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SimkinsMan

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  1. Yes, if there's one way to bring unity to an issue in this country, it's for Donald fucking Trump to tweet about it. Travis is an unbelievable moron.
  2. Assuming you actually care about a rational response, here you go. If we actually had rapid and accurate testing ... you could test players with confidence before and after games. Unfortunately we can't even accurately test governors who are in the presence of the president. The kind of thing that competent governments do is respond to pandemics with things like a comprehensive testing plan. With tests you have information, and with information you can act. The experts you denigrate were indeed giving mixed messages back in March, and yes, they made mistakes. But later in the spring, as evidence became clear, there remained ambivalence on masks from some local, state, and federal leaders. It's pretty simple, if the nation had masked up we could help bring R0 below 1.0 across the country. However it's become part of the culture wars, and so instead of controlling the spread of COVID-19 this summer we've seen dramatic increases, particularly in the south. Here's a good overview of how anti-intellectualism, among other things, allowed COVID-19 to bring America to its knees. We probably should have had harsher lockdown for a longer period of time. This, followed by widespread mask usage, likely would have brought the pandemic under control and brought us back to some sense of normalcy by now. Instead we're talking about canceling fall sports and in the middle of some very, very difficult decisions about the extent to which we should open up public schools this fall.
  3. Wait, did people really think there would be college football season? That universities that already exploit young men for tens of millions of dollars would get away with risking their health, amidst a pandemic, for a cash grab? College ain't the pros, and the optics of playing college football in such an environment is terrible. Maybe if this country had taken the pandemic seriously; maybe if we had actually invested in rapid, accurate testing <checks notes> six months ago when this was emerging; maybe if mouth-breathing fucking morons could be bothered to wear a mask; maybe if the dunning-kruger segment of society didn't think it was smarter than the "experts" about every fucking thing; maybe if we didn't have leaders who said grandma should die to save the economy ... then maybe we might be in an environment in which college football was possible. But no, America in 2020 is very fucking far from having its shit together, so enjoy your fall without college football.
  4. Whistleblower protections for athletics personnel and college athletes reporting a suspected violation Ban the use of COVID-19 liability waivers Automatic medical redshirt for any player who misses any competitions due to a positive test or a mandatory quarantine due to contact tracing Preserve athletic eligibility, scholarship, and roster spot for any player who opts out of athletic participation or is unable to play more than 40% of their scheduled season due to COVID-19 or season postponement/cancellation Complimentary access to the Big Ten Network for athletes’ family members
  5. GG, college football.
  6. I have studied Oklahoma's roster carefully and after this meticulous research I can safely conclude that ou sucks.
  7. Asian vendors? Is she selling soy sauce holders for cars now too?
  8. PFT says agents are likely to sign top college players in the next 60 days, whether there's a fall season or not. “They’re gonna bail,” another unnamed agent told Standig. “I mean, I’m recruiting some high-end kids. I talked to probably four of them last night, and they all echoed the same thing. Like, they’re done. This is over.”
  9. This particularly astute piece of analysis comes from a gentleman who, earlier in this thread, proudly proclaimed in no uncertain terms there would be a regular season in 2020 with fans. You are an ass and your takes are shit.
  10. Those are helpful links, thank you.
  11. Here's one for the "Let the players have Covid-19 parties and get on with the season crowd" ... Should teams actively seek herd immunity from the coronavirus? https://sports.yahoo.com/should-teams-actively-seek-herd-immunity-from-the-coronavirus-234449908.html
  12. Texas set a record with nearly 7,000 cases today. Hospitalizations also recorded their biggest one-day jump. But it's cool right? Just media hype and those damned protests. https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83
  13. I'm hoping this is sarcasm. It's probably not. In which case you probably should consume less propaganda.
  14. Educate yourself. https://txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ed483ecd702b4298ab01e8b9cafc8b83 The trends in Texas are bad: Hospitalizations way up, cases way up, and now the lagging indicator of deaths is trending up too.
  15. I'd bet against fans at games, at least in any kind of large numbers. And there's still a reasonable chance the CFB season is moved until the spring of 2021. This problem is not "going away," it's getting worse.
  16. The players are absolutely right on this, and Mike Gundy is a dumb ass if he thinks OAN is a refreshing source of news.
  17. How is that news rather stunning?
  18. It's unfortunate that COVID-19 has become so deeply partisan an issue. We could have addressed this situation with sensible policies, and establishing and enforcing norms like universal mask wearing inside businesses and other gathering places. But even that is too political in 2020. As a result, hospitalizations are rising across the state, and this wave is likely to crest later this summer or early fall -- at about the time football season starts. I have no idea whether that will lead to the cancellation or delay of the season, or no fans, or universal masks in the stands, or what. But it's difficult to see this being a "normal" season in any sense.
  19. I read the article in the paper and burst out laughing when I saw Randolph Duke cited as a source. Epic.
  20. Mercs and cubes make for a happy Chin pubes.
  21. Agreed, if ever there were a year to focus on Texas kids ... this is the year.
  22. Thanks BoB. You’re the best.
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