rbg
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03-12-20 03:11 PM - Post#304463
In response to rbg
Now that Kansas and Duke have shut athletics down and taken themselves out of March Madness, Cornell as the #1 teams in men's and women's hockey should tell the NCAA they will not be a part of the two tournaments.
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penn nation
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03-12-20 03:14 PM - Post#304466
In response to rbg
As of this moment, the DIII Sweet Sixteen is still on.
Yeshiva University still scheduled to tip off at Randolph-Macon on Friday at 2 pm--without fans.
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Chip Bayers
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Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-12-20 04:21 PM - Post#304475
In response to penn nation
And done. Emmert announces no basketball tournament, along with cancellation of all remaining winter and spring sports championships.
Edited by Chip Bayers on 03-12-20 04:22 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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palestra38
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Re: Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-12-20 04:24 PM - Post#304476
In response to Chip Bayers
https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/co rona...
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palestra38
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Re: Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-12-20 04:33 PM - Post#304479
In response to palestra38
And the MAAC finally joins in:
https://sienasaints.com/news/2020/3/12/baseba ll-ma...
Edited by palestra38 on 03-12-20 04:34 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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penn nation
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03-12-20 04:34 PM - Post#304480
In response to penn nation
No more. Cancelled.
As of this moment, the DIII Sweet Sixteen is still on.
Yeshiva University still scheduled to tip off at Randolph-Macon on Friday at 2 pm--without fans.
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Old Bear
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03-12-20 06:56 PM - Post#304494
In response to penn nation
My TV is now useless. Mrs. OB has full control of the remote.
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sparman
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03-12-20 07:17 PM - Post#304497
In response to Old Bear
Mrs. spar is not happy about ballet being cancelled.
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penn nation
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03-12-20 08:36 PM - Post#304499
In response to sparman
I was telling my boychiks that they need to resurrect ESPN Classic. I know it still exists but it’s not in our package.
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gokinsmen
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Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-12-20 08:36 PM - Post#304500
In response to sparman
With March Madness officially canceled, I guess that takes some of the sting out of Ivy Madness being canceled. So to speak.
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penn nation
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Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-12-20 10:26 PM - Post#304509
In response to penn nation
Well, we did have the Final Four--the last 4 states standing.
And now we're down to 3 as Alaska claims its first case.
Down to Alabama, Idaho and West Virginia.
What is Vegas saying about the odds here? They have to be looking for any kind of action they can find at this point.
Someone was asking about this--I forget which virus related thread--but we're now up to 44 states with cases.
Edited by penn nation on 03-12-20 10:27 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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mrjames
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Re: Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-13-20 09:25 AM - Post#304530
In response to penn nation
To be fair, they all have cases. They just don't have testing.
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mountainred
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Re: Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-13-20 09:32 AM - Post#304531
In response to penn nation
Well, we did have the Final Four--the last 4 states standing.
And now we're down to 3 as Alaska claims its first case.
Down to Alabama, Idaho and West Virginia.
Gives me something root for here in Charley West (though Mike is certainly right, someone here has it, we just don't know the name).
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palestra38
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Re: Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-13-20 10:48 AM - Post#304540
In response to mountainred
https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/brazil-pre sident-jai...
So when is Trump getting tested?
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penn nation
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Re: Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-13-20 11:25 AM - Post#304545
In response to palestra38
I predict that he will stubbornly refuse to be tested and if he eventually did it would only be because everyone that remains of his inner circle would demand it.
Not, by the way, that we would ever find out if he actually contracted the virus. You can be sure of that.
But not to worry, in any event, since he and his doctor have previously assured us that his health is "perfect".
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sparman
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Re: Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-13-20 11:50 AM - Post#304548
In response to palestra38
Is there a mental health question as part of the test?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/politics/t rump-test...
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james
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03-13-20 07:13 PM - Post#304582
In response to sparman
Virus has been here for months.
Just is what it is.
Watch the infection in europe—-Italy and Spain etc etc
The surprise is even on an Ivy League site this was met with skepticism. Shows how complAcent our society has been to it which is a shame.
I just drove by 2 major malls which are full. Amazing
Anyway if you don’t have symptoms fine but doesn’t mean you aren’t a carrier.
I just worry abt the less immune at this point. admittedly I also thought they shld play the tournament without fans.
So despite being somewhat in the know I was an genius. Harvard leads (painful to say)
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james
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03-13-20 07:14 PM - Post#304583
In response to james
If Italy can bend the curve that gives us hope but China and s Korea aren’t a good case study in my opinion bc they went to extremes our society won’t embrace
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Stuart Suss
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03-13-20 10:21 PM - Post#304591
In response to james
Robin Harris was interviewed by Michael Kay and his colleagues on ESPN radio in NYC. Some bullet points:
1. She did not claim credit for prescience on behalf of herself or on behalf of the Ivy presidents.
2. Contingency plans began two weeks ago, focused on how to play the basketball playoff games, even with limited attendance.
3. As recently as Monday morning, Robin expected to implement a policy involving limited attendance.
4. Policies implemented by the individual institutions limited all large gatherings, athletic and non-athletic. Some campuses had limits as low as 25 persons.
5. The league was willing to separate the men and the women but could not overcome the limits set by "our campuses" on the size of gatherings.
(Comment by me: It sounds like the search was limited to Ivy venues and did not consider locations outside of the league, elsewhere in Boston or in some other city, as possible limited-attendance tournament sites. Of course, the subsequent events in the NBA and the decisions by other conferences would have resulted in a cancellation of the tournament before the women tipped off on Friday afternoon, even if the league had obtained permission to play a limited-attendance event at Boston University or at some other venue.)
6. In response to the question as to whether she feels validated by subsequent events: "I'm still devastated for our student athletes and our coaches who did not have the opportunity for this capstone experience that they've worked so hard for, that they qualified for, since we only take four teams, and the opportunity to compete for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Even knowing the NCAA tournaments are canceled, I'm devastated for our athletes. I'm devastated for the spring athletes and the athletes in our other winter championships that don't get to have the post-season opportunities they had wanted. I'm relieved that others have decided that these measures are necessary to protect the welfare of our communities and the country at large, but it comes at a cost to the individuals that would have been involved in the contests. So these decisions were difficult. I do believe they were the right decisions, but it's not a decision we enjoyed implementing, that we enjoyed making. They're important for the welfare of our country, though."
6. What about another year of eligibility for seniors? "So we have gone on record regarding working with the NCAA regarding the spring sports, and I believe the NCAA, today, took action to provide that extra year, season, of competition for the spring sports athletes, because they have barely begun their season. It's much more complicated with the winter sports, and I know that the NCAA indicated they would take a look at that, so it will be interesting to see what they do because the regular seasons were completed, and, um, I don't know what they will end up doing."
The complete podcast from the Michael Kay show is available online for download.
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Stuart Suss
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Ivy League Events & COVID-19
03-14-20 12:51 AM - Post#304594
In response to Stuart Suss
From an article by Kyle Bonagura of ESPN at this site.
"The NCAA Division I Council Committee has recommended that eligibility relief be provided to all student-athletes who participate in spring sports."
and
"In an email to a large group of administrators and other parties working in college athletics, committee chair Dr. Grace Calhoun [sic], the athletic director at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote that the committee will 'also discuss issues related to seasons of competition for winter sport student-athletes who were unable to participate in conference and NCAA championships.'"
and, without identifying a source:
"The Ivy League, which hasn't allowed athletes to pursue a fifth year at its schools in the past, said it is 'working with our schools to identify and consider various issues, including those related to the ongoing eligibility of senior spring student-athletes.'"
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