NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships
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#2This was basically a done deal this morning once the conferences canceled all of their ongoing tournaments, and schools like Duke stopped all sports.
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#3Devastating news. It’s sad enough that the NBA season was stopped, but the NCAA tourney is often the high-water mark and finale for most of its players’ careers. But it’s a wise decision nonetheless; I’m surprised it was decided before a player or coach was diagnosed with covid19
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#4So soft. Teams should just play. Anyone that isn't sick can play. It's a 5v5 game. Next thing you know tennis matches will be canceled.
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#5So soft. Teams should just play. Anyone that isn't sick can play. It's a 5v5 game. Next thing you know tennis matches will be canceled.
Except that people become contagious before they have symptoms, and we don’t really have a good testing regimen.
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#6So soft. Teams should just play. Anyone that isn't sick can play. It's a 5v5 game. Next thing you know tennis matches will be canceled.
We don't even know who's sick and who isn't because we don't have enough test kits.
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#7So soft. Teams should just play. Anyone that isn't sick can play. It's a 5v5 game. Next thing you know tennis matches will be canceled.
The concern is not exclusively about the players' own health. Most of these players interact with other human beings.
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#8This is going to have a cascading economic impact. There are the channels that cover the tournament (e.g., ESPN), the tournament bracket sites that get ad revenue, the local businesses around the stadiums that host the games, and so much more.
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#9This should result in an immediate extra year of scholarship eligibility for any of the kids effected.
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#10So soft. Teams should just play. Anyone that isn't sick can play. It's a 5v5 game. Next thing you know tennis matches will be canceled.
We don't even know who's sick and who isn't because we don't have enough test kits.
But the President said that anyone that wants a test can have one, and that it is our fault for not getting tested.