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Attendance model threatens Georgia athletics budget; campus plans 24,000 Covid-19 tests
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Attendance model threatens Georgia athletics budget; campus plans 24,000 Covid-19 tests
Georgia is likely headed for an adjustment to its projected athletic budget with limited fan attendance anticipated at sporting events amid Covid-19 pandemic
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“In comparison to what?” Sankey said. “To having them workout at homes — or home gyms that may have been their own hot spots, without oversight of sports medicine specialists, without strength and conditioning coaches?”
Is Sankey clueless? OMG. This isn't about simply working out, and you know it. That's the EASY part. Social distancing and working out in small groups on campus. Easy PEASY. That's just barely Phase 1 of this 'experiment'.
But Sankey, last time I checked, if we go beyond student athletes working out then that's where it gets very tricky. Football involves head-to-head contact, scrimmages, sweat and saliva-covered athletes tackling and manhandling each other not only in practice but against other teams' members. And if you think once play starts that coaches aren't going to be in players' faces during heated discussions and such then you are naive. You can't get any closer than playing a contact sport AND coaching in a sport like football. There ain't no way to social distance like you can at a gym. And don't think student athletes are going to behave any better when they are away at school.
All I can say is if you go ahead with the season you'd better have almost DAILY testing and quick turnaround of results of every single player, coach, and ancillary staff. And then you'll need a lot of luck...because then it's just a game of Russian Roulette to be the team that's still standing at the end of the season with most of its BEST players unaffected.
Can you even count this season in the record books as truly anything other than a risky and unnecessary experiment and oh yeah...may the luckiest team win?
Lighten up, Francis.
Just wear the damm mask