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NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships

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Re: NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships

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Post by capkutay »

mfer wrote: post #8

This 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.

Just looking at sports trickle-down economic impact in a vacuum, imagine all the other industries that will have similar consequences. Ones that aren't even visible to the average person but highly impactful on our daily lives.

We're going to have to take special measures to make sure critical supply chains stay in tact.

Re: NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships

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Post by brianTheDog »

paxys wrote: post #13
dpeck wrote: post #9

This should result in an immediate extra year of scholarship eligibility for any of the kids effected.

It doesn't affect student athletes all that much. There will still be a draft, as always.

Whoever came up with the term “student athlete” when talking about slaves in college is a genius!

I like to think if that term never existed then maybe society wouldn’t let universities exploit them for millions of dollars while paying them nothing.

Re: NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships

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Post by bosie »

ta999999171 wrote: post #46
techntoke wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But the President said that anyone that wants a test can have one, and that it is our fault for not getting tested.

Citation Needed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/politics/trump-coronav...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_XwC9IQKBc

Re: NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships

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Post by jgwil2 »

RocketSyntax wrote: post #31
BOBOTWINSTON wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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".

It's not a game to those players. It's their life. If they don't want to get the flu it should be their choice not to play.

I really don't think I should be having to make this comment, but it's not the flu. You know it's not the flu, we all know it's not the flu. Please stop trolling.

Re: NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships

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Post by birken »

jumpman500 wrote: post #50
LeifCarrotson wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But interestingly, it won't affect the players' immediate economic futures, as they're all prohibited from being paid by the NCAA.

Hmm you don’t think there’s any seniors that could play so well that they’d make the NBA draft?

It isn't likely. An NBA caliber player that is a senior will likely have played 100+ NCAA basketball games. A few good/bad games in the tournament isn't going to change their overall chance of getting picked in the NBA draft. And the NBA draft is very shallow to begin with, only 60 picks total and still some of those players don't make the teams. In the NFL and MLB it is very common for undrafted/late round picks to become stars, but not common at all in the NBA where your physical ability (which is easily measurable) is so important for excelling.

There also is the G-League which is essentially the NBA minor league. Anybody on the bubble of making the NBA who wants a job will get a chance in the G-League, and if they were truly NBA caliber then they'd prove themself and get the opportunity.

Re: NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships

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Post by gdulli »

RocketSyntax wrote: post #31
BOBOTWINSTON wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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".

It's not a game to those players. It's their life. If they don't want to get the flu it should be their choice not to play.

The decision is not about the players, it's much bigger than that.

It was also the players' choice to make their life about something that was always going to lose in priority to public health, if it ever came to that.

Re: NCAA cancels March Madness and other championships

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Post by stevieCards »

bluedevil2k wrote: post #55
brianTheDog wrote: post #41

When you say players do you mean stu-dent ath-oo-lets or slaves?

Comments like this should earn a banishment

Umm... so you like the exploitation of young people? Universities make millions while “student athletes” get paid peanuts, and you don’t like someone pointing it out? Why?
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