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they will find someone willing to play. tulane, northwestern, southern, etc

 

Maybe. The networks would probably want a say in the scheduling if they pay all that money to one conference. They would want games with high TV ratings.

 

College Football will be just fine. This whole thing is going to be pretty much history by the end of this month, and June is going to see a major reopening. All one need do is look at the data. Just about every state is in decline, and the ones that aren’t have pathetically low numbers.

The talking heads who think this thing is going to reek havoc over the summer will be proven wrong.

 

the non conference games are always bums with maybe one real team from another real conference. surely they can find local bums like southeastern and southern to fill the schedule. i would watch

 

You would watch and so would I. People in Raleigh and Louisville and Columbus and Ann Arbor will have turned the channel after the first quarter if they even watch at all. Everybody in California will be out surfing

 

This is an interesting and I believe spot on analysis of what is happening. This by Henry Blodget
SUMMARY: Democrats risk becoming the lockdown party. Early-opening states are doing OK. Wisconsin Supreme Court was right to limit governor's emergency powers. The secret list of judges Republicans are nudging to retire early. Photos reveal your chocolate-chip cookie mistakes. Time to show off your van renovation. A flat bear and laughing hippo.

"Insider Today" with Blodget and Plotz
Democrats had better make clear that they also want to reopen as soon as possible, or they'll become "the party of permanent lockdowns"


Sentiment is shifting.

After two months of lockdowns and devastating economic consequences, quarantine fatigue and frustration have set in, and more Americans want to reopen the country.

So far, the "reopeners" are still a minority — mostly Republicans, who, as Insider's Kayla Epstein reports, are falling in line behind President Trump. But as it becomes clear that the US is past the peak of this first wave, and new cases and deaths decline — and the states that began reopening "too early" do not see a devastating second surge (see below) —more Americans will feel the same way.

To be clear:

The federal government and Trump administration blew the initial US response to the coronavirus, and they still don't have a plan beyond "reopening." They downplayed the threat of the virus and failed to contain and control the outbreak when it was small. They pitted states against each other instead of leading a coordinated national response. And they failed to build an adequate national testing, tracing, quarantine, and PPE strategy during the two months of lockdown.

The choice between "the economy" and "public health," moreover, is still a false one. As the slow recovery of the economy in Georgia and other early-opening states is showing, and as at least one study has confirmed, it's not the lockdowns that have obliterated our economy and jobs — it's our justifiable fear of catching and spreading the coronavirus.

But!

Trump is a brilliant marketer, and he has already seized on the message that will eclipse his mistakes and rescue his administration.

Trump's new message is that he will save us from job-losses, economic misery, and lockdowns. And, in classic Trump fashion, he is now successfully blaming those horrors on the Democrats, painting them as "the party of permanent lockdowns."

So the Democrats need to make clear that they, too, want to reopen the country as soon as possible. They also need to stress that, unlike Trump and the GOP, they have a plan to manage the risk and identify and contain any new outbreaks as they happen.

In short, the Democrats need to develop and communicate their own reopening plan. And, in the meantime, they need to advocate for a more nuanced message than "just stay home."

We know a lot more about this virus and how it spreads than we did three months ago. We know, for example, that ubiquitous mask-wearing helps and that outside activities are low risk. The Democrats need to take advantage of science and expertise and share their plan for leading us out of this hell. — HB

The "worst fears" are not yet coming to pass. Early-opening states are still doing okay.


When states like Georgia announced plans to begin to reopen three weeks ago, the condemnation was swift.

By reopening too early, the fear was, Georgia and other states were inviting a second surge of infections. Even President Trump said he "strongly disagreed" with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's decision, which violated Trump's own reopening guidelines.

But now we're in mid-May. And the much-feared "second surge" has not yet happened.

Georgia's new daily cases have plateaued. Same for Florida's. And even though most US states have begun to reopen, the country's overall case and death countsare still gradually declining, even outside of New York.

Yes, it's early. Most of these states — including Georgia — have not fully reopened. And most still have restrictions on businesses that have reopened.

And, yes, the analysis is complicated.

And, yes, if reducing transmission were the only consideration, we would likely do better staying closed. A deep-dive by Philip Bump and the Washington Post found that, on average, states that have remained closed have seen a sharper decline in cases than those that have begun to reopen.

But "reducing transmission" is not the only consideration. Our livelihoods, education, and mental health are also considerations. We cannot stay in hiding forever, even if quickly eliminating the virus in this country were a real possibility, which unfortunately it no longer appears to be.

By not acting aggressively and competently back in January and February, we missed our chance to "suppress" the outbreak when it was small, the way New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, and other countries have. The only strategy available to us now is "mitigation"—managing the risks and spread while we await the development of vaccines and effective treatments.

And as we seek ways to reduce restrictions without triggering a major new spike in cases, the experience of our early-opening states is encouraging. So far, anyway, we have not seen the feared spike in infections that would indicate that easing restrictions is a terrible idea.— HB

 

Trump isn't doing anything the Demwits don't do. He is just better at it. The art of the deal. Where else but America could a boy with only $200 million to his name grow up to be a celebrity billionaire anr the most hated president since Lyndon Johnson and the most loved since Ronald Reagan at the same time.

 

You really didn’t read beyond the first criticism of Trump’s early fumbles did you? If you had you’d see it’s pretty positive about his current actions. it’s also funny you think he “isn’t doing anything the Dimwits don’t do” because the whole rest of the article is that he is and is turning the tables on them.
It’s sad that you all react so predictably. If he shat on the Resolute desk you’d say it’s not his fault or is a brilliant move. You truly have Trump Derangement Syndrome

 

democrats can't win trying to be like Trumps on reopening. They will double down on slow and steady reopening, following Fauci's lead. They will expect to see a spike in cases in states that have had relatively few infections and deaths. They will position themselves on the correct side while Trump applauds packed bars in Wisconsin. If there are spikes in infections in these states, it will be from Trump supporters and that will affect the election results. That is how they win.

Trump has to botch this for them to win and they can't be following down his path.

This is only my opinion.

 

again, what is the expectation?

flatten the curve or what?