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Yea im not assuming here.. just want to talk football.

Nope. Swing and a miss! You have no clue about changing schedules especially on a short notice. The schools already on a team's schedule would lose a game because of your "idea". Besides, if I was an AD and the commissioner told me my school HAD to join a conference, I'd tell him where he could go. But then again, he'd only have to go there for what? one year? It isn't easy scheduling for some schools as it is. Some smaller schools are already on a tight budget. As I've mentioned there's the logistics (gas money for buses, etc). Are you sure you understand what accomodate means?

Certain people won't look at it this way and it's a shame. Of course it's out of selfishness. When less than 175 people under age 24 have died in THE UNITED STATES IN 5 MONTHS what else could it be. But hey let's take away from kids and hide them away in front of ps4. Its ridiculous. I'm more worried about long term concussion issues than I am covid effecting athletes. But that's me. Others will differ.

It could come down to the team with the best hygiene.

This is a tough one to deal with having done it for over 40 seasons. I am planning on dong it this year but I will wear a mask and a hat, a long sleeve t shirt for sure, I work in health care so goggles or a mask might be appropriate, disposable gloves, and hand sanitizer. What cannot be controlled is kids who spit as the come off the field or drink water, coaches yelling who might remove their masks. How will the crew work with keeping people back is another one that is never uniform. Let's see how this all plays out in the next 2 weeks.

I envision Cathedral showing up at games and asking, "What's your safe word?" 😀 Lord, I apologize for that.

As always there are pros and cons to all things. Moving Football to the Spring will most likely eliminate your D1and D2 athletes that are Seniors. No D1 program is going to want their recruit to play then if they haven't already opted for Early enrollment.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29559800/rutgers-football-covid-19-outbreak-linked-campus-party What do high school juniors and seniors do on Friday and Saturday nights if they aren't playing football? Do we honestly believe they are social distancing?

His team that won a sectional was made up of a lot of players who transferred from North, Bosse and Memorial. Before that it was 4 wins in 2 years and 2 were against West Vigo. It wasn’t as if he grew the program organically or pulled a bunch of kids from the hallways. Reitz has more kids that care about tradition and football than Harrison.

I took a moratorium from posting, too. I dont dislike anyone arguing for playing now. I just think this is a life and death situation and delaying the season to spring is a small cost no matter what the circumstances. Things wont go off without a hitch..there will be dozens of problems.../ But the virus is here and we have no ability to stop it. Next spring, we probably will. That's what I hope for.

Maybe we all can rent Scissor Lifts to get a great look over the field!!!!

Not gonna lie, I'm not super familiar with 1A-3A, but I was bored so here are my thoughts after looking a Sagarin from 2019 and schedules for this year. 🤷‍♂️ 6A: Center Grove Carmel Avon North Central* Brownsburg Merrillville Warren Central Ben Davis Westfield Lawrence North 5A: Valpo Zionsville Cathedral New Pal Dwenger Decatur Central Mishawaka Franklin WL Harrison Bloomington South 4A: Evansville Memorial Hobart New Prairie East Central Mt Vernon Marion East Noble Mooresville Delta Northwood 3A West Lafayette Chatard Gibson Southern Mishawaka Marian Heritage Hills Guerin Catholic FW Concordia Jimtown Lawrenceburg Danville 2A: Eastbrook Western Boone Andrean Mater Dei Pioneer Lewis Cass Rensselaer Triton Central Linton Boone Grove 1A: Lutheran South Adams Adams Central Lafayette CC Southwood Parke Heritage Monroe Central North Vermillion West Washington Northfield

This may be naive, but isn't it about time we change the narrative on teenagers and COVID-19?As the FDA moves closer to approving using plasma as the first approved treatment to treat COVID19, I think it may be time we start looking to teenagers not just as those that don't show symptoms and may be a source of infection to our older citizens, but instead consider our teenage athletes (typically some of the healthiest of our community) may be our saving grace? Instead of wondering if we should cancel schools and cancel sports we use our varsity level athletes (Juniors and Seniors and college) as control groups in our communities. We should be discussing if we could request schools ask their Varsity Juniors and Seniors to volunteer for COVID antibody testing (not COVID testing) using travelling nurse services at their schools. Finding this data in a controlled way in each community will give us a better idea of the infection rate/recovery for each area as it can be assumed that if the teen has the antibodies, the entire household had likely been infected and recovered. Then we ask those 16,17,18 year olds with the antibodies and robust immune systems to consider donating plasma with parent's consent to be collected at local hospitals for treatment usage. Similar to how we do senior blood drives across the state? I understand that medically speaking, prevention is always the best solution. But the reality is that prevention is not working so as we get closer and closer to flu season, we need to consider what we know, what resources we have to combat infection and really consider if mother nature just may have given us our own solution right in our own back yards? Thoughts?

No, Trump Can't Delay the Election https://reason.com/2020/07/30/no-trump-cant-delay-the-election/ Both sentences of the president's tweet are inaccurate, but let's take the second part first, since that's the bit that threatens to blow a gigantic hole in 230-plus years of American democratic tradition. Election dates are set by the U.S. Constitution, by Congress, and by the states—the president has literally no authority over it. When it comes to picking the president, there's actually no constitutional requirement for a popular election at all. What the constitution does say is that Congress gets to pick the date by which the states must choose their presidential electors—that is, the 538 members of the electoral college. Under current law, that date is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. How the states pick those electors is up to each state legislature to decide. "While every state currently chooses its electors through popular election—where votes cast for presidential candidates are counted as votes for the electors pledged to those candidates—a state legislature could decide to select electors itself if it determined elections were infeasible," the Congressional Research Service (CRS) noted in a March report about elections during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Indeed, it was common for legislatures to select electors without popular elections until the mid-1800s." The CRS reports that some state constitutions allow governors to postpone elections for emergencies, but there is no provision in the U.S. Constitution allowing federal officials to change the date unless Congress changes the law or a constitutional amendment is passed. But that's never happened during wars, pandemics, or other national emergencies—there is no reason to think it should happen this year. In fact, some Republicans in Congress are already rejecting the idea. Just for fun, here's what would happen if enough states—presumably red states—were to cancel or postpone the election, and therefore no candidate won an outright majority in the electoral college, according to that same CRS report. In that case, the election would be decided by the House of Representatives at the start of its next term: January 6, 2021. But the current House term expires on January 3. If, hypothetically, all elections were canceled or postponed and there was no new Congress to meet on January 6, the CRS report says, that doesn't change the fact that the incumbent president's term ends at noon on January 20th. "There are no provisions of law permitting a President to stay in office after this date, even in the event of a national emergency, short of the ratification of a new constitutional amendment," according to the CRS. In that absolute worst-case scenario, the presidential order of succession would come into play. There would be no elected vice president, so Mike Pence is out of the running. If there was a functioning House of Representatives, the new Speaker of the House would become president. If that person could not serve, the president pro tempore of the Senate—currently Sen. Chuck Grassley (R–Iowa), though that could change before January—would become the nation's chief executive. The bottom line: Trump can't cancel or postpone the election, and even if the election doesn't take place for some reason, he can't legally remain in office. What about the other part of Trump's Thursday morning bombshell tweet? For starters, he suggests that there is some difference between mail-in voting and absentee voting when they are actually the same thing. Some states require that you provide an excuse when you ask for an absentee ballot, but most have now switched to no-excuse absentee balloting—otherwise known generally as "mail-in voting"—in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Either way, the process for voting is the same: you get a ballot, you fill it out, and you mail it back. There are also a handful of states that have switched to conducting elections entirely by mail, and none of them have seen increases in voter fraud—something that is incredibly rare no matter how elections are conducted. Regardless of what you call it or how many people participate, there's little indication that voting by mail is some sort of scheme to defraud Republicans. Colorado is one of the states that recently switched to all-mail balloting, and the system was set up by a then-Secretary of State Wayne Williams—a Republican. An analysis of voting patterns conducted by the Brennan Center, a legal nonprofit housed at New York University's law school, found that that the people most likely to vote by mail in 2016 were white voters over the age of 65—a key Trump demographic. It's true that some states are likely to be overwhelmed by the number of absentee ballots cast this year—a month after its primary election, New York is still counting votes cast by mail—but Trump's attempt to delegitimize mail-in voting is likely only hurting him and his party. Indeed, in June, Politico reported that registered Democrats in Florida had requested roughly 300,000 more absentee ballots than registered Republicans—a gap that the state's Democratic Party chairman attributed to Trump's success at tamping down Republican enthusiasm for voting by mail. The simplest explanation for Trump's bizarre tweet on Thursday morning is that he's a deeply unpopular incumbent—as even he has recently admitted—who trails in the polls and doesn't see an easy way to turn things around. Calling to delay the election, even as he is also insisting that it is safe for schools to open, comes off as hypocritical, weak, and politically self-defeating. It's always been obvious that Trump didn't care to learn about the actual limits or powers of the office he holds. If he had, he would already know how ridiculous this all sounds. He's making excuses for losing before the game is even over. It's not dictatorial. It's just kind of pathetic. Yep. Pathetic it is.

I think everyone involved here knows that is likely. IHSA is trying to get all sports at least something this year. You have valid points. I don't think there is any great solution out there right now. We will have to roll with the punches and see what happens.

This isn't political for me. I am left of center and firmly believe we need to start school and sports on time in Indiana.

Literally 9 of 10 kids in my college ages son's circle and extended circle have had Covid-19....or should I say tested positive for it.

Not sure, but Notre Dame still can and probably will play navy, just not in Ireland or Annapolis (which is kind of a bummer). According to the ACC guidelines, the 1 non conference game has to be played in the ACC schools state so if they play navy it will be in Indiana.

Kicking the can down the road could be kicking it onto a landmine. There is no reason to believe things will be any "better" in the spring particularly if rudimentary case counts are the metric.

So your "solution" is to force 22 teams to join a conference at the last minute. Do you honestly believe that is going to happen? If so, you are totally delusional. Sometimes it takes a couple of years for a team to get into a conference. Schedules have to be worked out and all of the logistics. Your suggestion is totally unreasonable. But hey, you think the commissioner can just snap his fingers and everything will be fine. Not to mention: "either do it our way or it's the highway for your football season. Yeah, whatever.

We did not have a kid suspended all year. I do not chalk up the LCC loss to injuries. A ton of respect for Coach Nay! Eastbrook will be tough again. Very well coached program with a steady pipeline of talent. The Engle kid will help them replace their good QB from last season.

No way that is happening around here. They have been socializing for a couple months now.

I don’t disagree. But I would add, there is precious little taught in law school that prepares one for the practical side of the practice of law, i.e., how to actually get things done. I would favor a model more like the medical profession: basically an academic course followed by an accredited and structured apprenticeship.

Predicting back to back losing seasons for the Panthers? Wouldn't be shocked if Vincennes finishes closer to the middle of the pack, I know little about their team but I know they have a lot of community pride! Now I know you can't really go off scores, especially from the previous season but just for fun... They beat Bosse by three scores last year, Bosse played Memorial, Reitz, North closer and beat Harrison. Vincennes plays Memorial, Reitz, North and Harrison all at home this year. Coach Salters has never coached in the SIAC but he has won 8 or more games in all of his first three seasons.

Wow; go to practice for a couple hours and come home to 3 additional pages on a topic about a decision that has been reversed; and maybe one or two posts about that decision. There are other posts to talk about the general topic of openings and the start of the season. There is also a place for the personal barbs back and forth......direct messages. Oh yeah, there is also the ignore feature.

I guess I didn't realize that. Trust me we are totally oblivious to things. Just go play to play...

As a coach, I appreciate EVERYTHING that volunteers do. The guys who man the sticks, the announcers, the guy who runs the scoreboard, the person that films the game, the parents that work concessions and sell tickets, the students who volunteer to pick up the trash in the stadium after the game, the folks who clean up in the restrooms before/during/after the game, the guys who line and maintain the field, and the stat guys too. Anyone who's helping out is just as valuable in the scheme of things. As a matter of fact, I bet there are some coaches/ADs at some of the smaller schools who probably have first-hand appreciation since if folks aren't stepping up, it often falls to the coach/AD to do it.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season.htm Per the CDC ‘flu activity peaks between December and February, but activity can last ars late as May.’ And ‘Stat Guy’ please look at the graph on the CDC site and tell me which month is the highest? How does it compare to October and November (which only about 1/2 of teams advance to in the playoffs)? You really should learn something other than strawman arguments. Anytime you say ‘So you’re saying...’ and then try to rephrase someone’s opinion to fit your narrative, you are only showing your ignorance. That is not necessarily a bad thing. Ignorance can be cured. I’m looking forward to helping some of my students with it when I return to the classroom soon.

I have tried to learn from the Marlins recent outbreak. For one, I have taken the drastic step of forbidding my high schooler of going to Atlanta strip clubs... I mean hot wing restaurants. We’re still discussing how many nights he can go to bars though. Tough negotiator.

Great news. Now is the time for all student athletes (not just football) to put their leadership skills to the test. Let's make sure all students practice healthy and safe habits for a great school year and season. Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Game on.

Thank you for your service Mr. Kernan; RIP Go Irish!!!! https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/joe-kernan-former-south-bend-mayor-and-indiana-governor-dies-at-74/article_848c344c-d192-11ea-ab45-df397c6be4af.html?fbclid=IwAR1RBSeFu7pmmp9VrsQyEipjFayeavAHCyK8OvdF-2SvaYdFSnG-rXcEy-k

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/herman-cain-obituary/2020/07/30/id/979733/ Herman Cain — the maverick American business czar and Republican presidential candidate who campaigned for a sweeping tax reform plan called 9-9-9 — died Thursday morning after a monthlong battle with the coronavirus. He was 74. Cain, who recently joined Newsmax TV and was set to launch a weekly show, died in an Atlanta-area hospital where he had been critically ill for several weeks. He was admitted on July 1, two days after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Ten days before, Cain had attended a rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But it is not known for sure where Cain, chair of Black Voices for Trump, was infected. He had been on a whirlwind travel schedule in June, stopping in multiple cities. “He was one of the most original thinkers in American politics. He creative strong convictions, an open mind and a deep sense of patriotism,’’ veteran political consultant Dick Morris told Newsmax. “He was a great friend, a great guy. Suddenly, the plague strikes home.’’ Cain was a self-made man with an extraordinary backstory — one that made him a towering example of hard work paying off. He was born Dec. 13, 1945, in Memphis, Tennessee and was grew up poor in Atlanta, Georgia, where his father worked three jobs — as janitor, barber, and chauffeur — while his mother toiled as a domestic. A stellar student who worked hard, Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a mathematics degree in 1967. A year later, he married Gloria Etchison, who he had met when he was a sophomore at Morehouse and she a freshman at Morris Brown College. Cain went on to earn a master’s in computer science from Purdue University in 1971, and helped develop fire control ballistics for ships and fighter planes for the U.S. Navy. Next, he joined the Coca-Cola Co. as a systems analyst, and after considerable success, moved to the Pillsbury Co. After serving as regional vice president of Pillsbury’s Burger King, Cain then took on the biggest challenge of his career as president and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, a national chain teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. In 14 months, he returned Godfather’s to profitability and led his management team to a buyout of the company. Later, Cain said he could explain his success at Godfather’s Pizza in one word, “marketing.” Cain, who long held an interest in public policy, became chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1995, serving in the position for 20 months. In 2019, Trump nominated Cain to Federal Reserve Board. But the nomination drew serious flak from Congress and Cain’s detractors. “Because I ran as a Republican for president and the United States Senate, and because I am an outspoken voice of conservatism, an outspoken voice of the Constitution and the laws, I’m being attacked,” Cain said, shortly before asking the president to withdraw his nomination. Cain’s first dabbling into politics came in 1996, when he was tapped as senior adviser to the Dole/Kemp campaign for the presidency. He ran for a Senate seat in Georgia in 2004, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Johnny Isakson. In 2006, Cain was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, but with aggressive treatment was able to beat the disease. In his book, “This is Herman Cain!,’’ he discussed his life-threatening illness, writing: “It’s been more than six years since then. And guess what? I’m completely cancer-free! Cured! Why was I spared against those odds? God said, ‘Not yet!’’’ Cain told CNN he began mulling a run for office because, following his triumph over cancer, he felt he had to do "something bigger and bolder.” From 2008 to 2011, he hosted “The Herman Cain Show’’ on Atlanta radio station WSB. Then, in May 2011, he announced his candidacy for president as a conservative on the GOP ticket, his major campaign issue being the urgent need for top-to-bottom U.S. tax reform. According to Cain, 9-9-9 would replace the current imbalanced, unfair tax code with three flat taxes: 9-percent business transactions tax, a 9-percent personal income tax, and a 9-percent federal sales tax — a switch that would trigger a great savings to taxpayers. While his fellow candidates were skeptical of 9-9-9, the plan resonated with Americans and he soon, with the help of a strong Tea Party base, he rose to the top of Republican polls in the race. In October of 2011, a Public Policy Polling poll had him leading Mitt Romney by 8 percentage points — 30% to 22%. “His proposal for 9-9-9 captured the public imagination for months. And it might still pave the way for a fundamental tax reform,’’ Morris said. During his run, Cain readily spoke his mind on a variety of subjects. On Bloomberg View, he said: “The only tactic liberals have is to try to intimidate people into thinking that the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party is not a racist movement, period! If it were, why would the straw polls keep showing that the black guy is winning? That’s a rhetorical question. "Let me state it: The black guy keeps winning.” In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Cain said: “Stupid people are ruining America.” And in a campaign event in South Carolina, Cain said: “"If Obamacare had been fully implemented when I caught cancer, I'd be dead." He was an unabashed conservative: opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage. He told the Chattanooga Times Free Press “We have a war on our moral fiber. We will not allow the godless few to destroy our moral foundation.” “Herman Cain resonated with Americans at every level because they sensed his authenticity,” Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax, said of his late friend. “He had a folksy, disarming appeal. You immediately felt his love of country and God.” This past February Ruddy said he invited Cain to visit Mar-a-Lago and the Trump Golf Course in West Palm Beach. “The president spotted Herman and yelled out ‘9-9-9’, and everyone roared with laughter,” Ruddy said. Cain reveled in Trump’s business approach to politics and his independent style – one that mirrored his own. “I’m not a professional politician. I’m a professional problem solver,” he remarked. Cain’s meteoric political rise was cut short when he was forced to suspend his campaign in December 2011, after two women accused him of sexual harassment during his stint as CEO of the National Restaurant Association from 1996 to 1999. Despite his exit, Cain vehemently denied the charges, and his wife solidly stood by her man, insisting “he totally respects women.” After seeking the presidency, Cain formed Cain Solutions Revolution, which worked with political and business leaders at the national level to promote problem-solving policy ideas. He also served as an ordained associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church in Atlanta. Cain, had hosted a radio talk show and was a familiar face to cable news viewers. In April, joined Newsmax TV, saying he was “very excited” to be joining “one of America’s leading cable news networks.” After he was hospitalized, Cain seemed to be responding to treatment, with his Twitter feed announcing that his breathing was “getting stronger every day. Make no mistake: He is improving!” But in the past week, his health took a turn for the worse. In one of his videos aired June 11 on his hermancain.com blog, Cain said: “We must continue to spread the coronavirus message: social distancing, sanitizing, hair-washing and masks. Don’t take it for granted, take it seriously.’’ Cain is survived by his wife Gloria, and two children, Vincent and Melanie, and four grandchildren.

I did stats for the JV boys and varsity boys basketball team from 2011-2012 till 2019-2020 for free, with 0 siblings or any type of family on the team. So yeah, i do care about kids. That's why ive repeatedly stated I want a season IN THE SPRING but keep making up stuff my man.

Yes, yes he does. No one is fluent in mind reading on a Forum based on what is typed. See above.

Viewpoint Diversity Gets a Boost as Families Flee Public Schools https://reason.com/2020/07/29/viewpoint-diversity-gets-a-boost-as-families-flee-public-schools/