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Alabama basketball's Nate Oats: ‘Really hard to have a season’ with COVID shutdown rules
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:11 pm
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Three SEC men’s basketball programs have paused activities and had games canceled this week because of COVID-19. Ole Miss canceled upcoming games after positive tests, including for coach Kermit Davis. Tennessee coach Rick Barnes also tested positive, and Florida stopped practicing because of a positive test.
”It’s a little concerning, even if it’s not your program,” Oats said.
Similar to Nick Saban earlier this month, Oats then questioned the SEC’s 14-day quarantine period that is part of the league’s winter sports COVID-19 task force recommendations.
“It’s going to be really hard to have a season if everybody in the country decides they’re going to shut down for two weeks with one positive,” Oats said Tuesday. “I don’t know how you’re going to play a season. I’m not a doctor. I don’t have the answers to everything. But shutting everything down for one positive for two weeks -- one guy gets it; two weeks later, another guy gets it; two weeks later, another guy gets it -- all of the sudden, you can’t play a game.
“So they’re going to have to figure this out a little bit better, in my opinion. ... I just hope that these people have a plan figured out. Football didn’t shut down with one positive. I don’t know why it sounds like some of these places in basketball are shutting everything down with one positive. I’m not quite sure that’s going to be the answer to this.”
“I want to play games. At this point, I don’t care who it is we play, where it is we play -- we just need to play. We’re planning on playing tomorrow.”
“We told the players, we’ve got four games in the first eight days of the season. We can’t afford for somebody to go down now. It’s not the time to be out partying. It’s time to get locked in and be ready to play.”
Nate Oats: ‘Really hard to have a season’ with COVID shutdown rules
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Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:12 pm to paperwasp
Yea......it's going to be rough
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:14 pm to paperwasp
Play as many games as you can.
Not that complicated.
But hopefully the SEC kind of visits the rule because it's kind of stupid that multiple negative tests can't overcome the contact tracing. I mean come the frick on and use a tiny bit of common sense you frickheads. These are people who are going to be tested multiple times a week, not the ones that such a recommendation is written for.
Might as well just start writing programs to do everything if we can't get people in there capable of making human decisions in the spirit for which rules are written.
Not that complicated.
But hopefully the SEC kind of visits the rule because it's kind of stupid that multiple negative tests can't overcome the contact tracing. I mean come the frick on and use a tiny bit of common sense you frickheads. These are people who are going to be tested multiple times a week, not the ones that such a recommendation is written for.
Might as well just start writing programs to do everything if we can't get people in there capable of making human decisions in the spirit for which rules are written.
This post was edited on 11/24/20 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:14 pm to paperwasp
Season will be cancelled, the season won't be able to be played with the current rules.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:15 pm to paperwasp
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BREAKING: ?@CDCgov? is finalizing recommendation to shorten time that people exposed to Covid-19 quarantine for seven to 10 days instead of 14, a top agency official tells ?@betswrites?
Will the NCAA change as well?
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:15 pm to paperwasp
He’s got a point.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:15 pm to paperwasp
I only hope they don't start doing this for the flu, a cold, a fever, or we'll never play sports again
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:16 pm to paperwasp
He's not wrong.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:16 pm to paperwasp
Covid? What Covid?
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:19 pm to 3down10
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hopefully the SEC kind of visits the rule because it's kind of stupid that multiple negative tests can't overcome the contact tracing
Yep.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:19 pm to paperwasp
My question is once the Vaccine comes out why cancel over a positive test? These kids are at no danger. And because the vaccine is prioritizing high risk people first then they wouldn’t be in jeopardy of giving it to anyone at high risk anymore.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:21 pm to paperwasp
once positive, it should be two negative tests and you are clear. absolute 14 day periods are just dumb.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:22 pm to Chadaristic
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Will the NCAA change as well?
Logically, yes, that would be great news.
But unfortunately for us, there hasn't been a lot of logic to these rules (given the science) thus far.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:34 pm to paperwasp
Common sense dictates if you want to play basketball, play basketball.
Otherwise hide in fear of a virus and hope you don't catch it.
You people and your blind acceptance of tyranny is mind boggling.
Otherwise hide in fear of a virus and hope you don't catch it.
You people and your blind acceptance of tyranny is mind boggling.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:40 pm to stat19
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Common sense dictates if you want to play basketball, play basketball.
Otherwise hide in fear of a virus and hope you don't catch it.
You people and your blind acceptance of tyranny is mind boggling.
Common sense says that approach would not work for a NCAA basketball team and is only theoretical in nature when discussing the topic at hand.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 2:57 pm to paperwasp
There’s no reason to quarantine 14 days based off contact tracing. If players don’t test positive within 3 days of contact with a positive case they should return to play
Posted on 11/24/20 at 3:00 pm to paperwasp
Not exactly breaking news here
Posted on 11/24/20 at 3:00 pm to paperwasp
I hope if it has to come to it that the SEC would at least let teams play an additional game per week if we have to postpone a few. These kids should be able to handle playing Saturday-Monday-Wednesday games, no reason to straight up cancel them. This isn't like football where players need a week in between games to heal. The NBA plays more games than that per week.
But knowing the lack of common sense sports have shown so far I'm sure that won't happen and we'll end up losing games with no real plan to make them up.
But knowing the lack of common sense sports have shown so far I'm sure that won't happen and we'll end up losing games with no real plan to make them up.
Posted on 11/24/20 at 3:00 pm to deltaland
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If players don’t test positive within 3 days of contact with a positive case they should return to play
NFL rules are what, 5 days?
Makes no sense not be able to test out, especially if you've never even had it (contact tracing only).
Posted on 11/24/20 at 3:07 pm to paperwasp
But all of a sudden, the CDC from the rafters. Boom.
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potential reducing of quarantine to 7-10 days according to the bipolar CDC
"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon shorten the length of time it recommends that a person self-quarantine after potential exposure to the coronavirus, hoping that such a step will encourage more people to comply, a top agency official said.
CDC officials are finalizing recommendations for a new quarantine period that would likely be between seven and 10 days and include a test to ensure a person is negative for Covid-19, said Henry Walke, the agency’s incident manager for Covid-19 response."
- This would make the season very doable.
LINK
potential reducing of quarantine to 7-10 days according to the bipolar CDC
"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon shorten the length of time it recommends that a person self-quarantine after potential exposure to the coronavirus, hoping that such a step will encourage more people to comply, a top agency official said.
CDC officials are finalizing recommendations for a new quarantine period that would likely be between seven and 10 days and include a test to ensure a person is negative for Covid-19, said Henry Walke, the agency’s incident manager for Covid-19 response."
- This would make the season very doable.
This post was edited on 11/24/20 at 3:09 pm
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