grossly inflated which is consistent with the overall Covid-19 deaths in America. Big pharmaceutical is the most powerful lobby in Washington DC outspending big oil and gas 2 to 1.

that may be but then we have this.... https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/07/18/young-people-most-likely-to-spread-coronavirus-at-home-large-study-finds/amp/

Fact ? This just came out.... https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/07/18/young-people-most-likely-to-spread-coronavirus-at-home-large-study-finds/amp/

I said this three months ago and I will say it again. Even if the coronavirus is here to stay society will return to normal and people will accept the risks and consequences. It is inevitable and common sense. All this fuss will considerably decrease after November.

So are they suing for flu?

How about Warren Central? The Warriors are a great team to follow.

But pnuemonia is no where near as contagious as Covid, no where near as deadly for their older relatives or teachers and, again, there is no vaccine, treatment or cure for Covid. School districts are obviously legally liable for all aspects of this virus once they open the door. How do you reconcile that problem?

Bring ‘em on!

Some rumblings out there of a possible ND-Bama week 1 matchup.... I’d personally love it if it happens

The three new ones: CYA, I Take No Responsibility or Pass the Buck

I may not have agreed with some thing Lewis said, it is undeniable where his heart was. I can admire a man who went through the things he did, and what he was willing to give up for his convictions. RIP

Donald Trump thought there were air ports during the revolutionary war. Donald Trump thought Lou Saban was coaching the Crimson tide.

Then, I guess I’m an old fuddy-duddy. In 42 seasons of officiating, I’ve never called a coach by his first name on the field. As long as I can still get out there to observe, I’ll never address a coach that way, regardless of how well I know him. Aside from the respect factor, there’s another reason. If I call one coach by his first name, I need to call all coaches by their first name, regardless of how well I know them. If you’re the coach of team A, and I refer to you as coach Smith, but I refer to the coach of B as coach Bob, what is coach Smith going to think about that? Given the level of paranoia some coaches have about officials, I guarantee that would be an issue.

Yeah 2 of the top favorites in 1A... how dare they!

For those that see what the Redskins are doing, and wonder how long before the thought police come for the “Fighting Irish,” read this article on how that nickname came to be. And the answer to your question is Notre Dame will be known as the Fighting Irish until the sun burns out. https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/Article/How-The-Fighting-Irish-Got-Their-Name-149026778/ How The Fighting Irish Got Their Name ByPHIL HOUK Jul 11, 2:00 PM Those who believe Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish” nickname to be a denigration of the Irish people do not know the historical facts. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish nickname is a tribute to an enduring relationship based upon respect and affection. So how did Notre Dame’s athletic teams acquire their unique and proud nickname the Fighting Irish? The history of Notre Dame reveals a rich and respectful connection to Ireland and the Irish people that is so engrained that over time, the University chose to honor that history with the iconic nickname. Four of the six Religious who founded Notre Dame on November 26, 1842 with French priest Edward Sorin were Irish. The student body has always had strong Irish representation. Most of Father Sorin’s successors at the post of Notre Dame President have been of Irish descent. But the history of Notre Dame-Irish connections goes much deeper than that. On July 2nd, 1863, Notre Dame was 20 years old, and on a Gettysburg battlefield known as The Wheatfield, Army Chaplin William Corby, a Notre Dame professor and future President of the University, performed an inspiring act of faith and mercy. Amidst significant enemy threat, Father Corby mounted a large rock before the men of the Union's legendary Fighting Irish Brigade. Legend has it that the Fighting Irish name, by which that group came to be known, was bestowed by General Robert E. Lee. Lee. as the story goes, greatly admired and respected their fighting prowess. As Father Corby summoned the group of about 500, made up of predominantly Irish-Catholic immigrants, they knelt before him. First, Father Corby shouted the prayers of general absolution to the soldiers. He then reminded them of their duties and exhorted them not to waver as they upheld their flag. Officers later reported they had never seen such an inspiring scene. Seconds later, the men were sent to the rescue of the crumbling Union flank. Within minutes of the brutal and bloody fighting, a third of the soldiers had become casualties, but the attack of the Fighting Irish brigade bought precious time for the Union. A monument to this event stands at the site of Father Corby's act. An identical one known as "Fair Catch Corby" stands on the Notre Dame campus. Of 1,328 monuments that have been built at Gettysburg, Father Corby is the only Chaplin to be so honored. Corby, after serving as University President, oversaw the building of the Notre Dame Grotto. In 1916, the Irish freedom fighter and later President of Ireland, Eamon de Valera, visited Notre Dame. de Valera had been part of the 1916 Easter Rebellion against the English in Ireland. After being imprisoned and then granted amnesty, de Valera was arrested by the English again. He later escaped to America, and after attracting a stadium record 60,000 at Fenway Park, he was welcomed as a hero at Notre Dame on October 15, 1919. At that time, admiration for and solidarity with the Irish people by the Notre Dame community reached a zenith. During the early 1900s, stereotypes and ethnic slurs were frequently expressed against Catholics and the Irish in the press. Because Notre Dame was largely populated by Catholics -- many of them Irish -- its athletic teams were commonly referred to derisively as the Catholics, the Papists or the Dirty Irish. During the Rockne years of Notre Dame Football, ND was also unofficially referred to as "the Rovers" or “the Ramblers.” That was because they were not in a conference and some Midwest teams simply refused to play them. It is likely that at least some of the difficulty in scheduling was the result of religious bigotry toward Catholics. So Notre Dame choose to "ramble" and "rove" far and wide to find good competition. Football coaching legend Knute Rockne, who had a keen mind for promotion, engaged in public relations that played upon his Notre Dame team's humble roots and need to travel long distances to find competition. Some of the agents who had worked for the team used the words "the Fighting Irish" when engaging with the media. These PR efforts particularly paid off in the 1920s when one of Rockne's former PR men, Francis Wallace, went to work for the New York Daily News and used the Fighting Irish moniker in his column. There was also a time Notre Dame was known unofficially as the "Terriers." For many years, an Irish Terrier nicknamed "Clashmore Mike" could be found on the Notre Dame football sidelines. In May of 1924, another event added to the Fighting Irish-Notre Dame connection. According to historian Todd Tucker in the book Notre Dame vs. the Klan, Notre Dame students violently clashed with the anti-Catholic Ku Klux Klan who were demonstrating in South Bend that spring. The fact that the student body was heavily of Irish descent and that those students embraced the full inference of the words "the Fighting Irish" is apparent. The power of the KKK was significant in the Hoosier State and at that time included control of the governor's office. According to the book, a weekend of clashes led by Notre Dame students helped bring an end to the KKK's political power in the State of Indiana. So as early as the Civil War, Our Lady's University had a connection to the name Fighting Irish. And several examples suggest that the Fighting Irish nickname was born not out of derision or stereotype but as a noble tribute to heroism and bravery. It all converged in 1927 when the Fighting Irish nickname came into common use. University President Rev. Matthew Walsh issued the following statement to the University community: “The university authorities are in no way adverse to the name ‘Fighting Irish’ as applied to our athletic teams…I sincerely hope that we may always be worthy of the ideal embodied in the term ‘Fighting Irish.'" Thus, the Fighting Irish identity of the University -- long a part of the university's esteemed fabric -- became official. Today, Notre Dame's connections with Ireland continue. Twice in their history, -- 1996 and 2012 -- Notre Dame football has traveled to Dublin and played games against the Naval Academy. The plan in 2020 was for Notre Dame to play the Naval Academy in Dublin once again, only to have the game relocated to Annapolis, Md. due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Well, got home and read Bama’s AD squashed any rumors of that game happening this season. Have to wait until 2028/29 for the home and home regular season series to see the matchup.

Sheridan