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re: Where is the concern for students who don't play sports?
Posted on 8/14/20 at 5:31 am to Whiznot
Posted on 8/14/20 at 5:31 am to Whiznot
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The other students, who face the same risk, are on their own. No one seem the least bit concerned for their welfare and no one is raising this point.
That's because to administration, they exist only to pay tuition and fees. They don't bring in any money beyond that. People in positions of power tend not to give overly many fricks about the people below them.
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Posted on 8/14/20 at 5:34 am to Whiznot
Think about it. It would be almost impossible to wear a mask while playing football, and during the game you up close and personal with a lot of other players, therefore more likely to catch Corona.
Regular students don't have to get nearly as close to other students as football players do....or most other athletes.
Regular students don't have to get nearly as close to other students as football players do....or most other athletes.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 7:31 am to DawgsLife
quote:Found the problem.
Think about it.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 7:38 am to DawgsLife
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Think about it. It would be almost impossible to wear a mask while playing football, and during the game you up close and personal with a lot of other players, therefore more likely to catch Corona.
Regular students don't have to get nearly as close to other students as football players do....or most other athletes.
Why is it not spreading to all the players in soccer around the world?
Posted on 8/14/20 at 9:29 am to DawgsLife
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Think about it. It would be almost impossible to wear a mask while playing football, and during the game you up close and personal with a lot of other players, therefore more likely to catch Corona.
Regular students don't have to get nearly as close to other students as football players do....or most other athletes.
Covid is about to rip through college campuses regardless of online classes, masks, or football. College kids who’ve been stuck at home for six months are not about to social distance this fall.
If people would come to grips with that reality, these decisions would get a lot simpler.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 9:46 am to Crowknowsbest
I don't think that campus, and player, infection rates will differ by much between conferences that play and conferences that don't play. SAR-CoV-2 is an incorrigible party crasher.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 11:57 am to olddawg26
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Why is it not spreading to all the players in soccer around the world?
You are asking me? I don't like, nor have I ever watched soccer. I have no idea. But, are you under the impression that constant, up close interaction does not help spread any kind of transmittable disease? Colds, flu, and yes, even Corona Virus will be more readily spread through continuous contact with anyone that has it.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 11:58 am to Crowknowsbest
It’s silly to think it’s suddenly going to ravage college campuses.
College kids didn’t hardly social distance. They didn’t stop partying and fricking the past 5 months. Anyone who thinks otherwise is laughably naive.
On top of this, the hospitalization and death rate for people 25 and under is ridiculously low.
160,000 something dead and under 900 below the age of 26. Less than 100 under the age of 15.
In other words, the people who have assuredly social distanced and worn masks the least of anyone in the country are also overwhelmingly unlikely to get sick from COVID.
What they should be doing is focusing their efforts on keeping susceptible/vulnerable people away from the kids while the kids get back to full normalcy.
Meaning tell the fatass unhealthy and elderly professors with pre-existing conditions THEY must stay home and teach virtual to their students who can go to class. Just project Zoom/Skype up on a big screen in classrooms.
Stop fricking up the world for the healthy and those that choose to live in normalcy and start figuring out how to keep the vulnerable from being exposed.
College kids didn’t hardly social distance. They didn’t stop partying and fricking the past 5 months. Anyone who thinks otherwise is laughably naive.
On top of this, the hospitalization and death rate for people 25 and under is ridiculously low.
160,000 something dead and under 900 below the age of 26. Less than 100 under the age of 15.
In other words, the people who have assuredly social distanced and worn masks the least of anyone in the country are also overwhelmingly unlikely to get sick from COVID.
What they should be doing is focusing their efforts on keeping susceptible/vulnerable people away from the kids while the kids get back to full normalcy.
Meaning tell the fatass unhealthy and elderly professors with pre-existing conditions THEY must stay home and teach virtual to their students who can go to class. Just project Zoom/Skype up on a big screen in classrooms.
Stop fricking up the world for the healthy and those that choose to live in normalcy and start figuring out how to keep the vulnerable from being exposed.
This post was edited on 8/14/20 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 8/14/20 at 12:00 pm to Crowknowsbest
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Covid is about to rip through college campuses regardless of online classes, masks, or football. College kids who’ve been stuck at home for six months are not about to social distance this fall.
I get it and I agree with you. But the threads premise is about Universities not having any concern about regular students. I think, as a whole, they do....but regular students, if they follow protocols have a smaller chance of getting Corona than an athlete does.
I would be shocked if people did not understand this.
But, yes. I agree that if students go out and party and socialize their chances would go up significantly. but the colleges can't keep them from doing those things other than discouraging them.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 12:03 pm to BeefDawg
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fatass unhealthy and elderly professors
I was about to be offended, but I am not a professor, so....no harm no foul.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 3:31 pm to BeefDawg
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It’s silly to think it’s suddenly going to ravage college campuses.
To be clear, I just meant that a ton of college kids are going to get it. Very few will be seriously ill, obviously.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 6:22 pm to DawgsLife
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You are asking me? I don't like, nor have I ever watched soccer. I have no idea. But, are you under the impression that constant, up close interaction does not help spread any kind of transmittable disease? Colds, flu, and yes, even Corona Virus will be more readily spread through continuous contact with anyone that has it.
No I’m suggesting that taking the precautions and taking it seriously off the field allows these athletes to be able to play the sport with a much lower, almost non existent risk.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 11:08 pm to DawgsLife
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Think about it. It would be almost impossible to wear a mask while playing football, and during the game you up close and personal with a lot of other players, therefore more likely to catch Corona.
People who have tested negative for covid 2-3x in one week. Hard to get covid from people without vodi.
Posted on 8/15/20 at 5:54 am to olddawg26
Except football has inherent risks that most sports do not. Huddles, piles created from tackles for instance. That brings players in close proximity to each other in a big way. I mean neither of those exist in soccer. Yes, there are precautions that can be taken to reduce the risk, and they very well could work. But there are billions of dollars at stake for the schools and I have to wonder if some tests could go unreported especially if several key members of a team test positive.
I honestly don't know. This kind of thing happens probably 15-20 times a game:
I want football as much as anybody...maybe more. But I want the players to be as safe as possible, too, as I am sure we all do. I get that most could get the virus and suffer very little from it, but a small number could be devastated by it, too.
Again, I want football this year. I am just arguing they are taking more and stricter precautions for the football athletes for a reason. The OP asked a question and that is what I am addressing. There is a reason athletes are being focused on and it has nothing to do with valuing the athlete above the average student.
I honestly don't know. This kind of thing happens probably 15-20 times a game:
I want football as much as anybody...maybe more. But I want the players to be as safe as possible, too, as I am sure we all do. I get that most could get the virus and suffer very little from it, but a small number could be devastated by it, too.
Again, I want football this year. I am just arguing they are taking more and stricter precautions for the football athletes for a reason. The OP asked a question and that is what I am addressing. There is a reason athletes are being focused on and it has nothing to do with valuing the athlete above the average student.
This post was edited on 8/15/20 at 6:05 am
Posted on 8/15/20 at 6:06 am to djsdawg
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People who have tested negative for covid 2-3x in one week. Hard to get covid from people without vodi.
And yet the tests have shown to be unreliable. False positives and false negatives. but you are arguing about the safety of players while I am addressing that they are concerned more about the players for a reason and putting less emphasis on the "students who don't play sports".
Posted on 8/15/20 at 9:29 am to djsdawg
quote:Look who's out here advocating people not wearing masks! So wait....it's hard to get covid from someone that doesn't have covid?
People who have tested negative for covid 2-3x in one week. Hard to get covid from people without vodi.
Posted on 8/15/20 at 10:01 am to DawgsLife
The argument for shutting down has been that the risk to players is unacceptably high after all the students return to classes and mix with players. The only worry has been about infected students passing the disease to players.
If potential heart problems are an unacceptable risk, that risk is shared by all the students, not just players. So instead of shutting down football, why not shut down all in-person classes and protect everyone?
Football isn't the problem. In-person classes are the problem.
If potential heart problems are an unacceptable risk, that risk is shared by all the students, not just players. So instead of shutting down football, why not shut down all in-person classes and protect everyone?
Football isn't the problem. In-person classes are the problem.
Posted on 8/15/20 at 10:30 am to Whiznot
UGA put out a list of dos and fonts for fornicating safely so there is that. Want a bj in Athens you are out of luck.
Posted on 8/15/20 at 10:54 am to Whiznot
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The argument for shutting down has been that the risk to players is unacceptably high after all the students return to classes and mix with players. The only worry has been about infected students passing the disease to players.
I get that. But that is not what I am arguing and not what this thread is about. This thread is about the Universities caring more about the athletes than they do about regular students. All I am saying is that they don't. The added emphasis on the players stems from the higher likelihood the players could contract Corona because of the close proximity to each other. You guys can't stay on topic and continue to try to change the topic.
Now, if you are arguing that players do not have a higher likelihood of contracting covid then.....you are wrong. The schools are trying to set higher standards to protect the players because they come in close contact with each other, and that is something the schools can control. The schools cannot control if students elect to go against the guidelines so they can party.
Posted on 8/15/20 at 10:57 am to Whiznot
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Football isn't the problem. In-person classes are the problem.
Those aren't the problem either. All you have to do is do what churches and restaurants do. Smaller classes with acceptable distancing. There will probably be smaller numbers of students anyway. Is it impossible? No. Tougher? yes.
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