NCAA Loses their minds

I guess when everybody gets participation trophies the world gets pretty soft

http://www.ncaa.org/about/reso...spring-championships
and here’s the link. 
IMO, this is a rash decision. It should be week to week. 

The NCAA is trying to prevent your children and your families from getting ill. This country was not and is not prepared.

Who has lost their minds are our senators and congressman. Get them on the phone or send email,  attend a town hall meeting and let them know how you  really feel.

The sooner they shut everything down, the better.  We can maybe get back to normal sooner.  

Without a CWS (and known well in advance to encourage schools to shut down their season) perhaps the NCAA is laying ground for an additional year of eligibility?  Could change the landscape of recruiting for the next 28months....

Geezmom posted:

The sooner they shut everything down, the better.  We can maybe get back to normal sooner.  

This might actually be true. That is why I am so opposed to canceling stuff 3 months away. 

I’m praying the eligibility is extended. My senior son is devastated that his baseball career abruptly came to a screeching halt.  Wondering how it will work out of they would give this year back to them or......issue some sort of extension to those impacted.  Would love to hear everyone voice on this. 

#1bballmomfan posted:

I’m praying the eligibility is extended. My senior son is devastated that his baseball career abruptly came to a screeching halt.  Wondering how it will work out of they would give this year back to them or......issue some sort of extension to those impacted.  Would love to hear everyone voice on this. 

 Not saying I’m for or against ...How many seniors would go back an extra year just to play another season? How many parents would pay for an extra year of college just so their kid could play? It would be worth it if a kid is legitimate grad school material.

I do come from some experience. My son lost his senior year of high school soccer to injury. He missed his fifth year senior year of college baseball to injury. He found out it was over the first week of February in a doctor’s office. He was hoping to play. Instead he had a second surgery in June. So the scenarios are similar. 

Well, they can shut stuff down like they should have weeks ago, or more kids can plan to go their grandparents funerals.  And I don't think that's hyperbole at this point, the growth curve on the virus in the US is absurd and we're following the Italian path with 10 times the population and none of the preparation.

That aside, I am interested in where things are going to go eligibility wise.  My senior had already suffered a season-ending injury and was planning on getting a redshirt (and exploring a hardship waiver to get a sixth year, since he already has a freshman redshirt) to potentially retain eligibility in grad school.  Their season was officially canceled today. He's already got 3 grad school offers at schools he might be able to sneak into the bullpen for, and where having two years left might be a plus.

I would think the NCAA would have little to lose by extending eligibility for everyone losing a season to this, which is probably why they won't, of course, being them.

Here’s another angle? What will college coaches want?

Well damn, I guess we're one of the few baseball families that are like "eh" about the whole thing, given the kid was sitting out due to transferring mid-season. Here's hoping the NCAA at least offers seniors an extra year of eligibility, but I wouldn't hold my breath. At least that's our experience with them and their draconian rules. 

TPM posted:

The NCAA is trying to prevent your children and your families from getting ill. This country was not and is not prepared.

Who has lost their minds are our senators and congressman. Get them on the phone or send email,  attend a town hall meeting and let them know how you  really feel.

This is rich. Get your senators on the phone and bitch about why they aren't prepared for a virus that didn't exist a few weeks ago...demand vaccines from an industry that is among the slowest moving fields that has countless levels of regulated testing and studies involved to get any new drug released.

Demand they no how you feel about China attempting to thin down its population and it getting out of control.

you should loud proud and make sure that everyone knows you are scared to death of the monster under your bed and we all are going to act like a 3yr old throwing a tantrum until we are certain there is plenty of toilet paper available for all. 

old_school posted:

TPM posted:

The NCAA is trying to prevent your children and your families from getting ill. This country was not and is not prepared.

Who has lost their minds are our senators and congressman. Get them on the phone or send email,  attend a town hall meeting and let them know how you  really feel.

This is rich. Get your senators on the phone and bitch about why they aren't prepared for a virus that didn't exist a few weeks ago...demand vaccines from an industry that is among the slowest moving fields that has countless levels of regulated testing and studies involved to get any new drug released.

Demand they no how you feel about China attempting to thin down its population and it getting out of control.

you should loud proud and make sure that everyone knows you are scared to death of the monster under your bed and we all are going to act like a 3yr old throwing a tantrum until we are certain there is plenty of toilet paper available for all. 

Sure, ad hominem, that's the way to solve everything.

The title of this thread is very misleading....The whole damn world has lost it's mind.

jacjacatk posted:

old_school posted:

TPM posted:

The NCAA is trying to prevent your children and your families from getting ill. This country was not and is not prepared.

Who has lost their minds are our senators and congressman. Get them on the phone or send email,  attend a town hall meeting and let them know how you  really feel.

This is rich. Get your senators on the phone and bitch about why they aren't prepared for a virus that didn't exist a few weeks ago...demand vaccines from an industry that is among the slowest moving fields that has countless levels of regulated testing and studies involved to get any new drug released.

Demand they no how you feel about China attempting to thin down its population and it getting out of control.

you should loud proud and make sure that everyone knows you are scared to death of the monster under your bed and we all are going to act like a 3yr old throwing a tantrum until we are certain there is plenty of toilet paper available for all. 

Sure, ad hominem, that's the way to solve everything.

Having spend much of the morning reading about real doctors and real epidemiologists predicting upwards of a million deaths from this thing, I actually find it comforting to learn that they and the media are all making this sh!t up to score points in an election.  But what surprised me is that apparently the virus originated in some kind of Chinese government domestic genocide project gone awry? That part is disturbing. 

If seniors get an extra year, how does that work out with the incoming freshman?  Also, does this mean that more juniors will return to school. Lots of unknowns.  

I could see the NCAA expanding rosters for a year. But that just creates more bench players, not playing time.

Unfortunately, I think for the first time in their existence the NCAA will consider them STUDENT-atheletes and deny any extended eligibility. When the numbers work in favor of the NCAA they are athletes, when the numbers don't they will be considered students. There is just too much money involved in granting extra years to all of the scholarship athletes.  I think coaches have their recruiting down to a science a power 5 coach knows how many scholarship players he will have for next year and the year after. He has over-recruited already. Now if all his Seniors come back and Juniors who he was expecting to get drafted it will cripple his recruiting for the next 4 or 5 years. The mid majors to lower d1 schools don't have the money to keep 5 classes worth of athletes. If we were dealing with a more honorable institution I would think differently but I have very little faith in the NCAA. Maybe they will prove me wrong.

jacjacatk posted:

old_school posted:

TPM posted:

The NCAA is trying to prevent your children and your families from getting ill. This country was not and is not prepared.

Who has lost their minds are our senators and congressman. Get them on the phone or send email,  attend a town hall meeting and let them know how you  really feel.

This is rich. Get your senators on the phone and bitch about why they aren't prepared for a virus that didn't exist a few weeks ago...demand vaccines from an industry that is among the slowest moving fields that has countless levels of regulated testing and studies involved to get any new drug released.

Demand they no how you feel about China attempting to thin down its population and it getting out of control.

you should loud proud and make sure that everyone knows you are scared to death of the monster under your bed and we all are going to act like a 3yr old throwing a tantrum until we are certain there is plenty of toilet paper available for all. 

Sure, ad hominem, that's the way to solve everything.

I don't think this was an ad hominem.  The one making the argument was not attacked rather the argument was.