Interesting article. Spring Football? Would it be followed by normal Fall Football, not much of a break if so. Time is no longer on college football's side as myriad issues remain for 2020 season to start as scheduled
I must have missed something..... this is a sports board correct? Is there some sort of a problem going on that we should know about?
Well Alabama is not going to be printing tickets anymore for games! Get your smartphones ready. Alabama announced Tuesday that it will transition to mobile-only ticketing beginning this season in order to enable contactless entry into all of its venues. In an issued release, the university explained the change stating that it will "provide a safer environment for fans, as well as help guard against the production of fraudulent tickets." The new policy will apply to both season tickets and single-game tickets as well as to neutral-site games and away games. Parking passes will also be issued electronically. Ticket purchasers will receiver their tickets and parking passes through email and can then download them to apps such as Apple Wallet or Google Pay Wallet where they can be scanned for admittance at the stadium. Paper tickets will no longer be accepted. Fans without smartphones can contact the UA ticket office for assistance. According to the release, season ticket holders who aren’t UA faculty or students will still have the ability to post tickets on StubHub, the official fan-to-fan marketplace of Alabama Athletics, or transfer tickets to a friend, in the event they are unable to attend. The release also stated that “information regarding capacity at all Alabama home events will be determined at a later date.”
Stanford just announced they were cutting 11 of their 36 Varsity Sports, they had the most sports of any Div 1 school, Ohio State was close at 35. In their press release they said that even if sponsors/donors came forward to offer to support a sport they would have to do it at the club level, clearly they are not going back to such a large program of athletics even if the good times return. Here's the list. Stanford Football doesn't really draw big crowds, many games are less than capacity, last years final with Notre Dame looked like at most 5k fans in the stands. Kind of like watching a Marlins game. So loss of revenue from football isn't the only thing in this case. Men’s and women’s fencing Field hockey Lightweight rowing Men’s rowing Co-ed and women’s sailing Squash Synchronized swimming Men’s volleyball Wrestling Stanford Athletics varsity sport reductions: FAQ | Stanford News The decision to discontinue these 11 varsity sports programs comes down primarily to finances and competitive excellence. With so many sports and limited financial resources, we would no longer be able to support a world-class athletics experience for our student-athletes without making these changes. The average Division I athletics program sponsors 18 varsity sports. In fact, only one university at the Division I FBS level sponsored more varsity sports than Stanford prior to this change, and that institution does so with a significantly larger budget. Many of our peers at the Power Five level are supported by budgets that are much larger than ours while operating far fewer sports. Stanford’s more than 850 varsity student-athletes today represent 12% of our undergraduate population, a far higher percentage than exists at nearly all of our peer institutions. Over time, however, providing 36 varsity teams with the level of support that they deserve has become a serious and growing financial challenge. Due to the escalating costs of operating such a large athletics department, a structural deficit emerged several years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. That deficit was projected to exceed $12 million in FY21 and to grow steadily in the years ahead. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated recession have only exacerbated the gap; before these sport reductions, our revised forecasts indicated a best-case scenario of a $25 million deficit in FY21, factoring in the effects of COVID-19, and a cumulative shortfall of nearly $70 million over the next three years. These projected deficits could become much greater if the 2020-21 sports seasons are suspended or altered due to COVID-19.
I don't understand your question? Yes it's a sports board and there is the Back Room for discussions that are political. So to answer your question yes it's a sports board and is there something going on you should know about? Nothing special that I know of, just keep it to sports.
Ok Bill..... whew..... I thought maybe something was going on that could cancel the season the way you guys are going on here. Glad to see that sports and especially college football stands on it's own.....completely not affected by outside politics and other happenings.
You need to grow up Dave and don't push my buttons you may not like the result. You are entitled to your opinion, however we are entitled to have people follow the rules and take their politics to the Back Room. It may make you happy to have people put you on their ignore list but that only goes so far.
Bill, I try to not discuss politics online so I really appreciate your effort to keep those discussions on the Back Room forum.The virus does affect sports but the pluses and minus's of the political response does not. Thanks!
Thank you Kp. I had a conversation with Terry a little earlier this evening and we are in total agreement about this and there are some posts about to disappear and hopefully the author will have the good judgement to not do it again. If not then we can decide where to go from there. I hope to put up an announcement shortly after running it by Terry. I see him these days as the guru here and want to make sure we are in agreement. I really don't understand the mindset that doesn't seem to care what the rest of us think.
Like I said in the other topic, lay off the political BS and don't keep pushing the envelope, I don't have time or patience to keep dealing with you doing that.
The Ivy League cancelled all fall sports. Unless something dramatically changes this will likely domino. Non-revenue producing sports are toast under these conditions. Football and basketball produce the dollars but how do you do that without fans in the seats unless you re-structure your media deals and make everything pay per view. Are you ready to those kind of prices to watch your school play football?
The US recorded a million new cases in less than one month. With that type of rapid spread, my sense is that a lot of universities do not want to be portrayed in the media as being willing to risk the health of students to field a football team. While the Ivies are not major players in college football, they are still looked upon by other universities as the nation’s leading and most prestigious universities. Their actions here will influence the presidents and trustees of other universities.
I pretty much agree as to the possible result Bobda. The USA is testing over 600,000 on a daily basis now which is largely responsible for the increase in cases. But its very likely no fall football. But spring is still a possible option. The question in my mind is that if we have spring football is it then followed right away with fall football.
Bob has hit the nail squarely. Additionally you could replace "university" with any business or organization. Forget the science, (risk to these kids is no more, and could be LESS than it was a year ago) let's tuck tail and run from the court of media attack. Football is going to be a loss, but nothing compared the rest of what's being wrecked by all of this...
ACC has announced that they will have no fall sports before Sept 1. Men's and Women's soccer usually have some matches in August as does Volleyball. No ACC football games are scheduled in August.
Notre Dame AD, Jack Swarbrick, says it's less likely that we will start on time in college football. Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Thursday he thinks it's "less likely" the college football season starts on time, citing growing concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. "It has grown more pessimistic over the past two weeks, but I'm not to a point to say we shouldn't continue to plan for the potential to open on time," Swarbrick said in an interview with ESPN. "I just think it's less likely. We have to shift our allocations a little bit -- a little more time on planning the alternatives, and a little less time on planning routine go-forward." Notre Dame's return plan, which has its football players living in a hotel on campus for the summer, has largely worked. Notre Dame has tested a total of 252 athletes and received just one positive result.
Dallas School Superintendent told a local reporter that he's doubtful that Texas can have HS football this fall.