[TonyLima]

Charlie Creme's latest is about how the Pac-12 postponements is costing the conference tourney bids.

I know that teams in other conferences are cancelling or postponing games, but it doesn't seem like anywhere near the rate of the Pac-12. Are the others not required to test, or what?

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I can only speak to small colleges where the testing requirements diverge dramatically.  One team tests every other day; another team tests only those who are symptomatic.  Guess which team has more DQs?  

It's ridiculous.

Even more ridiculous, said often-testing-school has a policy of shutting down team activities if 3 positive tests in program - not on roster - in program.  And this on a team with 18 on roster due to Covid do-over.  Meanwhile, Stanford has 5 out on Covid and plays at WSU.  

The rule should be:  if you have enough non-Covid players to compete, you do it.  That minimum can be 7 or 8 or 9, but you certainly don't need 10 players to compete.  And given that none of the kids testing positive even feel sick, it makes the restrictions all the more silly.

Look, we are coming to the point as a society of just dealing with this as another kind of flu bug.  Might as well get on with it (though getting as many vaxxed/boostered as possible, as well as prudent safety measures should continue for a while).  BTW, did anyone else watch the Knicks-Celtics game last night at MSG?  NY was blasted by Omicron - not that long ago - yet MSG was packed and from TV the % of mask-wearers looked to be in teens.  

Let the kids (college, HS, junior high) play, unless they test positive.

CA regs are among the most restrictive in the country. Santa Clara County is, if anything, even tougher. The spike in cases is due to omicron which is no worse than th common cold. Insanity.

[TonyLima]

Charlie Creme's latest is about how the Pac-12 postponements is costing the conference tourney bids.

I know that teams in other conferences are cancelling or postponing games, but it doesn't seem like anywhere near the rate of the Pac-12. Are the others not required to test, or what?

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I can only speak to small colleges where the testing requirements diverge dramatically.  One team tests every other day; another team tests only those who are symptomatic.  Guess which team has more DQs?  

It's ridiculous.

Even more ridiculous, said often-testing-school has a policy of shutting down team activities if 3 positive tests in program - not on roster - in program.  And this on a team with 18 on roster due to Covid do-over.  Meanwhile, Stanford has 5 out on Covid and plays at WSU.  

The rule should be:  if you have enough non-Covid players to compete, you do it.  That minimum can be 7 or 8 or 9, but you certainly don't need 10 players to compete.  And given that none of the kids testing positive even feel sick, it makes the restrictions all the more silly.

Look, we are coming to the point as a society of just dealing with this as another kind of flu bug.  Might as well get on with it (though getting as many vaxxed/boostered as possible, as well as prudent safety measures should continue for a while).  BTW, did anyone else watch the Knicks-Celtics game last night at MSG?  NY was blasted by Omicron - not that long ago - yet MSG was packed and from TV the % of mask-wearers looked to be in teens.  

Let the kids (college, HS, junior high) play, unless they test positive.

CA regs are among the most restrictive in the country. Santa Clara County is, if anything, even tougher. The spike in cases is due to omicron which is no worse than th common cold. Insanity.