oldtimeqb

Exactly @tango. The Jewell is surrounded by restrooms for the gentlemen of Gibson County. The rest of the world just calls them ‘cornfields.’ 😂

Does the Jewell still have the portajohns on the visitor side? Back of the envelope math, but 250 fans x $5 a person x 4-5 home games amounts to $5-6 grand. Unless they are gold-plated thrones, I can’t imagine they would cost that much. Then again, I’m not in the porta-potty business, although I have been told I’m full of it....

From what I have read, those design flaws at Harrison and North may come back to haunt them. A complete disregard for visiting fans (no bathrooms or concessions on their side) will cost them money/fans this year.

Whether we want to admit it or not, it's all about the money, money, money. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/mac-becomes-first-fbs-conference-to-cancel-2020-college-football-season-for-the-fall/ It's my understanding that the MAC is keeping its athletes on campus and continuing workouts until school starts. I'm looking for a news source confirming that, but if true, that is an interesting decision "for the health and safety" of the athletes.

Evansville North announces that each player will be allowed to buy up to 4 tickets for Saturday’s scrimmage at Boonville. https://twitter.com/_HuskyAthletics/status/1292172582297440259?s=20

Party in Hobart during late July exposed some 200+ individuals to the virus. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/party-that-exposed-over-200-to-coronavirus-took-place-at-county-line-orchard-officials-confirm/article_bf52c3d6-2c68-53e9-9020-354b740c087a.html When there is that much community spread, it would be foolish to pinpoint one event as the sole cause. But a ‘superspreader’ event amongst the recent grad/teenage population doesn’t help control it for sure.

Not sure if serious.... have you looked at a map before?? That bus ride. Yikes.

I wondered the same thing. Perhaps student privacy falls below the ability of adults to publicly shame school administrators on our priorities list? (PS - This is not directed at Foxbat, whose opinion I respect. I just saw the two above photos, along with the students in front of a Georgia HS at least 30 times on social media the last two days. I believe the photo in front of the HS was from the schools public social media post and the students were aware of the photo. I'm not sure you could argue that any of these students knew they were being photographed and published.)

Kyle Sokeland on twitter clarified that each section of Bleachers could hold 250 people. I would assume that the 250 would also be < 50%. My interpretation of what IHSAA has said: If a bleacher section has 20 seats in a row and 20 rows, the maximum capacity for that section would be 200. (50% of 400) If the section is 30 rows, the capacity would be 250 (even though 300 is 50% capacity.) Again, these are my interpretations of the capacity. There appears to be 13 sections on the home side/ endzone of the Bowl. How Reitz will make sure there aren't more than 3,250 people in those sections?? They got 2 weeks to figure that out! LOL

I had not noticed that either until now. But that is the only way the math works. Not sure who they are trying to fool, but Feb. 15th isn’t ‘Spring’ on a calendar, and I sure as heck wouldn’t want to be outside in Dekalb or Chicago that time of year. There are 11 Friday nights between Feb. 15 and May 1. Presumably you need the first two for a intrasquad and a scrimmage. They will not be coming off summer workouts like Indiana teams currently are, so they will be starting from scratch 2/15. That leaves 9 more Fridays before May 1, the length of the current regular season. Any playoff tournament games would come at the expense of the regular season. My guess would be no playoff at all. Since the ‘Top 32’ qualify for the playoffs, there is no current geographic or district structure. One last problem with Illinois. Try selling to Indiana basketball fans that you are stopping after sectionals in February (exactly what happened Spring 2020) so that you can have a football season right afterwards. See how well that would go over.

New year - new conference schedule for the SIAC. Some new opponents, some new coaches, maybe some new rivalries forming. Should be fun week in and week out.

I found what UConn's schedule was supposed to be for 2020. https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/sports/dog-house/uconn-releases-finalized-2020-football-schedule-huskies/2158503/ Illinois, Indiana (Big Ten), Ole Miss (SEC), North Carolina/Virginia (ACC) were going to be their $$ games. All of those conferences dropped them for conference-only schedules. I'm almost positive San Jose State cancelled most/all of their football schedule as well. Reminds me of when I was a young lad. After several girls turned me down for the dance, I would proudly tell my friends "I want to go stag, so I don't limit my options."

UConn (FBS independent) not able to schedule any opponents and decides to cancel. They’re not Notre Dame. In one of the 1,000 threads on here, wasn’t there a discussion about difficulty of scheduling for independents? Speaking of Notre Dame. Anyone notice how Jack Swarbrick changed his tune about a delay as soon as ND was able to field a full ACC schedule this fall?

I would like to modify your statement. Generally I am not a blanket “test everybody” person. But if you are, every person should agree then to quarantine/isolate until they get their results. My understanding is that the above cases (Greenfield, New Pal, and Frankfort teacher) all three were informed of a positive while at school? If results are still pending, DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL until you get them. I don’t see how that is so hard for people to grasp. It’s not a new problem. I remember back in March people were boarding airline flights with pending tests.

According to Twitter, his dad played at Snider. Two assumptions: 1. He presumably still has family in the FW area which would make moving easier. 2. He/his family sees him as a top prospect who might want to early enroll at a college next spring/early summer and season adjustments in Illinois would interfere with that.

Defensive linemen from Bolingbrook IL just enrolled at Snider.

Agreed. In the last 24 hours I have received emails or FB notifications from Pocket City, East baseball, and Evansville Youth Soccer asking if I want to sign my kids up. If IHSAA sports end up not working out, looks like there will be plenty of pay to play options for EVSC kids.

That’s great. Now I can admit I was secretly hoping Ohio would ban out of state opponents and Brownsburg would be open week 2. That’s the matchup I really wanted to see. 😀

I don’t disagree with your statement. My point was directed at ‘Who’ fans sit with at games. I think school/game administration will have their hands full with enforcing ‘where’ and ‘how many’ fans are allowed. They shouldn’t care about who sits with whom. Sadly, I can picture which parents of other players could be an issue at games. By my understanding, Aug. 21st is still in the mandatory mask period from the governor, so they can exercise all the rights they want in the parking lot. As an aside, we kind of hope family seating at games isn’t a thing. My wife and I don’t sit well together when our kids are playing. But that is a different discussion for another day! Lol

I don’t think the school administration should police it, nor should they feel the need to. Given basic protocols like @foxbathas mentioned- plenty of spacing and ‘X’ sections designating a reasonable distance, that should be sufficient. Trust adults to make their own choices. For example, our neighbor has served as a PT babysitter and been in and out of our house for the last few months. With two working parents and elementary aged children, it was either allow her in our family ‘bubble’ or find some sort of day camp/ group child care arrangement. So we made a conscious decision and re-evaluate continuously. For example we distanced from her for a time period after out-of-state travel. If she comes to our oldest son’s games this fall, she will be most likely sitting with us. We could add her to our family ticket group and still be less than Foxbat’s family of 7. Lol No one should be forced to sit with strangers, but at the same time if a group of 5-6 people choose to sit in a row together, I don’t think anyone should feel the need to question our decision.

IF TRUE, can we report them to the IHSAA for scheduling a mandatory event on a Sunday? 😀

If there is consistency. (IF) Last night the Indy Eleven soccer had 5,409 fans according to their Aug 1 box score for their home match. Yes. The game was at Lucas Oil, so they were way below 25%. Colts have informed ticket holders they expect 25% and the Indy 500 is currently at 87,500 fans on Aug 23 (1/4th capacity.) The state/ Marion County health department has allowed crowds, just spread out and masked. The question is IF they will apply the guidelines for entertainment venues to HS sporting events.

One more. Indy Eleven soccer had 5,409 fans according to their box score last night (Aug 1) for their home match. Yes. The game was at Lucas Oil, so they were way below 25%. The state/ Marion County health department has allowed crowds, just spread out and masked.

August 23, there will be up to 87,500 people (25% capacity) at the Indianapolis 500. I have heard the Colts are telling season ticket holders they are expecting 25% capacity as well. My guess is that will be the guideline. 25% capacity and mandatory masks.

My mistake on the law. I got so used to cool names like PATH, HEROES, CARES, and HEALS I forgot when bills didn’t have phonetic names. Ever try to say EGTRAA, JGTRAA, ARRA, PPACA or TCJA five times fast? The HIPAA comment was meant in jest. It’s been a running joke amongst my coworkers ever since we got a company-wide email stating we had a positive test in the payroll office. When the payroll department is only 3 people and one of them doesn’t show up for several days, it sort of takes the ‘privacy’ aspect out of the equation. I will be sure to add an LOL or emoji next time for clarification.