Haven’t heard of UCLA requiring a waiver but just the existence of waivers among other schools- whether enforceable or not- should call into question whether a university’s priority is player (and student) health or the bottom line. As I wrote last week in these pages...”follow the money”
I wonder if the coaches are going to have to negotiate / defer their pay for the season, if the season doesn't happen. I'm sure at least one school will request to do so.
This reminds me of Joe’s argument re force majeure and Chip Kelly’s contract. I know Joe and I have discussed his belief that UCLA could unilaterally terminate the contract under the force majeure clause now, but I think the University has a decent argument both in law and in fact to demand renegotiation of Kelly’s contract if season is canceled under threat of force majeure termination If he quits then good for us. If he sues UCLA we negotiate a better buy out - plus he’ll look pretty greedy demanding 4 million a year or whatever to coach a team not playing games, in a cash strapped program (partly his fault due to poor performance and ticket sales) during a pandemic when the school is not having students on camps and with the hours working expected of a college football coach significantly reduced
With most schools going to online instruction only, do you think it’s possible for the Pac-12 to do a sports bubble similar to what the nba is doing in a state that has covid under control? Like Utah or Colorado?
Seeing how long it has taken to get MLB and the NBA close to having a season this probably should have been planned out a few months ago. But it seems like most conferences and the NCAA were going to have a season no matter what with no backup plan. Now here we are. It was not that long ago that Ohio State thought they could play in half full stadiums. That seems ridiculous now.
My guess would be the NCAA would have to step up and come up with something. But the clock is ticking.
Not really. The NBA can get away with it due to small rosters/support staffs and not needing every team present. Each college football team has 85 scholarship players, plus around 20+ walk-ons, and that doesn't include coaching staffs, athletic trainers, tutors etc. that would need to be brought in also.
Then you get to the question of where you would put them. Football requires way more space than basketball does, where you can throw a bunch of practice courts in a convention room like they're doing for the NBA. I don't think there's any existing infrastructure that could handle 12 football teams in a general area unless you start using high schools, and then you start getting away from the basic idea of the bubble. This also extends to the actual games - you'd need to have 6 in a day, so you'd need to find a location that could comfortably host two games at the same time.
Essentially, the NBA's plan works because of their specific circumstances. There's a reason MLB for example isn't trying something similar, or why the NFL isn't even discussing something like this. The logistics are just too much.
Haven’t heard of UCLA requiring a waiver but just the existence of waivers among other schools- whether enforceable or not- should call into question whether a university’s priority is player (and student) health or the bottom line. As I wrote last week in these pages...”follow the money”
I wonder if the coaches are going to have to negotiate / defer their pay for the season, if the season doesn't happen. I'm sure at least one school will request to do so.
This reminds me of Joe’s argument re force majeure and Chip Kelly’s contract. I know Joe and I have discussed his belief that UCLA could unilaterally terminate the contract under the force majeure clause now, but I think the University has a decent argument both in law and in fact to demand renegotiation of Kelly’s contract if season is canceled under threat of force majeure termination If he quits then good for us. If he sues UCLA we negotiate a better buy out - plus he’ll look pretty greedy demanding 4 million a year or whatever to coach a team not playing games, in a cash strapped program (partly his fault due to poor performance and ticket sales) during a pandemic when the school is not having students on camps and with the hours working expected of a college football coach significantly reduced
With most schools going to online instruction only, do you think it’s possible for the Pac-12 to do a sports bubble similar to what the nba is doing in a state that has covid under control? Like Utah or Colorado?
Seeing how long it has taken to get MLB and the NBA close to having a season this probably should have been planned out a few months ago. But it seems like most conferences and the NCAA were going to have a season no matter what with no backup plan. Now here we are. It was not that long ago that Ohio State thought they could play in half full stadiums. That seems ridiculous now.
My guess would be the NCAA would have to step up and come up with something. But the clock is ticking.
Not really. The NBA can get away with it due to small rosters/support staffs and not needing every team present. Each college football team has 85 scholarship players, plus around 20+ walk-ons, and that doesn't include coaching staffs, athletic trainers, tutors etc. that would need to be brought in also.
Then you get to the question of where you would put them. Football requires way more space than basketball does, where you can throw a bunch of practice courts in a convention room like they're doing for the NBA. I don't think there's any existing infrastructure that could handle 12 football teams in a general area unless you start using high schools, and then you start getting away from the basic idea of the bubble. This also extends to the actual games - you'd need to have 6 in a day, so you'd need to find a location that could comfortably host two games at the same time.
Essentially, the NBA's plan works because of their specific circumstances. There's a reason MLB for example isn't trying something similar, or why the NFL isn't even discussing something like this. The logistics are just too much.