AAC Tourny canceled
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Agree, I'll be surprised if it isn't cancelled. Lately it seems like each day is bringing things that we would have thought inconceivable the previous day.
MLS suspends operations for 30 days. All major conferences have canceled BB tournaments except Big East.
It's all about lawsuits/insurance/liability issues. It's cheaper to cancel games/tourney than to face the onslaught of "potential" lawsuits that they 4 sure would incur IF they continued.
And nobody wants to be singled out when everyone else cancelled.
Honestly in this situation whether or not you get a bid to this or that tournament seems almost irrelevant. Damned shame.
For those of you who lived through the Tulsa ice storm about a decade ago the cascade of unthinkables is a little deja vu.
Honestly in this situation whether or not you get a bid to this or that tournament seems almost irrelevant. Damned shame.
For those of you who lived through the Tulsa ice storm about a decade ago the cascade of unthinkables is a little deja vu.
The American Athletic Conference men's postseason basketball tournament was slated to begin at noon on Thursday, but with less than two hours remaining before tipoff of the first game, the conference decided to cancel the event.
LINK: AAC cancels its men's basketball postseason tourney
LINK: AAC cancels its men's basketball postseason tourney
This has been blown out of proportion for sure.
Kansas released a statement. Basically they will not be participating in an NCAA tournament if it does happen.
You know all these leagues are coordinating. After the NBA went, the rest didn't have much choice. Or they had cover to act decisively, depending on how you prefer to look at it.
If Kansas and Duke are going to skip it, its just a matter of time before they cancel the whole thing.
This is a fascinating thing. People deciding whether they agree with the NBA, MLS, NHL, etc. have 3 choices:
1. I know more and am smarter than the people running these multi-billion $ leagues who have access to any people or data they want and have unlimited resources.
2. I know the same.
3. I know less.
Faced with that decision, a lot of people choose 1 - they actually think they know more and are smarter than the very seasoned execs who have unlimited access to the best information and people on the planet. It's mind boggling.
A thought experiment. The CDC gets a call, "I'm Joe Shmo, rando dude from Tulsa, I'm deciding whether to toss a Totino's in the oven or hit up the all you can eat ziti at the Olive Garden. Call me back and tell me everything you know about coronavirus." Then another call, "This is Adam Silver, head of the NBA, I'm deciding literally right now whether to let 8 million people in the next week into confined spaces for extended periods. Call me back about coronavirus." Who will the CDC call back? Who gets all the most detailed and sensitive info? I guarantee you that the major leagues have been planning for this with the CDC for a long time and have pre-existing relationships and protocols. They're not making this up as they go. They know everything the CDC knows.
And still, Joe Shmo, rando whose ENTIRE KNOWLEDGE about the virus comes from surfing the web while waiting for the next basket of breadsticks, thinks he knows more and makes better decisions than the collective best and brightest of the largest leagues and companies on the planet (and MLB). How does this happen? What is broken in the human brain? It's part of the fascinating and frustrating story of psychology.
So is the fact that I want to each buttery, garlicky breadsticks now.
The lack of coordinated national leadership on this is really troubling. If there is any federal governmental function I would expect most people would agree upon outside of national defense, I would expect it to be disaster planning and response.
Yet all of these individual actors are pushing the response via herd mentality.
Sorry this might be better placed in crossfire but I want to watch my damned basketball. And if not, I want someone to explain to me why missing it helps promote the public good.
It seems so haphazard.
Yet all of these individual actors are pushing the response via herd mentality.
Sorry this might be better placed in crossfire but I want to watch my damned basketball. And if not, I want someone to explain to me why missing it helps promote the public good.
It seems so haphazard.
I fully support protecting the players. That’s what matters first and foremost.
If we all get holed up at home, eating frozen pizza and drinking boxed wine, it sure would be nice to watch the tournament in between Disney plus and Great British whackoff, we Bake-off. And gaddammit, the tournament is the best!
If we all get holed up at home, eating frozen pizza and drinking boxed wine, it sure would be nice to watch the tournament in between Disney plus and Great British whackoff, we Bake-off. And gaddammit, the tournament is the best!
I dont think anyone thinks they're smarter. I just think it's a huge over exaggeration. Maybe I'm wrong. But cancelling events isnt going to slow things down unless people decide they dont want to go to the store, or go to work, or basically do anything other then stay at home for a month. Putting life to a halt for something you can catch going anywhere is too much.
I agree there is an inevitability to it. There are also a lot of very vulnerable that will die if they get this. And you don’t want it if you can avoid it. There are evidently some long term effects that are bad. They have to take precautionary measures.
I also feel they should allow the seniors the opportunity to come back for a final season if they so choose to do so. For many of them itll be the last time they get to play something they worked so hard for
I agree with that, too. It would create some odd problems. I doubt it happens.
What it does do is slowdown the rate that the virus is spreading, and it makes the serious cases more manageable (fewer of them at 1 time) for our healthcare industry.
I agree with that. My family chose to isolate my grandma due to a case popping up in South Dakota where shes at. So I understand protecting the elderly part.
But that's exactly the point. The people making these decisions think it will make a big difference to slow the spread, reduce the number of people infected and reduce the impact. Apparently a lot of research from prior infections supports this. Who's idea on this is better? Yours or the guy who's spent his entire career studying infectious diseases and public health. I admit I don't know but I think there are people who actually know a lot about this stuff whose view is a lot more valuable than mine.
That's the scariest and most frustrating thing. I figured it wasn't that bad but if these leagues are canceling, they must have a good reason. What do they know that I don't? I just don't agree that they're having mass hysteria - these guys are laser focused on $, they don't get distracted like that. But I know I cant believe a damn word coming from the government so what is there that I dont hnow? Thata scary.
At least that AACK! Conf. Championship trophy & Banner are going to look great. Very, very few teams get those this year.
I do agree they think it will stop the spread and theres no doubt they have more knowledge. I also think alot of it is protecting themselves from potential lawsuits in case someone does catch something by being there. You know someone will sue the NCAA or whoever for allowing events to go on
I also still think this all assuming the people going to the games are just going to stay home now. Which I'm sure a good amount will. But alot of people just dont like sitting at home and will find other things to do that involves being around people. But they are doing what they can, I agree, even though I think it's too much, I'm not saying I'm right in thinking that way
I 100% guarantee that they did not assume that. Theyre not stupid, if that occurred to us, they thought about it too. And their recommendations are based on prior disease cases and people then wanted to do stuff too. And the plans still worked. There seems to he something about large gatherings that's more dangerous than a lot of small groups. I dont know what but they do. So its large groups theyre trying to eliminate.
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I understand why they canceled the whole tournament. This is a serious health situation, especially for seniors.
However, I can’t help but smile, thinking of an alternate outcome where they actually played the NCAA basketball tournament while Kansas and Duke nobly stayed home and watched.
Wow. Talk about blowing something out of proportion. That's exactly what this whole thing is about.
In 10-14 days if you make that statement, then I'll take it as a serious statement, made with enough information to be accepted or poo poohed.
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