The very financial solvency of higher education, itself, seems to be in serious question, let alone whether we will see a college football season this year or even five years down the road for that matter. I wonder if faced with something more obvious -- like a Nuclear Winter -- would we all still be wondering whether there will be college football in the fall? Is this a case of hope springs eternal, denial, ignorance, or being completely delusional? I am not personally immune to this by the way, I still find myself following sports, even though there is really not much to report. I hate to be cynical, but I think it is already "game over" in terms of organized sports on any level. I can understand why professional sports would take the leap -- after all, it is purely about money -- but Universities and Colleges? Why? This whole rally around the team concept that you see at Mega Sports programs such as Ohio State, Alabama, and Clemson seems Cult like. In this case, Death Cult like. Unless I was a really serious NFL prospect, I don't understand why any young athlete would potentially trade their future health for a potential moment of glory at a Mid-Major program. Look, I am all about long live organized sports, but at what cost?

While your prognosis is dire, you could be correct.

Smaller schools simply cannot afford the suggested safety requirements. MAC schools can’t either, but as,one as the BIG10 is holding on.

They said on the radio that the Rose Parade is off.

But as of now,the game is still on.

I just googled the Orange County Register.

It says the same thing.

Kabuki continues for another week or two. Then the death rate is going to get to a point that no sane human will be worried about football. And we’ve still got another wave to prepare for. Yay.

article has interesting graph - doubts games this fall

https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/16/trump-fumble-corona...

10 days ago Gov.Murphy said in an interview he was optimistic about fans at games.

Then he decided sporting events were no different then any other outdoor gathering.

That put a limit of 500 people.

According to the local papers,they figure only family members of players and coaches will be at Rutgers games.
Most likely no band.

Based on the 500 number the Giants and Jets will have no fans.

They were talking about this on WFAN this morning.

In the case of the Jets and Giants the stadium holds over 70,000.
So why not have something like 15000 fans ?

After seeing what happened with Michigan State, after seeing what is happening with major league baseball, I'm now to the point where playing college football would be irresponsible.

Yes, millions would be lost. Yes some players would have pro careers threatened.

But unlike the NBA and NHL, you can't keep student-athletes in a bubble. And since you can't the risks are too high.

These are student athletes. They can continue their education remotely if that's how their school operates.

Postpone/delay the season.

I’m for football starting back up in the fall, however it would be fascinating as an experiment to see how CFB would do in the spring if everything is back to normal by then. It may lead to a decrease in attendance and tv views if people just feel it’s wrong to have cfb in the spring and feel football should strictly be a fall sport, however if that’s not the case these measures might go up without the competition from the nfl for people’s weekend plans. CFB would be competing more with other sports but for fractions of the schedule they already do that anyways. Am for the fall but again would be fascinated to see how it would go.

Not accurate.

Sports are definitely an interesting test case. However, the variable at play that can't necessarily be duplicated are:

1) testing infrastructure
2) the 'bubble'

What the NBA is doing, for instance, isn't really replicable. And even what MLB is doing can't be done without better testing infrastructure.

tO$U announced 20% seating today....