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Post by cardfan on Aug 20, 2020 18:48:28 GMT -6
But only in certain conferences....
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Aug 20, 2020 19:01:14 GMT -6
I had never thought about this but could have this been the plan all along Except most universities aren't (yet) sending students home from campus. UNC shifted to all online learning for the fall but the residence halls and off-campus residency is staying open to students. I imagine frats and sororities will continue to have students living there. So parties will still happen, and without in-person classes they'll likely happen at an even higher rate. You think football players are going to be responsible enough to stay away from these parties, or any other social gatherings? I certainly don't
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Post by cardfan on Aug 20, 2020 19:33:11 GMT -6
I had never thought about this but could have this been the plan all along Except most universities aren't (yet) sending students home from campus. UNC shifted to all online learning for the fall but the residence halls and off-campus residency is staying open to students. I imagine frats and sororities will continue to have students living there. So parties will still happen, and without in-person classes they'll likely happen at an even higher rate. You think football players are going to be responsible enough to stay away from these parties, or any other social gatherings? I certainly don't Coaches are incredibly naive if they think players will stay “in the bubble” for the next 5 months and won’t go to parties/bars.
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Post by williamtsherman on Aug 20, 2020 19:37:09 GMT -6
College campuses and football seem quite risky compared to a baseline of zero risk. But Are students/football players much MORE in danger in school and in games compared to whatever it is they would be doing if it was all cancelled? Based on the college students I personally know, I'd say there's not a lot of difference
But no need to tax your brains thinking in this manner. You can just set your opinion on all virus related matters based on whether you do/don't like Trump
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Post by cardfan on Aug 20, 2020 19:59:54 GMT -6
For me, political affiliation and who’s in the WH has zero to do with anything related to college football.
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Post by 00hmh on Aug 20, 2020 20:52:08 GMT -6
College campuses and football seem quite risky compared to a baseline of zero risk... Based on the college students I personally know, I'd say there's not a lot of difference. Try science rather than politics. College on campus mixes young people together much more densely than college on line at home. Dorms, parties, and being around each other produce more exposure where social norms is more care free. At home there is an adult presence and the general population more likely to be careful. Which environment more likely to spread the virus? Not a political question. The danger to them greater, but also the resulting danger to the vulnerable they will be around on campus, and around when at home to quarantine or perhaps worse at home visiting not knowing they are spreaders. That's epidemiology, not politics, unless you think choice of science or science ignorance should be a political choice.
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Aug 21, 2020 6:08:02 GMT -6
Funny how opinions about how to handle the virus have fallen along political lines, isn't it?
But yet the left won't admit that.
Odd.
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Post by frozenbaugh on Aug 21, 2020 6:14:31 GMT -6
College students are at an age where they feel immortal. Did anyone really think that they would return to campuses and not congregate and have parties? And you might not see the big parties but there will be be parties. You just won't know about them.
UNC and Michigan St and ND cashed their checks and sent them home where they will do at home what they normally would do on campus. Schools are less about the feels of everyone being safe and more about not getting sued or getting bad press.
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Aug 21, 2020 6:21:28 GMT -6
UNC and Michigan St and ND cashed their checks and sent them home where they will do at home what they normally would do on campus. Schools are less about the feels of everyone being safe and more about not getting sued or getting bad press. While still getting paid. It's all about liability and optics.
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Post by cardfan on Aug 21, 2020 6:35:14 GMT -6
College students are at an age where they feel immortal. Did anyone really think that they would return to campuses and not congregate and have parties? And you might not see the big parties but there will be be parties. You just won't know about them. UNC and Michigan St and ND cashed their checks and sent them home where they will do at home what they normally would do on campus. Schools are less about the feels of everyone being safe and more about not getting sued or getting bad press. Risk aversion.
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Post by CallingBS on Aug 21, 2020 6:51:04 GMT -6
College students are at an age where they feel immortal. Did anyone really think that they would return to campuses and not congregate and have parties? And you might not see the big parties but there will be be parties. You just won't know about them. UNC and Michigan St and ND cashed their checks and sent them home where they will do at home what they normally would do on campus. Schools are less about the feels of everyone being safe and more about not getting sued or getting bad press. Risk aversion. That is #1A. 1B is image management.
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Aug 21, 2020 7:43:56 GMT -6
I just had a surreal thought. How many of these college students are having parties like this with the express intent of getting in-person classes shut down? Would you rather sleep through a boring 10:30am lecture on the fruit fly? Or do online learning where you fill in a couple study guides, watch some videos, and take a test once every three weeks, while getting drunk every night?
It's genius I tells ya!
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Aug 21, 2020 7:45:42 GMT -6
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Post by chirpchirpcards on Aug 21, 2020 7:55:11 GMT -6
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Aug 21, 2020 8:11:53 GMT -6
I just had a surreal thought. How many of these college students are having parties like this with the express intent of getting in-person classes shut down? Would you rather sleep through a boring 10:30am lecture on the fruit fly? Or do online learning where you fill in a couple study guides, watch some videos, and take a test once every three weeks, while getting drunk every night? It's genius I tells ya! This is where the College Experience comes into play. You cannot convince me that online learning is as effective as in-person teaching. Young adults have a short attention span anyway, and with all the distractions at home, there is no way they can concentrate on class as well as they could if they were in the classroom. Hell, working from home has been great, but I feel like I'm not getting some things done around the office, or not paying enough attention to other things. It's hard to be disciplined at home, and I'm an old fart. I can't imagine trying to take all my classes online.
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