billikenbill Posted March 12, 2020 Author Posted March 12, 2020 I thought it was better than 50-50 that this would happen. Disappointing, but necessary.
ARon Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 BIG10, AAC, SEC, MAC have have all cleared the courts. MLS has suspended season. NHL on ice officials have been told to book trips home. A10 players are complaining on Twitter for being told to play. Any minute now.
SShoe Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 A little history lesson below. I heard about this on the radio yesterday and it's clearly the inspiration between the CDC curve graph I posted earlier. This blurb is from Quartz, but I think it quickly captures the necessity of all of these actions. "In 1918, the city of Philadelphia threw a parade that killed thousands of people. Ignoring warnings of influenza among soldiers preparing for World War I, the march to support the war effort drew 200,000 people who crammed together to watch the procession. Three days later, every bed in Philadelphia’s 31 hospitals was filled with sick and dying patients, infected by the Spanish flu. By the end of the week, more than 4,500 were dead in an outbreak that would claim as many as 100 million people worldwide. By the time Philadelphia’s politicians closed down the city, it was too late. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences A different story played out in St. Louis, just 900 miles away. Within two days of detecting its first cases among civilians, the city closed schools, playgrounds, libraries, courtrooms, and even churches. Work shifts were staggered and streetcar ridership was strictly limited. Public gatherings of more than 20 people were banned. The extreme measures—now known as social distancing, which is being called for by global health agencies to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus—kept per capita flu-related deaths in St. Louis to less than half of those in Philadelphia, according to a 2007 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." jimbofive 1
wgstl Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 I just want to be the first to report it: A10 will cancel tournament per me
moytoy12 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, ARon said: BIG10, AAC, SEC, MAC have have all cleared the courts. MLS has suspended season. NHL on ice officials have been told to book trips home. A10 players are complaining on Twitter for being told to play. Any minute now. I'm curious, who was complaining?
BillsBeliever!!! Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Fordham might be the last A10 team to get a win. What a season lol
BillsBeliever!!! Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, moytoy12 said: I'm curious, who was complaining? Carry on Duquesne
wgstl Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, moytoy12 said: I'm curious, who was complaining? really, if anything I would think the other way around
BillsBeliever!!! Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Players in the A10 and ACC are still warming up
brianstl Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, BillsBeliever!!! said: Fordham might be the last A10 team to get a win. What a season lol I move that we declare Fordham A10 champs. Let them hang a banner.
BillsBeliever!!! Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, brianstl said: I move that we declare Fordham A10 champs. Let them hang a banner. Lets everyone but St Joes and George Washington hang a co-champ banner.
moytoy12 Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 1 minute ago, brianstl said: I move that we declare Fordham A10 champs. Let them hang a banner. And hand them an argument to stay in the league forever?!
Bay Area Billiken Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, slufan13 said: There it is.
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