It’s Official.. Empty Arenas
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Damn, no Orange Krush......how will Illinois survive
Not worried about the Iowa team, they're use to playing without students....
Not worried about the Iowa team, they're use to playing without students....
Television ratings should be through the roof.
No reason to hold the final four in a football stadium now. It’ll just mess with the shooters.
Like this comment if you know someone personally that has actually got Caronavirus
honestly, I could see this working to the Hawks benefit. When the refs start altering calls based on the "crowd feedback" (which we know does happen on occasion), it rarely if ever works to Iowa's advantage. This is probably the closest thing we'll ever see to an unbiased reffing crew.
hmmm, maybe this will be good for us
still not convinced they'll be playing empty stadiums though
I am now 100% certain we can beat Duke in Greensboro!
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Won't be surprised seeing it cancelled all together at this point.
It's going to be surreal watching a game and no "sounds" of the game other than that of the basketball bouncing and hitting the rim and that of the coaches with so much on the line.
i am sure they will monitor student athletes & anyone allowed in the building/arena/stadium
I am going to watch the MSU game on mute now. No way I could tolerate hearing Izzo whine for 40 minutes.
Also, how awkward will it be for commentators. They know the players will hear their every word live.
Also, how awkward will it be for commentators. They know the players will hear their every word live.
I'm actually excited about this. Gonna be quite the spectacle. Being able to hear every dribble, shoe screech and player calls. Fran yelling his ass off at refs. All audible.
I’m watching the MAC women’s tournament right now. It’s actually better than I thought. You don’t realize how much of the crowd noise is actually the cheerleaders. Also the families are so fricking loud it just feels like a poorly attended regular game.
I'm absolutely speechless over this. Over-reaction of the highest order.
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Honestly, they could do without the announcers too. I would like to just watch the players play!!
The sim is off the walls. I haven't been this shocked since 9/11. This truly makes 0 sense. How in the flying **** can you do this when giant corporations with warehouses of 10k+ staff members are still working every.single.day.
Unless you literally shut down life as we know it, this is such an absurd overreaction. Public transportation in major cities see more than 20k+ people a day, and I rode the L into work this morning.
WTF is going on
Unless you literally shut down life as we know it, this is such an absurd overreaction. Public transportation in major cities see more than 20k+ people a day, and I rode the L into work this morning.
WTF is going on
I would be curious to hear from @Suterman, @suburbanhawk, and any others about the experiences of the individuals that they know who contracted it ... if you guys would be willing to share. I heard about an individual who had the coronavirus, secondhand, who said it was comparable to the common cold (of course, that may have been specific to that individual’s demographic and immune system)
Influenza has claimed 18,000 lives this year. Corona has claimed about 100. The elderly, particularly with pre existing conditions should be cautious. However, that is true for every year. We are moving out of Flu Season so I would make sure everyone over reacts. Medical Expert after Medical Expert has called out the Media for creating this hysteria. Wash your hands, keep your immune system boosted and move on.
The Ivy League has canceled all of their spring sports
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/28885013/ivy-league-decides-cancel-all-spring-sports
The 2 people I know were on an Egyptian cruise. They are in their 60's and are currently convalescing & recovering at home. I do not know the severity of their cases. If I hear anything to add to this, I will certainly do so.
CBS sports said everything on the table includig cancelling alltogether and moving to smaller venues
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