There's a lot of "does not want to be the first conference" out there in public school ranks too.

Whats the news here? Thats been a consideration for months.

My neighbor is a producer for FoxSports South (they handle ACC football). I asked him the other day what percentage chance is there we have college football this year?

His response: "Zero chance. Probable zero chance it even starts"

FYI1 - also said there is "zero" chance NFL finishes the season.

FYI2 - because of those perceived percentage FoxSports South has laid off most of their producers.

Businesses are adjusting - reading the tea leaves.

The MAC is merely part of the tail of the dog that makes up College Football and just happy to be along for the ride. It's the big boys in college football who will decide or, more accurately, seal their fate.

The sad thing is if no fall outdoor season, then about zero chance of a winter season that plays mostly indoors.

Agreed. I honestly think anyone who thinks there is going to be a football season isn't paying attention. Though I've always left the door cracked open that there would be a loud, vocal and entitled group of people that will stop at nothing to deny reality of the situation and demand everything back as normal.

Last night I watched a live broadcast of Super Rugby from New Zealand. It's the equivalent of February down there. Temps were about 40 degrees F. They had real fans in the stands -- a packed house (17,000), sitting shoulder-to-shoulder, without masks. The most covid cases they've had was 89 back on April 4. The government and the people took it seriously and they haven't had more than ten cases at a time since April 18. Their curve has almost flatlined since early May.

Sigh.

And let's cut to the chase of New Zealand because I'm tired of hearing how they're role models for all of this.

-Population: 5 million people
-International Airports: 2
-Not like there's a boat between New Zealand and Australia because it's 1300 nautical miles away

Plus they are a bloody island in the middle of nowhere essentially.

Tired of the comparison, but it is what it is. We locked down, did what we had to do to get things reopened again. Can't wait to hear the tune of academics change when they have to actually go job hunting because the student body won't come back the way they expect it to and is overbloated. Enjoy Athens the way it is, because that bubble is about to burst and there will be a boatload of hurt down there like you wouldn't imagine.....

Nothing like rooting for a bunch of people to lose their jobs and livelihoods because you disagree with them on the level of risk associated with a global pandemic.

The funny thing about this, is that you started with "we. . .did what we had to do to get things reopened again." But we didn't. What we had to do to get things reopened again was show regard for the health and well-being of those around us. To buy into a common purpose and goal. We did none of those things. In fact, largely what we've done is wish ill will on people we disagree with. We put our own myopic, selfish views of what freedom means ('not being told to wear a mask') ahead of the need of the collective. At every step along the way, people fought for their individual needs and prioritized that over the collective good, and our government proved itself incapable of providing safety and security when it was most needed. We proved only that we lacked the collective will to do what was best for the country.

We acted, and are continuing to act, like a failed state. I suspect historians will look back at this moment in time as the moment it became clear to the free world we were no longer their leader. To be clear, that fall has been a longtime coming and is multifaceted -- it's not because of Covid that that's the case. But Covid laid bare the extent to which we've fallen.