@anotherparent posted:Let's be fair. On this forum, athletics is the most important thing there is. For the rest of the people at a college, sports seem pretty frivolous. If I were on a college debate team or in a musical group or a researcher, I'd be pretty pissed off if I were told I couldn't gather to debate or make music or attend a conference, but the baseball team could travel to play sports. And it would not be a question of virus safety, but a question about why a college would spend money to keep sports going but not spend money to allow other kinds of activities. I don't doubt that to do all activities safely (even just all sports) would cost a lot of money. Big-time televised college sports that make money are different. Ivy League sports, not really.
I agree that the players are being wronged. My son is in the same boat, I'm pretty mad about it. But, so are all the debaters, dancers, musicians, actors, model UN-ers, etc. Some of them will have opportunities to do their activity in the future, some won't. My older son graduated college last spring; he lost the end of his senior year, graduation, last semester of various activities, etc. It sucks for everyone.
For that matter, the Ivy League said that teams could play locally; that's more than some schools are getting. I hope that Ivy League baseball players are signed up for summer leagues (and I hope that those can happen).
Yes, I agree with this which is why the Ivy will get away with it. It still sucks.
The next question is:
Will players lose a year of eligibility if they play local teams? I have heard that may be a possibility...