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cardcrimson - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 02:21 PM)81alum Wrote: My daughter was about to run in the NCAA Div III national indoor track championships tomorrow. The first time she has been healthy enough to make good times since she was a freshman. This is her senior year.
The meet is cancelled. Her University is going online Spring quarter and sending the students home. No outdoor season. Her track career just ended.
Heartbreaking. Can't even comprehend the disappointment she's going through. Please send best wishes, if that matters.
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terry - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 02:21 PM)81alum Wrote: My daughter was about to run in the NCAA Div III national indoor track championships tomorrow. The first time she has been healthy enough to make good times since she was a freshman. This is her senior year.
The meet is cancelled. Her University is going online Spring quarter and sending the students home. No outdoor season. Her track career just ended.
My nephew was going to compete in the Div III championship also. Tough way to end his senior year.
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Farm93 - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 01:53 PM)BostonCard Wrote: The next big decision point is going to be the Olympic Games scheduled to start 24/July. The pandemic may subside substantially between now and then, but if it is continuing to be widespread it may need to be postponed/cancelled as well.
BC
My guess is Japan will successfully bend their case curve as they have been obsessed with testing since January. The problem would be those Americans. A bunch of untested, disease carrying Americans would quickly ruin all of Japan's efforts to date.
The IOC will see that the USA and a few other countries have too many likely travelers yet to be tested and will realize the Olympics need to be cancelled.
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81alum - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 02:35 PM)terry Wrote: (03-12-2020, 02:21 PM)81alum Wrote: My daughter was about to run in the NCAA Div III national indoor track championships tomorrow. The first time she has been healthy enough to make good times since she was a freshman. This is her senior year.
The meet is cancelled. Her University is going online Spring quarter and sending the students home. No outdoor season. Her track career just ended.
My nephew was going to compete in the Div III championship also. Tough way to end his senior year.
It is a sucky way to end an entire career. My daughter's team flew in early--last night--so they just have to get back on planes and go home. What was your nephew's event? My daughter was a 60 hurdler.
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terry - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 02:45 PM)81alum Wrote: It is a sucky way to end an entire career. My daughter's team flew in early--last night--so they just have to get back on planes and go home. What was your nephew's event? My daughter was a 60 hurdler.
Weight throw.
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cardcrimson - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Farm93 Wrote: The IOC will see that the USA and a few other countries have too many likely travelers yet to be tested and will realize the Olympics need to be cancelled.
Please. With the IOC, it's all about the yenjamins. . . .
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donkey687 - 03-12-2020
This thread can be wrapped up and summarized in one sentence.
All college sports cancelled for the rest of the school year.
See you in the fall, hopefully.
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fullmetal - 03-12-2020
Most conference cancellations have included organized practices as well. And Disney is closing down for now as well.
There are talks of postponing the Olympics for two years.
It is incredible that all these organizations have acted against their immediate financial best interests within the span of a few days. It's the right thing to do, but it's not an easy thing to do.
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Madera86 - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 02:21 PM)81alum Wrote: My daughter was about to run in the NCAA Div III national indoor track championships tomorrow. The first time she has been healthy enough to make good times since she was a freshman. This is her senior year.
The meet is cancelled. Her University is going online Spring quarter and sending the students home. No outdoor season. Her track career just ended.
So sorry to hear about this.
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BobK - 03-12-2020
Very sorry about your daughter 81
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CompSci87 - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 02:21 PM)81alum Wrote: My daughter was about to run in the NCAA Div III national indoor track championships tomorrow. The first time she has been healthy enough to make good times since she was a freshman. This is her senior year.
The meet is cancelled. Her University is going online Spring quarter and sending the students home. No outdoor season. Her track career just ended.
That's really disappointing for her. Sad to hear it!
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Madera86 - 03-12-2020
Some positives:
For all we know, the MBB would have been selected for the Big Dance. Hey, it could happen!
Oregon did not win a national championship in WBB. And Tara would have finally solved their offense when we would have met them again in the FF, anyway.
Baseball season is mercifully over, and the team can work on their fielding and batting on their own.
UCLA has no shot at adding to its total of NCs, especially in W Tennis, WWP, BVB, baseball and W Gymnastics.
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BostonCard - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 05:46 PM)Madera86 Wrote: Some positives:
Oregon did not win a national championship in WBB. And Tara would have finally solved their offense when we would have met them again in the FF, anyway.
The negative is that Tara doesn't get a fourth chance to take them down (ideally by one point in the national title game!)
BC
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Phogge - 03-12-2020
Time to hunker down, read all the books you were planning to read and keep TCM on round the clock.
Feel sorry for all the kids who will miss out on their seasons. The NCAA should grant waivers for all who want to play next spring during a grad year, if possible.
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akiddoc - 03-12-2020
I know how hard it is for those kids to miss out their senior year. The same thing happened to my son in high school.
In a weird twist, my son is getting a massive benefit from this. He has spent most of his first two years in college injured. He was finally putting it together the last few weeks and preparing to compete in the biggest meet of the year for club teams in 2.5 weeks. (UIC relegated their gymnastics team from NCAA to club level this year.) At that meet the NCAA coaches are looking for kids to transfer into their programs, and my son was hoping to show that he would be a good candidate. He has been talking to the coach of a team which we shall not name and this was the meet they were going to use to decide. He's already been cleared academically to transfer. Yesterday, he strained his bicep. Bad enough that he cannot do gymnastics for 2 weeks. He was incredibly upset and saying he was ready to retire from the sport. Today USA Gymnastics cancelled all of the meets they sponsor for the next month. The meet will not happen. All of a sudden he has time to heal and use his training tapes for evaluation. He was 180 degrees removed from yesterday's depression today.
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Farm93 - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 03:30 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: (03-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Farm93 Wrote: The IOC will see that the USA and a few other countries have too many likely travelers yet to be tested and will realize the Olympics need to be cancelled.
Please. With the IOC, it's all about the yenjamins. . . .
IOC is European..
Formula 1 thought they were being clever pushing on with their global effort. Then right before their first practice session in Melbourne a member of McLaren tested positive for the Corona virus. Then everyone was like why are we here in Australia when we all knew this would happen. The race was cancelled and now the teams are stuck in Australia. Some staff will be unable to go home for a number of weeks.
My guess is the IOC will see F1's experience and realize it will be better to just cancel/delay if the situation does not improve a lot in the next 3-4 weeks.
It will be about the money. It will cost a lot to cancel the games in April, but it will cost a whole lot more to cancel the games days before they are set to begin.
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akiddoc - 03-12-2020
(03-12-2020, 09:05 PM)Farm93 Wrote: (03-12-2020, 03:30 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: (03-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Farm93 Wrote: The IOC will see that the USA and a few other countries have too many likely travelers yet to be tested and will realize the Olympics need to be cancelled.
Please. With the IOC, it's all about the yenjamins. . . .
IOC is European..
Formula 1 thought they were being clever pushing on with their global effort. Then right before their first practice session in Melbourne a member of McLaren tested positive for the Corona virus. Then everyone was like why are we here in Australia when we all knew this would happen. The race was cancelled and now the teams are stuck in Australia. Some staff will be unable to go home for a number of weeks.
My guess is the IOC will see F1's experience and realize it will be better to just cancel/delay if the situation does not improve a lot in the next 3-4 weeks.
It will be about the money. It will cost a lot to cancel the games in April, but it will cost a whole lot more to cancel the games days before they are set to begin.
I have heard that the last possible day to make a decision will be in May sometime.
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BostonCard - 03-12-2020
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BigEasyCard - 03-13-2020
(03-12-2020, 06:06 PM)Phogge Wrote: Time to hunker down, read all the books you were planning to read and keep TCM on round the clock.
Feel sorry for all the kids who will miss out on their seasons. The NCAA should grant waivers for all who want to play next spring during a grad year, if possible.
My first two books to read are
Selling the Invisible and Who Will Write Our History. TCM always a good choice.
Geaux Cardinal!
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Mick - 03-13-2020
(03-13-2020, 05:18 AM)BigEasyCard Wrote: (03-12-2020, 06:06 PM)Phogge Wrote: Time to hunker down, read all the books you were planning to read and keep TCM on round the clock.
Feel sorry for all the kids who will miss out on their seasons. The NCAA should grant waivers for all who want to play next spring during a grad year, if possible.
My first two books to read are Selling the Invisible and Who Will Write Our History. TCM always a good choice.
Geaux Cardinal!
Love "Selling the Invisible." Great book. I still hand out copies.