2020-21 season?

[Onegreatracer]

https://kckingdom.com/2020/08/13/how-covid-affected-wichita-state-basketball/

[BOBB]

The expense of bubbling teams would be too great for most conferences. So only the bigger conferences could do it. I'd be shocked if AAC could foot the bill.

[Stickboy46]

The expense of bubbling teams would be too great for most conferences. So only the bigger conferences could do it. I'd be shocked if AAC could foot the bill.

Could depend. Gotta figure ESPN/CBS will be hurting for content and might be willing to help shoulder some of the cost if the other option is no sports.

[BOBB]

True

though they could just have the ACC bubble brought to you by Budweiser and ESPN. Who underwrites AAC? BeIn sports and Chico's bail bonds?

[RoyalShock]

The NCAA could also equally distribute the tournament proceeds to every conference (instead of basing it off of member schools' games played in the tournament) to help cover the costs of bubbling.

This will be such an atypical season, might as well shake up the whole model in an attempt to make it work.

[RoyalShock]

True

though they could just have the ACC bubble brought to you by Budweiser and ESPN. Who underwrites AAC? BeIn sports and Chico's bail bonds?

I think Chico's has established itself as more of a baseball brand.

[Shocker_Power]

Could depend. Gotta figure ESPN/CBS will be hurting for content and might be willing to help shoulder some of the cost if the other option is no sports.

All forms of media were bleeding money long before Covid showed up. There's simply no money to do what it would take to make it 100% safe.

[Stickboy46]

All forms of media were bleeding money long before Covid showed up. There's simply no money to do what it would take to make it 100% safe.

It will never be 100% safe. It can be workable though. And they may be hurting for money .. but they will be hurting for money even more if they don't have any content to show.

[ShockerFever]

All forms of media were bleeding money long before Covid showed up. There's simply no money to do what it would take to make it 100% safe.

Nobody is 100% safe from a virus.

[wichshock65]

I think Chico's has established itself as more of a baseball brand.

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[Kung Wu]

I'm curious, did they mention anything about heart issues from the players that have tested positive? One of the things that swayed the Big 10 was the fact that 10 B10 players have developed myocarditis after testing positive for COVID and "recovering". Once they have that diagnosis, part of the medical treatment is no strenuous activity for 3-6 months or you are at an elevated risk of heart failure. I think I saw that part of the Big 12s plan is to do heart testing after a player has tested positive. I'm curious of how the logistics of that is going to work. Also, can the schools AFFORD to run those types of tests on multiple players. I'm assuming they wont be cheap. Will be interesting to see going forward.

I'd like them to test all Big-10 football players WITHOUT antibodies for myocarditis and other heart injuries. I think they'd be shocked at the percentage of football players taking anabolic steroids (which causes heart issues) and using cocaine (which can cause myocarditis).

[BOBB]

I'd like them to test all Big-10 football players WITHOUT antibodies for myocarditis and other heart injuries. I think they'd be shocked at the percentage of football players taking anabolic steroids (which causes heart issues) and using cocaine (which can cause myocarditis).

Cocaine and steroids are expensive, how could a college kid without a job...never mind.

[Kung Wu]

Cocaine and steroids are expensive, how could a college kid without a job...never mind.

:)

It's a really nasty problem that nobody really wants to acknowledge or discuss.

[MoValley John]

Not trying to take sides, but douchenozzle IS underutilized. I would encourage everyone to use douchenozzle 10 times in a sentence before the day is over.

[Shockm]

I'd like them to test all Big-10 football players WITHOUT antibodies for myocarditis and other heart injuries. I think they'd be shocked at the percentage of football players taking anabolic steroids (which causes heart issues) and using cocaine (which can cause myocarditis).

Anabolic steroids mixed with this virus could very well cause myocarditis even without cocaine use. Isn’t that true? How often does cocaine have to be used with the steroids to cause myocarditis?