I have no idea how this football season is going to happen......

[droner]

The Notre Dame football team has 5 infections and 6 in quarantine. Ole Miss has 14 athletes infected, not specified as football players. A Georgia State quarterback had Covid and now has a heart condition.

I remain hopeful but dubious.

[Tnphil]

I don't see how it's not going to be a cluster...Seems UT has already had several and Pruitt said after day 1 practice that the ones we've had in isolation should be back this week. Also a few weeks back it was reported we had something like 43 athletes effected....didn't say how many were football players. Clemson...Bama...LSU have had several football players effected....Have no idea if that's good or bad to have several test positive before the games begin.

When the season starts is when it's going to get interesting from week to week. And what happens if you are on the road and have some test positive the day before a game...What do you do with those effected 100's of miles from your home campus?

Tonight here in West Tn is the first HS football game with a full slate playing tomorrow night....I feel for those HS programs and I'm glad I'm not involved in it anymore.

[murfvol]

I'm not sure what metrics we're shooting for. Oddly, high school may stand a better chance if they're not testing. Then they don't detect high rates.

College students wanting to play should have had massive gatherings three months ago.

[volsboy]

It's a crazy world. Looks like High Schools are going to play. No rhyme or reason to the procedures. How can you go to school but not to your church? How can a group of thirty students be in class together but bikers going to Sturgis are frowned upon? This whole pandemic has been handled terribly by this country compared to others, supposedly. Our school system here voted students must wear masks. How do you keep a mask on a first grader? Things that make you say ..Hmmm.

[Creek Walker]

How do you keep a mask on a first grader?

My wife teaches first grade. They're reporting no problems whatsoever getting the kids to keep their masks on. My son, who turns 3 next month, actually loves wearing his mask. He thinks it's cool. It's the older kids who you can't keep the masks on at school — i.e., the ones that should know better.

[Tnphil]

Vandy has shut down practice due to several players testing positive.

[volsboy]

Yet, you have parents of BIG conference kids raising hell about them not playing this season. Crazy world indeed.

[volsboy]

My wife teaches first grade. They're reporting no problems whatsoever getting the kids to keep their masks on. My son, who turns 3 next month, actually loves wearing his mask. He thinks it's cool. It's the older kids who you can't keep the masks on at school — i.e., the ones that should know better.

Amen. They say keep your hands away from your face. I touch my face ten times more when I'm wearing a mask.