Comment from someone without a financial stake in a 2020 D-1 football season:
NCAA President Mark Emmert said Friday night he does not think sports can return at schools operating in an online-only teaching environment because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic…
In Division I, he said, “all of the commissioners and every president that I’ve talked to is in clear agreement: If you don’t have students on campus, you don’t have student-athletes on campus.
“That doesn’t mean it has to be up and running in the full normal model, but you’ve got to treat the health and well-being of the athletes at least as much as the regular students. So if a school doesn’t reopen, then they’re not going to be playing sports. It’s really that simple.”
All of the commissioners? Not so fast, bacon breath.
True story: During an interview *today* with @SInow, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby was asked if in-person classes were required for on-campus athletic events. His answer: “No.”
I give up.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) May 9, 2020
They playin’. Come hell or high water. Or whatever message they have to trample over in their haste to get Mickey’s coin. They playin’.