Talk about your rousing endorsement:
Widespread testing for coronavirus will be crucial to having college sports in the fall — especially contact sports such as football and basketball, the NCAA’s chief medical officer said Friday.
Dr. Brian Hainline expressed cautious optimism that college sports could be played during the fall semester as long as leaders take a methodical approach.
“It’s not going to be risk-free, that’s for sure,” Hainline said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Sheesh. Sign me up for some of that sweet action, Doc.
“If this is rolled out in stages and reasonably, we’re really paying attention to proper surveillance and we get the tests available, I think we can have fall sports. My concern is if we just rush into this too quickly because of this almost sense of desperation, that we just have to get going.”
That’s a relief. It’s not like your typical AD hasn’t sounded the slightest bit desperate of late.
On a less snarky note, here’s the NCAA’s current stance on the terms for reinstating college sports. There’s a lot that has to happen first, needless to say.
Get The Picture 
I’m preparing myself for no football or football with no fans or a limited number of fans. Spring football isn’t happening without major changes to existing broadcast contracts. I hope I’ll be able to get my handicap down a few strokes and be able to attend The Masters for a day in the meantime.
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The powers that be are not ready for the plebeians to do anything yet…the Govt is here to help us..
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Its ALL about the gubmit:
The people will swarm the restaurants!:
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/487748-opentable-reports-restaurant-dining-out-has-dropped-42-percent-during
And the customers have nothing to fear:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-kills-people-an-average-of-a-decade-before-their-time-11588424401
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/29/coronavirus-covid-19-caused-strokes-young-patients-nyc-doctors/3046447001/
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Looks like the plebes are doing plenty.
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So the NCAA says that four weeks after students have returned to campus athletics may resume if there has been a constant decline in COVID-19 cases during those four weeks. Here in Georgia, that means practice can start halfway through September if all goes well. So, at best, you’re looking at a delayed season. As for putting fans in the stadium they add “ For COVID-19, future phases are dependent on the successful development of widely available treatment, including prophylactic immunotherapy, coupled with widespread, effective vaccination.” That would appear to preclude fans in the stadium this season. Of course, compliance is voluntary.
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Silver lining is if some of these boomers are scared, they won’t come to the game. The old guy in the row behind me and over two spaces is an annoying crank. He harangues anyone in the section that has the temerity to stand.
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Yea, we may get a visual of exactly how top heavy, age-wise, the contingent season ticket holders is
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“contingent OF”
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Georgia reported over 19,000 tests on Friday and for the first time in a month we saw a line of cars at our local testing tent. We took this as an encouraging sign. We don’t expect to see these numbers again until next week as many of the outdoor locations are closed over the weekend.
A family member with no symptoms got a referral from her doctor, received an antibodies test at an indoor location yesterday, and is awaiting results. She is young and has no symptoms now but she experienced a similar illness in January. It was covered by her health insurance.
We had similar week-long illnesses over the winter and will also be requesting tests this week. We understand a positive test for antibodies does not guarantee long term immunity, but it does provide the Department Of Health with valuable information in how or how not to take the next step. We are happy to do it.
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It’s nice to see the affirmation of “We are all in this together.”.
Yes, all that info together is what will , with testing, lead us out of the forest.
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More widely available testing is very good news.
I think one of the big tipping points will be getting to the point where healthy folks with no symptoms can also get tested, and the antibody test work the CDC is doing could help with that.
But barring an early vaccine or really effective treatment becoming available, I’m not planning on any trips to Sanford or air travel.
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I got the anti-bodies test here in TN (because of a suspicious virus that knocked me down in early February)
Big Fat Negative on the anti-bodies. Too bad.
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The words “widespread testing” are huge for this to take place. “Cautious optimism that college sports COULD be played this Fall” and “methodical approach” are great to see because that implies the science will be heavy in order to have people in the stands and coaches and players on the field.
Consider me as a “Me too!” for this one, I don’t give a damn from which direction it was uttered.
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This, along with Jere’s statement means to me that we have a chance for Fall sports since they both aren’t using knee-jerk and ignorant reasoning. Excuse me while I go unscientific and cross my fingers.
Testing, testing, testing! for the win.
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I cross my fingers with you but when I see “…And number two, the serology tests that are out there to date, they just aren’t reliable.”
Widespread testing does not = reliable testing.
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Depends upon the test. If it is for Ab to the coronavirus, it would be different from the Ag tests of the coronavirus presence. Most of the tests used for weeding out positives use swabs in the nose or throat looking for the coronavirus Ag and are very reliable, unlike serology tests of the blood that may look for Ab that demonstrates previous contact with the virus, no matter whether a person exhibits the disease symptoms or not.
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I don’t see us meeting in time those NCAA guidelines you linked in your post Senator, at least not in Georgia. The governor opened up too soon and opened up the wrong types of businesses.
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I sort of feel like widespread testing is not the kryptonite it’s cracked up to be unless the whole sample of population takes the test on the same day.
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