11-08-2020, 10:39 PM
(11-07-2020, 10:10 PM)teejers1 Wrote:(11-07-2020, 09:46 PM)Phogge Wrote: Book was terrific and Tirico is still a jackass. Dungy makes a joke about social distancing when the Domer kids rush the field. There will be a Covid price to pay.
Like what? 300 positive tests for college kids who will all be fine? <snip>
Agreed, the kids will be fine, but what about the older folks with whom the college kids regularly come in contact, like instructors, lab supervisors, administrative staff at UND, patrons at the local Starbucks, older folks who go to Mass at UND, family reunions at Thanksgiving, etc.? If the college kids can't stay off the field, what makes you think they are responsible enough to stay away from the more vulnerable, especially if said college kids are asymptomatic?
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)