Dr. Anthony Fauci says some leagues might have to skip season due to coronavirus pandemic


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Dr. Anthony Fauci says some leagues might have to skip season due to coronavirus pandemic

Jack Baer
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Yahoo Sports Apr 29, 2020, 1:21 AM

As the sports world remains shut down — with a few exceptions — by the coronavirus pandemic, some leagues are trying their hardest to figure out a way to salvage their season.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House Coronavirus Task Force’s top public health expert, said in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday that some sports might have to skip the rest of their seasons if the conditions remain dangerous:

“Safety, for the players and for the fans, trumps everything,” he said. “If you can’t guarantee safety, then unfortunately you’re going to have to bite the bullet and say, ‘We may have to go without this sport for this season.’”

Fauci reportedly said that the key factor in whether or not sports leagues can return to action is how quickly the U.S. can gain broad access to tests with quick results.

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By Tom Green | [email protected]

Auburn’s president is confident that there will be football on the Plains this fall.
Dr. Jay Gogue, in a recent video greeting to incoming freshmen, claimed that the university is “going to have football this fall," as well as resume on-campus instruction and activities -- including more than 500 clubs, freshman convocation and fraternity and sorority activities -- for the semester.
“We at Auburn realize that right now you’re probably thinking about your future,” Gogue said. “You’re thinking about what other plans will be disrupted, what things that I planned to do this summer and fall that I won’t be able to do. I can tell you no one knows for sure all the details of what will happen in the future, but I do know a few things that are going to happen at Auburn University.”

Gogue’s message comes amid an uncertain time during the coronavirus pandemic, as schools -- and their athletics departments -- across the country try to navigate the crisis and work toward a return to some sense of normalcy. At Auburn, classes have been under remote instruction since the end of spring break in early March, and campus has been functioning with limited personnel as most faculty and staff have been working remotely.

Athletically, Auburn has not held a sporting event since a March 11 baseball game against Wofford, as things were abruptly halted that week as the nation began to respond to the outbreak of COVID-10. That included the cancelation of the SEC men’s basketball tournament, the NCAA Tournament and all remaining spring sports championships for the SEC and NCAA. Football was set to begin spring practice after spring break, but that never happened, and Gus Malzahn and his team had to rely on remote instruction through Zoom meetings and other technology for much of the last two months as the spring semester wound down.

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Auburn president Jay Gogue claims 'we’re going to have football this fall’

Auburn president Jay Gogue made the bold statement during a video greeting to incoming freshmen.
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It pains me to say this, but until I receive discernment from the Holy Spirit telling me otherwise, I’ve prepared myself (mentally) to not be active in travel and/or attendance with/for my UAPB Golden Lions this upcoming season.
If/when I do receive guidance and direction from Him, I’ll be there to support my boys.
 
96lioness said:
It pains me to say this, but until I receive discernment from the Holy Spirit telling me otherwise, I’ve prepared myself (mentally) to not be active in travel and/or attendance with/for my UAPB Golden Lions this upcoming season.
If/when I do receive guidance and direction from Him, I’ll be there to support my boys.
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I’m the same. I purchased my season tickets to support my school.
 
Mace said:
By Tom Green | [email protected]

Auburn’s president is confident that there will be football on the Plains this fall.
Dr. Jay Gogue, in a recent video greeting to incoming freshmen, claimed that the university is “going to have football this fall," as well as resume on-campus instruction and activities -- including more than 500 clubs, freshman convocation and fraternity and sorority activities -- for the semester.
“We at Auburn realize that right now you’re probably thinking about your future,” Gogue said. “You’re thinking about what other plans will be disrupted, what things that I planned to do this summer and fall that I won’t be able to do. I can tell you no one knows for sure all the details of what will happen in the future, but I do know a few things that are going to happen at Auburn University.”

Gogue’s message comes amid an uncertain time during the coronavirus pandemic, as schools -- and their athletics departments -- across the country try to navigate the crisis and work toward a return to some sense of normalcy. At Auburn, classes have been under remote instruction since the end of spring break in early March, and campus has been functioning with limited personnel as most faculty and staff have been working remotely.

Athletically, Auburn has not held a sporting event since a March 11 baseball game against Wofford, as things were abruptly halted that week as the nation began to respond to the outbreak of COVID-10. That included the cancelation of the SEC men’s basketball tournament, the NCAA Tournament and all remaining spring sports championships for the SEC and NCAA. Football was set to begin spring practice after spring break, but that never happened, and Gus Malzahn and his team had to rely on remote instruction through Zoom meetings and other technology for much of the last two months as the spring semester wound down.

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Auburn president Jay Gogue claims 'we’re going to have football this fall’

Auburn president Jay Gogue made the bold statement during a video greeting to incoming freshmen.
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Auburn's president is an adamant Trump supporter so he parrots everything Trump says. Also no football means a loss of a lot of revenue for Auburn so of course he can't imagine no football ... the first thing most people think of when they think of Auburn is football (or sports) so without it the school loses a big part of its identity and appeal.

If you look at the facts and listen to the experts on infectious diseases, it's obvious the athletic season will not continue this fall. The 2021 season will be amazing tho, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Most of these college presidents and coaches are most concerned with money so they can't be trusted on public health matters.
 
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All of the SWAC schools are in red states so as I have been saying for the longest, it's hard for me to NOT see football in the fall with the SEC taking the lead (Auburn and Alabama being out front)

The SWAC can't do empty stadium games someone in Itta Bena can go 1 1/2 hours to the north or east and see those SEC schools playing games. Money talks.

Unless you are a high risk person, purchase yourself a N95 mask and be careful if you go and support. It won't be the same as we are used to but I can't see us not having games.
 
In_The_662 said:
All of the SWAC schools are in red states so as I have been saying for the longest, it's hard for me to NOT see football in the fall with the SEC taking the lead (Auburn and Alabama being out front)

The SWAC can't do empty stadium games someone in Itta Bena can go 1 1/2 hours to the north or east and see those SEC schools playing games. Money talks.

Unless you are a high risk person, purchase yourself a N95 mask and be careful if you go and support. It won't be the same as we are used to but I can't see us not having games.
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Very few games outside of Homecomings and classics are close to capacity. It shouldn't be hard to "distance" fans.

The biggest issue is making sure the players and staffs have adequate testing.
 
In_The_662 said:
All of the SWAC schools are in red states so as I have been saying for the longest, it's hard for me to NOT see football in the fall with the SEC taking the lead (Auburn and Alabama being out front)

The SWAC can't do empty stadium games someone in Itta Bena can go 1 1/2 hours to the north or east and see those SEC schools playing games. Money talks.

Unless you are a high risk person, purchase yourself a N95 mask and be careful if you go and support. It won't be the same as we are used to but I can't see us not having games.
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Naw. Most with sense will be back in 2021.
 
In_The_662 said:
All of the SWAC schools are in red states so as I have been saying for the longest, it's hard for me to NOT see football in the fall with the SEC taking the lead (Auburn and Alabama being out front)

The SWAC can't do empty stadium games someone in Itta Bena can go 1 1/2 hours to the north or east and see those SEC schools playing games. Money talks.

Unless you are a high risk person, purchase yourself a N95 mask and be careful if you go and support. It won't be the same as we are used to but I can't see us not having games.
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After “the Gunslinger” did his thing and moved on, UAPB was left to suffer the consequences of the “death penalty”. It was only for one year (1991), but that one season without football left our football program so financially devastated, we had no choice but to postpone our football season in 1992. For homecoming that year we had an “Old-Timers” football game.

Now it’s 29 years later, and this time it’s a whole different (potential) reason. This global pandemic may call for our fall sports programs to be cancelled. I don’t know what our athletic funds look like (probably somewhat teetering between “Is this it?” and “Lord please have mercy!”), but I’m hoping it’s not bad enough to put our students’ health on the line.

If we could raise funds to rebuild back in 1992, I’d like to see that done in 2020, in case there is no 2020 UAPB football season. I’m pretty sure we need the money, but never at the expense of my boys’ health. I don’t see us having a season this fall.
 
May 14, 2020, at 3:08 PM
Who’s Asking For Sports To Come Back Right Away? Republicans, Mostly.
By Neil Paine

Earlier this week, we presented a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll tracking sentiments about sports returning from their pandemic-induced hiatus. The poll of 1,109 Americans was conducted from May 5 to 111 and asked a variety of questions about how sports might start again and what would make fans feel safe at games. We also broke down how those attitudes were influenced by respondents’ overall fandom and previous viewing habits — and even how their answers split along partisan lines — and found some pretty fascinating trends..

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This matches how other polls have measured the general divide between Republicans and Democrats on the coronavirus threat. Although majorities in both parties believe the country needs to maintain social-distancing rules, about a third of Republicans would like to see those policies relaxed (versus less than 10 percent of Democrats) — maybe part of what those who’d like to relax those rules hope to see is sports leagues coming back immediately. Meanwhile, nearly half of Democrats are in favor of more aggressive social distancing, which fits in with the idea of holding off on sports until a COVID-19 vaccine is developed.

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