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Swamp Donkey

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Florida baseball coach Kevin O'Sullivan tells us, "the biggest thing for college athletics is to get football back."
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At least SOMEONE in the building knows who butters the bread.

And buys the bread.

And pays for the kitchen and the electricity in the kitchen.

And the entire house.

At least one of the money losing sports knows they exist only bc of football $.

Now if some of these cawksuckers in the AD Office manage to figure it out.

#FireFooley&Stricklin
 
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O'Sullivan is certainly correct and he's not only a very good ball coach, but a big picture guy as well. It is also true at the high school levels. Read an article in the Tallahassee paper outlining what getting football started again will look like. I'm paraphrasing, but the NCAA AD's are forecasting CV-19 testing of the entire team, coaching, and support staff, initial practices utilizing social distancing (small groups, even perhaps individual balls for each skill player; not certain if the balls can carry the virus, but no mention of other practice equipment that is contacted by numerous players), shut down for a positive test, no mention about fans in the stands or game day staff. Still a great amount of uncertainty. During a recent national HS AD's Zoom, many around the country are making plans for no football, which is affecting virtually every other sport, as football is the financial bell cow, or they are hoping for a shorter season that starts later. Those that are hoping to play are planning on limited crowds with social distancing in the stands or no crowds at all. Many are also planning to not charge sponsors or supporters this year, but to carry their advertising. A very noble gesture, but the absence of that arm of financial support along with reduced or no ticket revenues is almost catastrophic.

I'm hopeful, but there is a lot that will have to change and very quickly for football to get started or even happen this fall.
 

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I'm paraphrasing, but the NCAA AD's are forecasting CV-19 testing of the entire team, coaching, and support staff, initial practices utilizing social distancing (small groups, even perhaps individual balls for each skill player; not certain if the balls can carry the virus, but no mention of other practice equipment that is contacted by numerous players) ...I'm hopeful, but there is a lot that will have to change and very quickly for football to get started or even happen this fall.

We started back with team strength and conditioning two weeks ago. We are very rural, so most of our parents are the "rub some dirt on it" type, which in general provides a bit less pressure on the decision makers. We moved it outdoors - bars , benches and all. Disinfectant spray on the equipment between uses. Players are being coached not to touch their face with their hands. There's a hand-washing station for after practice. The kids are actually loving it. I admit there's an appeal to lifting while you watch the sunset that makes the extra heat and dust worth it.
 

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The issue will arise if there are schools that don't have students on campus in the fall. No students on campus = no football.. or the NCAA has to admit that they're not really 'student athletes' but semi-pro players not beholden to the rules of the university.
 

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We started back with team strength and conditioning two weeks ago. We are very rural, so most of our parents are the "rub some dirt on it" type, which in general provides a bit less pressure on the decision makers. We moved it outdoors - bars , benches and all. Disinfectant spray on the equipment between uses. Players are being coached not to touch their face with their hands. There's a hand-washing station for after practice. The kids are actually loving it. I admit there's an appeal to lifting while you watch the sunset that makes the extra heat and dust worth it.
You guys are ahead of the curve. I'm glad for you all. We are still waiting here in SOWEGA.
 

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We started back with team strength and conditioning two weeks ago. We are very rural, so most of our parents are the "rub some dirt on it" type, which in general provides a bit less pressure on the decision makers. We moved it outdoors - bars , benches and all. Disinfectant spray on the equipment between uses. Players are being coached not to touch their face with their hands. There's a hand-washing station for after practice. The kids are actually loving it. I admit there's an appeal to lifting while you watch the sunset that makes the extra heat and dust worth it.


That is some Clubber Lang sh!t right there!! Our weight room was so small we had to do a lot of lifting outside. Tires, sledge hammers, logs, kids got off on it.
 

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Wait a minute....I thought we wanted Sully fired?
No clue.

I thought Sully was the big guy on Monsters Inc. Or the pilot who put it in the Hudson. Even now, without looking at the top of this thread, I can't remember dudes name.
 

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And Charles Barkley was just on TV saying it’s too soon, what parent would send their kid..... talking about June 1 NCAA announcement..... dude
 

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At least SOMEONE in the building knows who butters the bread.

And buys the bread.

And pays for the kitchen and the electricity in the kitchen.

And the entire house.

At least one of the money losing sports knows they exist only bc of football $.

Now if some of these cawksuckers in the AD Office manage to figure it out.

#FireFooley&Stricklin


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At least SOMEONE in the building knows who butters the bread.

And buys the bread.

And pays for the kitchen and the electricity in the kitchen.

And the entire house.

At least one of the money losing sports knows they exist only bc of football $.

Now if some of these cawksuckers in the AD Office manage to figure it out.

#FireFooley&Stricklin

Shoot, Sully's no dummy. He knows if he wants a raise from $1m per year to $5m per year with a lifetime contract...which the dummies in the AD's office have already promised him...he needs a packed football stadium to fund his exorbitant contract demands. He may be an overrated baseball coach when it comes to time for the postseason but he's smart enough to know how he's going to pay for his castle on the Irish coast when he retires.
 

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The issue will arise if there are schools that don't have students on campus in the fall. No students on campus = no football.. or the NCAA has to admit that they're not really 'student athletes' but semi-pro players not beholden to the rules of the university.

I disagree with that premises. Not everything related to college students can be done by video conference. That's like arguing that if a college athletic team, under normal non-virus conditions, leaves town on a Thursday to attend an out of state sporting event and the kids miss Friday class that is somehow an admission that they aren't really "student athletes". We all know that's not the case, any more than your scenario is the case. It just so happens that their chosen university sanctioned extracurricular requires their physical presence to participate.
 

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Worst Gator Chomp ever! Get that fcvker off the stage!
 

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