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Aug 5, 2020
11:57:16am

Turnpike Lane Monday Morning Quarterback

People need to stop acting like 2-3 cases should shut it all down. No, it shuts it down for those 2-3, but the rest can go on with testing.

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Turnpike Lane

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100% Positive there will be a football season this year

CObluezone

8/5/20 11:40am

Not every single university

Sea Chicken

8/5/20 11:41am

Harvard is powered by its own sense of self-satisfaction

Indy Coug

8/5/20 11:41am

and a 39 billion dollar endowment

Sea Chicken

8/5/20 11:42am

100%? No chance of not?

Big Daddy D

8/5/20 11:41am

And UConn?

SouthernBlueBlood

8/5/20 11:41am

There will still be a season w/o UCONN, yes.

CObluezone

8/5/20 11:43am

Well, that settles it. No football season. Non-donors are always wrong

Nikomedes

8/5/20 11:41am

You are smart and kind.

here's to hoping

8/5/20 1:04pm

1 out of 2 ain't bad

Nikomedes

8/5/20 8:39pm

UCONN cancelled their season today.

game.blouses

8/5/20 11:41am

And they'll lose less $$$ not playing than playing. Also, they only had 2 games on schedule left.

Turnpike Lane

8/5/20 11:43am

Yeah but lots of positive tests out there are apparently false

Unibro

8/5/20 11:42am

Financial necessity didn't save the cruise industry.

ReyOso

8/5/20 11:43am

What is the TV revenue they generate? Sports are just different in this regard.

Turnpike Lane

8/5/20 11:44am

Do you forget how the NCAA tournament died almost overnight?

ReyOso

8/5/20 11:50am

NBA is back, MLS is back, Euro soccer is going strong. MLB is playing through issues. It can be done.

Turnpike Lane

8/5/20 11:57am

PAC 12 will have a loan program available for schools if they end up not playing

thaws

8/5/20 11:44am

The Wisconsin news makes me wonder how bad it is for all D1 programs.

mwcoug

8/5/20 11:45am

Programs like WAZU and Cal were already on the brink.

byukarl

8/5/20 11:48am

They'll go back to PAC 10 rather than invite BYU.

Cougsanity

8/5/20 2:38pm

I used to think football was for sure happening for the financial reasons alone,

westsidecoug

8/5/20 11:48am

I'm starting to wonder without fans if it is really a benefit financially.

byukarl

8/5/20 2:09pm

Good point. Only those with really good TV deals will stand any chance at

westsidecoug

8/5/20 2:14pm

That's why I think it will happen in the Spring. If there is a vaccine on the

LaserCoug

8/5/20 11:50am

Yep, money talks. Which is why the thread of being sued by players forced

runnincoug

8/5/20 11:53am

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DaCougEye

8/5/20 12:16pm

Have you not seen enough stupid to realize that all these people seem to

Refugee

8/5/20 2:11pm

Maybe it would benifit BYU Football if the season didn't happen. If some of the

blackshirts

8/5/20 5:05pm

Football without fans loses money. NBA and MLB don't have fans.

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