[81alum]

Another issue with college sports is liability.  If hundreds of schools and thousands of athletes, coaches, staff, are involved in playing games, even if fan participation is limited or no fans allowed, someone out of all those thousands of people will get sick, someone may die, and when that happens, what then?  Shut it all down?  Family sues, saying hey, my kid was on scholarship so even though she signed a waiver, she felt pressured to play due to the scholarship, so the waiver is invalid and we are suing the school, the conference, the NCAA for allowing her to get sick like that.  What then?  

Unless there is a vaccine or we somehow get treatments or otherwise get it under control (fat chance with the way things are going), there is just no way to keep so many athletes spread out in all parts of the country safe from getting exposed, which means some would get sick due to playing.  Does anyone think the liability averse schools would risk that, even if they were willing to risk athletes getting infected by traveling and playing?

There will not be college sports until students are allowed to come back to campus and live in the dorms.  The CSU has already decided against that and my guess is that more universities will follow.  WBB is particularly unfortunate in that its season corresponds exactly with influenza season, so even if there is a summer lull things could heat up again by November.  I have been looking forward to next season for so long....but it may be yet another thing this virus robs us of, and so I am trying to let it go.  If I'm wrong it will be a very pleasant surprise.

[81alum]

Another issue with college sports is liability.  If hundreds of schools and thousands of athletes, coaches, staff, are involved in playing games, even if fan participation is limited or no fans allowed, someone out of all those thousands of people will get sick, someone may die, and when that happens, what then?  Shut it all down?  Family sues, saying hey, my kid was on scholarship so even though she signed a waiver, she felt pressured to play due to the scholarship, so the waiver is invalid and we are suing the school, the conference, the NCAA for allowing her to get sick like that.  What then?  

Unless there is a vaccine or we somehow get treatments or otherwise get it under control (fat chance with the way things are going), there is just no way to keep so many athletes spread out in all parts of the country safe from getting exposed, which means some would get sick due to playing.  Does anyone think the liability averse schools would risk that, even if they were willing to risk athletes getting infected by traveling and playing?

There will not be college sports until students are allowed to come back to campus and live in the dorms.  The CSU has already decided against that and my guess is that more universities will follow.  WBB is particularly unfortunate in that its season corresponds exactly with influenza season, so even if there is a summer lull things could heat up again by November.  I have been looking forward to next season for so long....but it may be yet another thing this virus robs us of, and so I am trying to let it go.  If I'm wrong it will be a very pleasant surprise.