oldunclemark

No D-1 kid would be told by his college not to play his senior year...I-man........He would probably be redshirted..... And we're talking about very few players. Not even 1%.......If they CHOSE not to play it would be their choice. That's fair./ As of now, a lot of kids wont have the choice in 2020.

Its not just abut deaths...We dont know what Covid does

The IHSAA most certainly CAN make a chance for 100%...........and everyone plays in the spring....spring sports and football. Nobody gets screwed.. If Marion County cancels, what is that...27 schools.....? You REALLY dont think the IHSAA moves the season to the spring if Marion County cant go?

While states like Illinois chose to make a public health decision for all their members....and let everyone play in the spring. There's still time.

Moving football to the spring would not be suffering.... There's no downside Having the season cancelled in mid-September due to a surge in virus cases would be suffering....

From what I hear, Northwood and Northridge dont horse around!

No Elkhart schools. No Hammond schools.. South Bend is about to decide... Better to have 100% in the spring rather than 75% (or less) in the fall with limited schedules.. IHSAA is going to have to be realistic.. There's still time.

From what I understand, they eventually will. Positive tests are 'up' up here. Still time to move football to the spring. It would be better than what we are stumbling towards right now. .

We almost certainly cant have contact sports indoors until we have an answer for the virus.............Coaches, refs, fans are all at risk... Its just this year's reality.......We havent had open schools in 5 months....we dont know what's about to hit us/

Everybody would have to distance or nobody would......You wouldnt know who was who.

No, Illinois is the first state you want to follow concerning the virus because of where they are next to us. Conditions there would be similar to conditions here. You wouldnt want to follow what Alaska or Maine are doing. We WOULD want to look at what Illinois is doing.. ...as an option...

Preach.

Nobody's going to cancel. the season.///// Just talk about options.... Plan B...Plan C...etc/ How would you handle the 'student section'?

This is what Illinois said, too..T-man........in July. Then they decided spring football was the smarter, safer thing to do. The Illinois model is there... .....for us to adopt

I have heard something similar............ It would make sense to give direction for teams that want to start Monday. The concept of letting everybody figure it out on their own.......is not leadership.

That's what they say now..... They also expected to play the basketball state tournament last year...remember.? .They had plans for how to do it.. Structure. Rules for fans and coaches. Media and players. ..and then what happened...?

No, T-man. The season would be moved first.. Illinois didnt move their season because they like April showers. They need that state tourney cash. We've both been around since the ball was square....you know the IHSAA isnt going to let 50 or 60% of schools play in the fall if 100% could play in the spring. The IHSAA wont have a state tournament without Marion County/ Remember how much income they has lost this year (no basketball tourney). Its a cash money thing.

If no Marion County teams play this fall, nobody plays this fall. They are the center of the IHSAA universe.

ESPN.com says that ESPN has been told to be ready. Alternative programming may be required as of Monday.

Rambunctious.............indefatigable!

Major League baseball may cancel the entire season Monday due to the virus.

Exactly....In the fall or the spring, you'd have to allow parents. If we dont feel we can allow mom and dad to sit and watch, the players lose out. The Big-10 would say no to Cathedral, DT.

That would work, SF.

If its bad next year, we postpone again. But we have time to work on answers. 150,000 have died. We cant play now. Its a life and death situation that, to me, isnt worth the risk.

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.