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davsand

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19. When you argue for "football now" do you think the college towns should be sentenced to death?
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 12:59 PM
Sep 2020

Yeah, I understand that the crowds at the stadiums will be "limited" along with tailgates, but are you paying ANY attention to the impact on the towns who will get invaded with the fans? WE who live in those host towns are also in the line to be exposed to COVID, and we don't have any say about it. It isn't just a matter of testing those student athletes with a rapid test, what about everybody that works for a living in that town and is exposed to fans running in and out for the game.

I had to be tested after a workplace exposure, and it took five days to get results. How many people do you think get exposed after the fans leave by just one waitress or bartender in five days? How about a clerk in the gas station or in the mall? The rest of us that are not college athletes have to live in these communities, and we don't have access to those "wonderful" magic tests that are supposed to keep this exercise in commercialism a safe gamble.

Seriously, I don't think you have any idea what a shitshow football game weekends really are like when it comes to the drunken assholes running around. This bring back football shit is a death sentence.



Laura

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It never shouid have been canceled. former9thward Sep 2020 #1
LOL, ok! nt USALiberal Sep 2020 #9
So full of misinformation JT45242 Sep 2020 #11
Well Said, Sir, And Quite Helpful The Magistrate Sep 2020 #13
+1 Spazito Sep 2020 #16
+1. yonder Sep 2020 #17
How do you think the "former Iowa player" got his degree? former9thward Sep 2020 #34
Look at the pac 12 JT45242 Sep 2020 #43
yep uponit7771 Sep 2020 #36
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #42
When you argue for "football now" do you think the college towns should be sentenced to death? davsand Sep 2020 #19
Football is and has been being played for a few weeks now. former9thward Sep 2020 #30
You really are clueless Awsi Dooger Sep 2020 #31
I will ask again -- what towns have been "sentenced to death"? former9thward Sep 2020 #35
We already had 125 new cases reported in this county today. davsand Sep 2020 #37
There asre football players with heart damage due to covid. Here showed you...no reason to risk Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #38
The players are receiving weekly testing for Covid. former9thward Sep 2020 #41
2 reasons. 1. Masks and shutdowns were mostly followed. 2. There is no US Football. JanMichael Sep 2020 #44
Europe doesn't have the cases we do... and I sent you the evidence. Football is not Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #45
Unsurprising ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #20
BS rockfordfile Sep 2020 #25
For how long? matt819 Sep 2020 #2
It's the lead news story on my local stations Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #3
Yeah. Poor Coach Harbaugh underpants Sep 2020 #5
No it isn't. redstatebluegirl Sep 2020 #10
Big gamble. roamer65 Sep 2020 #4
Nebraska was really pushing this. redstatebluegirl Sep 2020 #6
The Cornhuskers are the State Religion in Nebraska. Big Red football. mnhtnbb Sep 2020 #8
Yeah they were. From the beginning. I read an article on LSU yesterday underpants Sep 2020 #15
It should be cancelled...it is unsafe and if these kids who are not paid get Covid, Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #7
A significant reason they caved is pressure from the players Amishman Sep 2020 #22
I don't care...no one should be playing football. Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #39
And, there's the tweet! demmiblue Sep 2020 #12
Knew it underpants Sep 2020 #14
Fawk you. a kennedy Sep 2020 #27
Sigh, I hope that my Big 10 school opts out. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2020 #18
I Wonder About Both The Big 10 Schools Here ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #21
Yeah, I haven't heard anything yet. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2020 #24
My Nephew Went There ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #26
Good for your nephew! We need PAs. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2020 #33
He Passed The Exam ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #40
They are either in or out. No some playing, it's all of them play or none of them do. a kennedy Sep 2020 #28
Trump had zero to do with it Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #23
Big Ten University President Says Football Return Has 'Nothing To Do' With Trump CatWoman Sep 2020 #29
This is also the reason the Woodward book needed to come out weeks later Awsi Dooger Sep 2020 #32
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