2020-21 Season *Officially* Delayed

[osorojo]

Never engage in a conversation with a Haahvaard fan who has been feasting on garlic knots!

[osorojo]

WOW! Cornell Men's hockey just dropped from first to sixth place without even a scrimmage, let alone a game. These new computer programs are AWESOME!

[Trotsky]

WOW! Cornell Men's hockey just dropped from first to sixth place without even a scrimmage, let alone a game. These new computer programs are AWESOME!

[profudge]

Tangentially related only:  

The American Hockey League announced Wednesday the targeted start date for the 2020-21 season is now February 5, 2021.

No details yet.

[Trotsky]

Tangentially related only:  

The American Hockey League announced Wednesday the targeted start date for the 2020-21 season is now February 5, 2021.

No details yet.

I hope they misspelled 2022.

[osorojo]

Now the 2020 - 2021 season starts in 2021?! That appears to violate our traditional concept of time, or the definition of the verb "starts"? Or maybe it's just Orwellian "newspeak" jumping over from politics to athletics.

[upprdeck]

dont alot of sports start in the spring?  Lax 20-21 always started in 2021..

[Trotsky]

That appears to violate our traditional concept of time,

It's all been shit since McTaggart.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Tangentially related only:  

The American Hockey League announced Wednesday the targeted start date for the 2020-21 season is now February 5, 2021.

No details yet.

There probably won't be any details in February either.

[Beeeej]

Cornell to host a Zoom webinar tomorrow evening on the subject "Calling an Audible – How College Athletics & Sports Programming have adapted to changing times." Must register in advance, at the link below.

Speakers:

• Jimmy Pitaro HumEc '91, Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content
• Moderator, Corinne Patten '92, CALS (Dyson), Women's Soccer, PepsiCo- Vice President National Account Sales
• Rob Ferguson, Head Coach, Cornell Women's Soccer
• Jonathan Plass AAP '22, Men's Track & Field. Home state: Pennsylvania
• Margaret Owen A&S '21, Senior, Women's Rowing, Captain. Home state: Connecticut

https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TYANketjTIy1aV6Eh3eeVw

[Cop at Lynah]

CANCELLED !!!

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

CANCELLED !!!

Yep.  Just saw it at Inquirer.com

It sucks, but I can't say it wasn't expected.

[Ninian 72]

Ivy League announced today that winter season is cancelled for all sports:

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2020/11/12/general-ivy-league-outlines-intercollegiate-athletics-plans-no-competition-for-winter-sports.aspx

Good luck to the rest of the ECAC for cobbling together a season. Guessing they won't be far behind in opting out.

[ursusminor]

I suspect that only RPI and Union will follow. The other four have released something.

[CU2007]

Will be interesting to see if there is any change to the Lynah atmosphere due to an entire missed season. Assuming an equal distribution by class (probably not the case) a full half of the student section will have never been to a game next season as opposed to the usual 25%. Have to think there's a learning curve for the cheers and all that.  Still others may not be warm to the idea of being crammed into a student section even if these vaccines prove effective.