The state of Oregon has banned fans from sporting events through the end of September. Oregon is scheduled to host the Bison on September 5.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theozon...september/amp/
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The state of Oregon has banned fans from sporting events through the end of September. Oregon is scheduled to host the Bison on September 5.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theozon...september/amp/
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Watch the Ducks seek to move the game. Not to Fargo, but where the fans could travel.
Last week Oregon was talking about having students come in for classes in the fall. I wonder what changed?
Move the game to the Viking's stadium. I'd go to that game since the Mavs play that Thursday. Can't tell me that they couldn't bring in at least 40,000 people.
There was an article in the Birmingham media about Alabama’s buy games. (Including a game against Tennessee-Martin). It said the contracts have a clause that allows them to get out of the contract if the game is canceled due to dire circumstances. The gist of it was they could get out without paying if the NCAA shortened the season.
Oregon may well have a similar clause that could get them out of this game. They also host Ohio State In September.
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Those clauses are "act of God". Can only cancel without paying the guarantee if an " act of God" makes it impossible to play the game (See hurricane). A plan for the season months before it starts isn't an "act of God".
A virus with a 2 to 14 day incubation that can be spread asymptomatically? Unless the NCAA is going to test every team, every week, I don't see how they're gonna be able to hold this season from a liability standpoint, alone. And, large gatherings? Yeah, that's not gonna happen. You gonna test everybody before you let them into the stadium? If you don't and somebody get sick then you're gonna open yourself up to the same sort of action that Bars who have a lot of fights and who don't upgrade their security routinely open themselves up to.
The contracts for FCS Money games were made with the understanding that the host teams would be able to pay the visitors out of the home ticket sales and the concessions. That's not going to happen this year, for a variety of reasons.
The precautions necessary to ensure that Covid isn't needlessly transmitted at a sporting event are such that the Force Majure clauses in those contracts will be EASY to invoke for the teams who want to. I'm hoping we don't, but I have to face that fact that Louisiana has a ridiculously high transmission rate. I'll be surprised if we have a season.
Maybe the teams in areas where there's not much transmission can have some sort of a season...The rest of us are screwed.
It'd be an interesting argument and dependent on the language in the agreement and the specific circumstances (for instance, which governing body canceled the game).
Difficult for FCS schools, though, is that if these sorts of games are canceled, that is going to have serious impact on athletic budgets.