Greg Sankey to SEC teams: get vaccinated, or get fucked.
One thing the conference can control is what it will do if a team is unable to play because of coronavirus issues. Sankey said games won’t be postponed and has recommended that the conference removes the 53-man roster minimum that was put in place last year.
The message to schools is “You’re expected to play as scheduled,” Sankey said.
“That means your team needs to be healthy to compete, and if not, that game won’t be rescheduled,” he said. “And thus, to dispose of the game, the ‘forfeit’ word comes up at this point.”
I guess that means the Georgia-Vanderbilt game is on this season.
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It will be UGA’s luck that they will have to forfeit this year.
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Wrong, bacon breath.
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People are starting to test positive who have been vaccinated.
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Sure, but those folks aren’t getting nearly as sick as those who haven’t.
The bigger point is that Kirby is pulling out the stops to make sure COVID isn’t an issue for his team.
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Thank you! Enough of this B.S The numbers coming out are far better than a flu shot. FAR BETTER! And… If you do get Covid, the symptoms are mild… Guess what, the numbers are better than the flu numbers…
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Studies show they are also less like to spread the virus, if they do get infected.
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Honest question? If this is so why are hospital rates and death rates up?
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Because unvaccinated people are getting sick and going into the hospital. Some hospital systems report 97% of their covid patients are unvaccinated…does that answer your question???
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Honest question? How do we encourage people to get the vaccination?
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Think about it like this. We are individual lottery tickets to the virus, each infection is another chance for the virus to win a mutation prize. More contagious is the prize it’s after, but more deadly and more resistant to current vaccine(s) could also hit. The Delta ticket came in, much more contagious and slightly more deadly. It won’t stop playing the game, if we can’t limit the tickets, it’s going to keep winning. It’s a numbers-game.
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Yesir both of your points are correct. But if they test positive, they’re still positive and thus ineligible to play right?
I know that Teacher’s negative Nelly takes are not real popular around here, but he’s right. It would be just our luck that that half the team contracts a breakthrough variant right before say, the Florida game.
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This! What is the protocol for a positive test for a vaccinated player? Still the same as unvaccinated protocol? CMR has lost control of the COVID protocol!
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Still, not the topic of discussion I wanted to hear prior to the hopeful take over of Charlotte city limits…
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Bacon Breath
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It’s all about the contact tracing, I do believe. If you are vaccinated, and come in close contact with a positive COVID person…you are still eligible. Unvaccinated in the same scenario…quarantine.
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I said luck.
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Nice, now do Clemson.
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His second sentence is where the pearl is. The season starts in six weeks.
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I’m really glad the SEC made this decision. It’s the right step to take.
Players still have the freedom to decide not to take the shot, but they also understand the impact they can have on their teammates if they don’t.
It’s good to hear we’re on the high side of the percentage.
Candy, no excuses this fall.
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We’re going to “Blow the Admiral”…out of their stadium!
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Kirby did a great job during the pandemic keeping our boys safe with the team protocols…now the gauntlet has been tossed down regarding no rescheduling…sounds as if most of the Dawgs are already vaccinated, and may have a few more to go if they choose…let’s keep the team protocols in place to try to mitigate any spread and hope for the best…Kirby impressed me last season without a vaccine, and I have no doubt he’ll have his boys ready with all the information and precautions we now know about…go Dawgs
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Ha, I thought this was going to be another snarky UF post.
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He’d have more success if he said a pro-rated share of the end-of-season distributions would be deducted and redistributed to other schools for every forfeit.
Does Vandy really give a damn whether they forfeit to UGA or get pummeled? Personally, I hope the game is played because we plan on going.
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The trip to Nashville 2 years ago was really fun.
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Exactly what I was thinking.
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The advantage to vaccinated players is the reduction in testing and less contact tracing. Vaccinated players will still get the virus (most with zero symptoms) and show positive on a test. Now the testing is weekly vs daily and the contact tracing is much less stringent. My inner Munson is screaming UGA has a significant number of players unavailable due to the virus for UF, SEC champ, CFP or all 3.
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fify: Vaccinated players CAN still get the virus.
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“Vaccinated players will still get the virus…”
I don’t know what you think that means, but it is empirically clear that 94-95% will NOT get the virus if vaccinated. And that is without regard to their age and overall health which is probably better than the general population. I will play those odds.
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It is possible to get the virus if you are vaccinated, although the numbers at this point are miniscule. The main point is that if you do get the virus and you are vaccinated, you probably will have very mild symptoms if any.
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Yeah, because only 27 people in the country were diagnosed with the regular flu last year. Kinda weird.
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