Mahes
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I figure it is close enough to the start of the new season to recognize that a season might not even exist.
1869 Is billed as the year of the first official college football game. A few years later and college football was well on its way to becoming an annual past time. Since then, there has never been a year where college football was not played in the United States. As we draw closer to the fall, it becomes painfully clear that this season might not happen. If it does happen, it will have many restrictions and a lot of hurdles to jump over to reach any kind of playoff or bowl game. How can a voting system fairly vote if a team was quarantined for two weeks due to an outbreak? Clemson has already shown that outbreaks can occur before the season has even begun.
Fans cannot pack into stadiums. It would feel strange to watch a football game without the cheering and sideline noise associated with every game. It can be done and might have to be done but it will not be the same. The fans make-up the game as much as the game itself.
The amount of money lost due to a canceled season is staggering. You have vendors, hotels, restaurants and local governments who profit from the system. Gambling takes a large hit and of course schools feel the economic impact. All this is lost.
Fall is going to feel a lot different for those people who enjoy watching a great football game.
1869 Is billed as the year of the first official college football game. A few years later and college football was well on its way to becoming an annual past time. Since then, there has never been a year where college football was not played in the United States. As we draw closer to the fall, it becomes painfully clear that this season might not happen. If it does happen, it will have many restrictions and a lot of hurdles to jump over to reach any kind of playoff or bowl game. How can a voting system fairly vote if a team was quarantined for two weeks due to an outbreak? Clemson has already shown that outbreaks can occur before the season has even begun.
Fans cannot pack into stadiums. It would feel strange to watch a football game without the cheering and sideline noise associated with every game. It can be done and might have to be done but it will not be the same. The fans make-up the game as much as the game itself.
The amount of money lost due to a canceled season is staggering. You have vendors, hotels, restaurants and local governments who profit from the system. Gambling takes a large hit and of course schools feel the economic impact. All this is lost.
Fall is going to feel a lot different for those people who enjoy watching a great football game.
