Kansas Crimson

Grandma wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:07 pm

TDub wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:01 pm Amazing, will be an interesting event. What a time to be alive. Probably the right decision.

I agree it is probably the right decision.
Otherwise, my opinion is it will be a horse shit event and it's a shitty time to be alive.
KU doesn't win the Championship - will be the worst NCAA tournament in my lifetime.

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:10 pm If we are all honest and take off the meathead sports fan hat, it's hard to criticize the NCAA for this. Sports leagues all around the world, in countries with less of a spread of the disease than the US (we're on the verge of becoming thee hotbed) are making reasonable tough decisions which include outright cancellations.

NCAA keeps the games, airs them for the fans, and makes a reasonable effort to do its part in limiting the spread. They make the decision more than a week in advance and (hopefully) a final one. Let's play ball.

MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:06 pmAnd help none.

Grandma wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:14 pm Time out!
Does the NCAA (Emmert) not give a shit about the people in Sprint tonight, tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday? It's ok to let the players and coaches get the virus over the next 4 days but not in the next week few weeks. Got it!
How's that going to work out for ya Mark if tournament teams have a player/s coach/es who test positive between now and through the next few weeks?

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:13 pm

MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:06 pmAnd help none.

I was there for UNI. You could cut the tension in the building with a knife and you had the K-tater tots going nuts for UNI.

That's all gone.

Bearcat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:16 pm Wouldn't be a complete shock if a host city takes this to court.

Bearcat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:16 pm Absolute over reaction in my opinion. Wouldn't be a complete shock if a host city takes this to court. Probably not but wouldn't surprise me.

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:18 pm

Bearcat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:16 pm Absolute over reaction in my opinion. Wouldn't be a complete shock if a host city takes this to court. Probably not but wouldn't surprise me.

They'll deal with that if/when it comes. And, it's just money, which the NCAA is going to get a lot of.

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:18 pm

Bearcat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:16 pm Absolute over reaction in my opinion. Wouldn't be a complete shock if a host city takes this to court. Probably not but wouldn't surprise me.

They'll deal with that if/when it comes. And, it's just money, which the NCAA is going to get a lot of.

Ghost of dotNET past wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:21 pm

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:18 pm

Bearcat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:16 pm Absolute over reaction in my opinion. Wouldn't be a complete shock if a host city takes this to court. Probably not but wouldn't surprise me.

They'll deal with that if/when it comes. And, it's just money, which the NCAA is going to get a lot of.

Also, can you really sue for lack of tax revenue? NCAA isn't preventing people from going to Omaha. They rented the arena, and refunding people's money, and continuing on with event likely to the best of their contracts. In the name of curbing a pandemic.

Psychhawk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:34 pm The biggest losers are not the NCAA, not the players, not the fans who made plans, not the arena owners. The real losers are all the workers who lose income, small businesses who lose revenue, people who work for suppliers who might lose jobs. Just this tournament alone, which is what folks on here worry about, will have a pretty big ripple effect on the economy.

I'm not sure which will devastate the US worse, a widespread Coronavirus pandemic, or mass hysteria about trying to prevent the spread devastating the US and world economy.