This should result in an immediate extra year of scholarship eligibility for any of the kids effected.
The scholarship is for an academic degree, not resume polishing for a professional athletic league. It's in the name.
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#23MLS suspended it's season for 30 days. MLB opening day postponed for at least two weeks. NHL suspended it's season.
Nascar is likely next.
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#24This should result in an immediate extra year of scholarship eligibility for any of the kids effected.
Why? These things happen, it’s life.
Except the NCAA tournament has been around since 1939 and never been canceled. Neither has the NIT, which started in 1938 and was considered the preeminent tournament until the 50’s.
So really, what’s decided regarding eligibility will set the precedent going forward. Hopefully it won’t ever have to be referenced though.
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#25So 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 kids playing are the least at risk. It’s their fellow passengers, people they meet and who serve their food, clean their hotel rooms, fans, etc who are at risk.
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#27This 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.
I'd like to know the impact on Vegas
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#28hate it for the folks and families directly impacted but it is the safe decision. it does make you think about how much of this is temporary and how much results in sustained, macro level changes. let's say many countries, companies and individuals "get used" to how we will need to live over the next weeks/months. what things that we used to take as "norms" may change, permanently, and what would the second and third…
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#29So 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.
So socially responsible. This hurts a lot for some of us. I am a Creighton fan and this was our first big year in a long time, maybe our best of all time. Sports fans get accused of forgetting "it is all a game" sometimes. It is certainly more than a game when you think of how much some people's lives depend on the money from these events, but limiting the impact of this virus is certainly not "soft".
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