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BC Frankly, this debate is tiresome and repetitive. I’m interested in basketball. Santa Clara County, among all the counties in the US so far as I know, has chosen its ban on sports approach. There approach hasn’t solved the Covids problem but maybe people in Santa .Clara County are better off than they were before. We can’t know now so I for one am tired of speculating. And yes, I do believe playing college basketball confers more benefit on the players, the schools and the fans than the unknown benefit of cancelling a season. That’s not science, that’s opinion and common sense. 

But Let’s talk basketball here. Apologies if I come across as insensitive or disrespectful; I’m not. We all have our views and they deserve to be heard. Just maybe not here.  I for one am a simple basketball fan whio is fed up with arguments that can’t be resolved .

This seems as good a spot for a mini-rant of 5 things that SUCK from my vantage point in Palo Alto, CA:

1.  Last night, on SportsCenter, the #1 play in Top 10 was from a high school girls’ basketball game . . . that had fans in stands!  And here, no school, no sports, no fans, no nothing.

2.  Per a grad school buddy, a Chicagoan who rented a place in South Beach for a month to get some warm and sun, they are allowing dining outdoors . . . and indoors.  Here, neither.

3.  Everywhere else in the country, afaik, college teams are allowed to practice and play on their home courts.  Here, no dice.

4.  Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Woodside have very low Covid numbers, and virtually all (all but 2 according to a family doctor a few days ago) of the Covid patients at Stanford hospital are transfers from other areas – yet the lockdown here is as strict (if not stricter) than anywhere else.

5.  I don’t follow other states (or counties) all that closely; however, my impression is California is one of the strictest states in terms of lockdowns across the board (and has been pretty much from the jump).  And seemingly California is the worst Covid place in the world right now.  WTH is going on?!?  I’m tired of closure restrictions for restrictions’ sake (SCC sports one is perfect example); and I’m really pissed at people who don’t take basic and reasonable precautions, which is fueling CA’s $hitty numbers.

Oh, and CA is doing a bang up job on the vaccination front, too . . . NOT!  (The guy from Chicago said he played golf with two guys in Florida - both in their 60s and in decent health - both have been vaccinated (or at least one of the shots)). Here, my 97 year old mom living in Assisted Living was advised they would have first shots in December . . . now, no visibility into when that might actually occur. AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!

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BC Frankly, this debate is tiresome and repetitive. I’m interested in basketball. Santa Clara County, among all the counties in the US so far as I know, has chosen its ban on sports approach. There approach hasn’t solved the Covids problem but maybe people in Santa .Clara County are better off than they were before. We can’t know now so I for one am tired of speculating. And yes, I do believe playing college basketball confers more benefit on the players, the schools and the fans than the unknown benefit of cancelling a season. That’s not science, that’s opinion and common sense. 

But Let’s talk basketball here. Apologies if I come across as insensitive or disrespectful; I’m not. We all have our views and they deserve to be heard. Just maybe not here.  I for one am a simple basketball fan whio is fed up with arguments that can’t be resolved .

This seems as good a spot for a mini-rant of 5 things that SUCK from my vantage point in Palo Alto, CA:

1.  Last night, on SportsCenter, the #1 play in Top 10 was from a high school girls’ basketball game . . . that had fans in stands!  And here, no school, no sports, no fans, no nothing.

2.  Per a grad school buddy, a Chicagoan who rented a place in South Beach for a month to get some warm and sun, they are allowing dining outdoors . . . and indoors.  Here, neither.

3.  Everywhere else in the country, afaik, college teams are allowed to practice and play on their home courts.  Here, no dice.

4.  Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Woodside have very low Covid numbers, and virtually all (all but 2 according to a family doctor a few days ago) of the Covid patients at Stanford hospital are transfers from other areas – yet the lockdown here is as strict (if not stricter) than anywhere else.

5.  I don’t follow other states (or counties) all that closely; however, my impression is California is one of the strictest states in terms of lockdowns across the board (and has been pretty much from the jump).  And seemingly California is the worst Covid place in the world right now.  WTH is going on?!?  I’m tired of closure restrictions for restrictions’ sake (SCC sports one is perfect example); and I’m really pissed at people who don’t take basic and reasonable precautions, which is fueling CA’s $hitty numbers.

Oh, and CA is doing a bang up job on the vaccination front, too . . . NOT!  (The guy from Chicago said he played golf with two guys in Florida - both in their 60s and in decent health - both have been vaccinated (or at least one of the shots)). Here, my 97 year old mom living in Assisted Living was advised they would have first shots in December . . . now, no visibility into when that might actually occur. AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!