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Post by chirpchirpcards on Mar 11, 2020 14:54:54 GMT -6
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 11, 2020 14:57:14 GMT -6
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Mar 11, 2020 19:38:28 GMT -6
NBA suspends season...my guess is NCAA tournament will be cancelled.
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Post by cardfan on Mar 11, 2020 19:48:20 GMT -6
NBA suspends season...my guess is NCAA tournament will be cancelled. I don’t see a need to cancel. Just play with no fans. But then you still risk players getting sick and then entire teams are out, etc. This is a tough one. |
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Mar 11, 2020 20:11:29 GMT -6
the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big East etc all played tourney games in front of fans today, just takes a student athlete on one tournament-bound team to get it, not show symptoms for a week, and play in games a week from now. I don't think it "NEEDS" to be cancelled, but I think there is a strong likelihood it will get cancelled.
The current plan is to allow family and essential personnel in the arena, so will they screen the family too? There are so many moving parts to all of this.
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Post by cardfan on Mar 11, 2020 20:21:22 GMT -6
the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big East etc all played tourney games in front of fans today, just takes a student athlete on one tournament-bound team to get it, not show symptoms for a week, and play in games a week from now. I don't think it "NEEDS" to be cancelled, but I think there is a strong likelihood it will get cancelled. The current plan is to allow family and essential personnel in the arena, so will they screen the family too? There are so many moving parts to all of this. Yeah they’d need to screen everyone. Enough test kits? Money? |
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Post by 00hmh on Mar 11, 2020 20:21:43 GMT -6
The players are not the real health issue, although the NBA seemed to think so...
The reason to limit crowds is to stop widespread transmission.
The players may get sick but extremely unlikely to be seriously ill or die. The wider population is a different story.
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Post by bsutrack on Mar 11, 2020 20:46:39 GMT -6
Hypothetical, a player on a team tests positive, do you allow that team to play without that player, or ban the entire team from the tournament? If the latter, what if that eliminates many of the top teams. Is the tournament still viable?
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Post by cardfan on Mar 11, 2020 20:53:35 GMT -6
Hypothetical, a player on a team tests positive, do you allow that team to play without that player, or ban the entire team from the tournament? If the latter, what if that eliminates many of the top teams. Is the tournament still viable? That’s too hard, so I won’t think about it. |
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Post by redbirdman on Mar 11, 2020 22:55:30 GMT -6
My impression with the BT tourney and Nebraska's team now in quarantine that tourney is over. I will also be surprised to see the NCAA tourney played.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2020 0:40:56 GMT -6
NBA suspends season...my guess is NCAA tournament will be cancelled. I don’t see a need to cancel. Just play with no fans. But then you still risk players getting sick and then entire teams are out, etc. This is a tough one. Zone defense only, no closer that 6-8'. If you happen to cough, spit or sneeze, it is an automatic technical foul. Do it twice? You are gone. |
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Mar 12, 2020 4:59:04 GMT -6
I don’t see a need to cancel. Just play with no fans. But then you still risk players getting sick and then entire teams are out, etc. This is a tough one. Zone defense only, no closer that 6-8'. If you happen to cough, spit or sneeze, it is an automatic technical foul. Do it twice? You are gone. Layup lines on both ends of the court. Whoever makes the most layups during the 40 minutes wins! If a ball crosses half court you are automatically eliminated, then ELIMINATED! |
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Mar 12, 2020 6:12:07 GMT -6
The players are not the real health issue, although the NBA seemed to think so... The reason to limit crowds is to stop widespread transmission. The players may get sick but extremely unlikely to be seriously ill or die. The wider population is a different story. There's more than just players on a team though. How many coaches are getting up there in age? What about the training/medical staff? Coach K is 71 and has already had health issues. Jim Boeheim is 72 and the same goes for him. |
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Post by 00hmh on Mar 12, 2020 7:05:58 GMT -6
There's more than just players on a team though. How many coaches are getting up there in age? What about the training/medical staff? Coach K is 71 and has already had health issues. Jim Boeheim is 72 and the same goes for him. That is a good point. But that is true for almost any office or group. We aren't going to shut everything down.
We do not want large numbers of people from unknown background mixing without any controls or cautions often crowded together as they mix. A small group of known people can be dealt with more easily. Have to just cut the odds of transmission and slow it hoping to contain it.
Because we have not been testing and because we have been lax in early stages we may not be oable to contain this. Just cut the odds, buy time to ramp up treatment facilities and create critical care beds.
We have only 800,000 beds and could see crisis if we let this get out of hand. In Italy in hospitals they are not able to answer code blue calls and have not enough beds, nurses, doctors to prevent curable cases from being neglected.
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