[teejers1]

It was crazy to allow students to move into dorms eithot negative test results.  They also have a problem with on-campus students mingling with off-campus students.

For those unfamiliar with that area there are a number of "ACC" campuses in the same general area.   It is reasonable to assume Duke, NC State and Wake Forest will all share similar rates of COVID at the start of their terms.    Potentially they will do a better job of moving into dorms, social distancing in classes, and isolating students that test positive once on campus, but I doubt it.   

The ACC will have a very tough time fielding football teams if a few of the campuses are going through this level of virus spread. 

I would love to hear what the football coaches are telling the players.

Don't go to class.   Don't visit non-football team friends.   Don't go to parties.   Don't drive around town.   Don't interact with TAs or professors.

If they are able to follow those don'ts they just might be able to host a game or two before they travel and get exposed to hundreds of COVID positive people on their journey.

The SEC schools have so little to protect beyond football, but I thought the ACC schools were better (smarter) than this.

Either here (or on the other fan board), I raised the question of what about playing football - with players on campus - while rest of student body takes classes remotely.  Many viewed that as a non-starter for optics reason; however, from a health and safety standpoint, I believe that students on campus provides far greater risk than footballers on campus.  And it's not really close . . . is it?

In other words, if schools need the TV $$ from football that badly, then they can do remote learning unless/until it is deemed "safe enough" for students to return to campus.  I'm waiting to see if any colleges will bite the bullet and just do that (and thereby admit that football players ARE different from regular student body).

[teejers1]

It was crazy to allow students to move into dorms eithot negative test results.  They also have a problem with on-campus students mingling with off-campus students.

For those unfamiliar with that area there are a number of "ACC" campuses in the same general area.   It is reasonable to assume Duke, NC State and Wake Forest will all share similar rates of COVID at the start of their terms.    Potentially they will do a better job of moving into dorms, social distancing in classes, and isolating students that test positive once on campus, but I doubt it.   

The ACC will have a very tough time fielding football teams if a few of the campuses are going through this level of virus spread. 

I would love to hear what the football coaches are telling the players.

Don't go to class.   Don't visit non-football team friends.   Don't go to parties.   Don't drive around town.   Don't interact with TAs or professors.

If they are able to follow those don'ts they just might be able to host a game or two before they travel and get exposed to hundreds of COVID positive people on their journey.

The SEC schools have so little to protect beyond football, but I thought the ACC schools were better (smarter) than this.

Either here (or on the other fan board), I raised the question of what about playing football - with players on campus - while rest of student body takes classes remotely.  Many viewed that as a non-starter for optics reason; however, from a health and safety standpoint, I believe that students on campus provides far greater risk than footballers on campus.  And it's not really close . . . is it?

In other words, if schools need the TV $$ from football that badly, then they can do remote learning unless/until it is deemed "safe enough" for students to return to campus.  I'm waiting to see if any colleges will bite the bullet and just do that (and thereby admit that football players ARE different from regular student body).