Corona Virus And Playoff Games

[RichH]

And knowing ugarte, I'm assuming the misspelling of "speling" was intentional?

I'm sure it is, since that's the actual name of the section over there in the right-hand column of this page.  ----->

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

And knowing ugarte, I'm assuming the misspelling of "speling" was intentional?

look at the list!

D'oh!  I actually never looked at the title of the list closely.

[ice]

Off the ice

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/study-highlights-ease-spread-covid-19-viruses

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/10/simple-math-alarming-answers-covid-19/

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/410980/covid-19-cases-silent-transmission-could-already-be-happening-expert

[Swampy]

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And why is this an Ivy League policy? Shouldn't each school decide? Or since these are ECAC games, shouldn't they decide.

Now if Q decides it's okay, how can Yale go there and play in front of fans? Shouldn't they be restricted by Ivy policy?

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In a showing of solidarity, the ECAC should cowpoke up and ban fans from all playoff venues.

RPI has also banned fans from the quarterfinal it's hosting. This leaves Clarkson and Quinnipiac. As Jim mentioned, out of fairness to the other Ivies in the tourney, if nothing else (like consistency), the Ivy League should tell Yale it cannot play if Q allows fans at the event. (Harvard plays at RPI.)

This leaves Clarkson. In its remote, rural setting one might make the case that a fanban is unnecessary. But then why should Clarkson gain a home ice advantage just because it's located where nobody wants to live? And if some teams in the league are prohibited from allowing fans because they have league-within-a-league membership, then if the ECAC truly wants to include that league-within-a-league shouldn't it make the ban ECAC-wide. Think of the legend of Christian X.

The ECAC could smooth all this out, displaying both substanial precaution and a desire to demonstrate the ECAC wants parity of treatment rather than a heavy thumb on the scale in favor of its non-Ivy teams, by simply extending the Ivy fanban.

[Jim Hyla]

Off the ice

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/study-highlights-ease-spread-covid-19-viruses

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/10/simple-math-alarming-answers-covid-19/

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/410980/covid-19-cases-silent-transmission-could-already-be-happening-expert

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say by posting those links. Some of the discussion is absolute bs. They mention the same 1 million cases that Adam talked about. This data comes from "according to several epidemiological studies". However the link goes to only one study from China in January. Well the new case rate from China has dropped markedly. So what about data from the last 6 weeks.

Initial data from outbreaks is known to be poor, and when the author mentions "several... studies" and links to only one, I have to cry foul.

Unfortunately it's this type of hysterical writing that leads to bad outcomes.

If our government had tried to set up a plan back in January, at the latest, and had calmly laid it all out to the public, we wouldn't be in this mess.

[Jim Hyla]

I guess that concert crowds are either not as important, or stronger immunologically, or NYS is not as afraid of lawsuits as are universities.

I have a concert at The Egg, on the NYS government campus in Albany tomorrow night. It's essentially sold out and I've heard nothing about it being cancelled.

I wonder why that is?

[Trotsky]

Please strictly limit this thread to a discussion of closures at hockey games, or move it to JSID.

I like you people.  The more I read you on anything but hockey the less I like you.  

I want to keep liking you.

[scoop85]

So in the last 30 minutes Cornell is informing students that all in-person classes are cancelled the rest of the year.  Have no idea what this means for the rest of our sports seasons, but I can't think it's good news.

https://twitter.com/cornellsun/status/1237484464940486657

[scoop85]

Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community.  Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

[Trotsky]

I can't imagine games will continue.  That would leave the university wide open to litigation if and when somebody tests positive.  And a lot of Cornellians have New Jersey lawyer parents.

Not the hockey players, though.  Canadians aren't assholes so let them play.  :-)

[French Rage]

Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community.  Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

[upprdeck]

how many kids will go home if you have a place off campus you are paying for?

[Trotsky]

Here's Pollack's notification to the Cornell community.  Interestingly it doesn't say all athletic events will be cancelled, but rather that each member will be strictly limited to 3 guests per participant. So maybe there's a little hope that the games can continue.

So how do we expand the hockey roster to roughly 1000 players?

We only need add 800 student ticket holders as players.  That gives us 2400 additional guests.

[Trotsky]

how many kids will go home if you have a place off campus you are paying for?

The ones whose parents tell them to get a job, so, mine.  :-)

[scoop85]

I can't imagine games will continue.  That would leave the university wide open to litigation if and when somebody tests positive.  And a lot of Cornellians have New Jersey lawyer parents.

Not the hockey players, though.  Canadians aren't assholes so let them play.  :-)

Sure, probably wishful thinking on my part.