If season cancels how will we look going forward?

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GTpimp said:
And more bullshit gloom and doom; keep buying into the hysteria, that will definitely make things better.

Maybe it’s my desensitization from being a professional firefighter, but the goddamn worst case scenario talk that is all the rage right now does nothing to help, only causes more anxiety.

There are other preventable causes of sickness and death that far out number this situation, yet our entire ööööing country doesn’t shut down for these.

for öööös sake

fire away ööööheads
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What is "Professional Firefigher" compared to a regular Firefighter? Do you compete in a league?
 
Interesting thought experiment, even if unlikely: suppose the season is cancelled. Do you extend eligibility for current players? If so do you increase scholarship limits? Which team would be helped the most by going from ~4.25 classes on the field to ~5.25 classes on the field?
 
southendzoneBEE said:
What is "Professional Firefigher" compared to a regular Firefighter? Do you compete in a league?
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The majority of firefighters in this country are volunteer. Me, and GTpimp apparently, are paid for it. Bigger cities will obviously have a paid service and rural areas will have more volunteers.
 
If we have done all that we have done to flatten the curve sports should resume safely by md-summer. Many will have immunity, fewer will be transmitting the disease, and those with the disease will get tested quickly and the best help possible. If we don’t plan to gather again in crowds until the risk for this disease is at near zero we are likely looking at the fall/winter of ‘21/‘22 when there could be an effective vaccine in place.

A growing fear of mine is that as Trump and other Governors ease restrictions and encourage getting back to normalcy the haters and critics will call this irresponsible as long as there is any threat remaining. Such a position is untenable and hypocritical. If we are truly willing to avoid social gathering if it can save a single life we have attended our last church service, ball game, movie or concert. Diseases are transmitted in public. If we wish to refrain from sports because saving life is more important then we should save all of the money spent on sports, travel and entertainment and invest in providing food for the hungry. Sixty thousand children a week die of issues related to malnutrition every single week.

I recognize my own complicity in spending money selfishly on entertainment while there are so many people suffering in the world. I try to find some balance and attempt to both enjoy sports and entertainment with family and friends and also be generous in charitable giving. I am sure I don’t get that mix right. But, I do want us to beware of the self-righteous that will oppose all efforts to return to normalcy as reckless and irresponsible.
 
77GTFan said:
If we have done all that we have done to flatten the curve sports should resume safely by md-summer. Many will have immunity, fewer will be transmitting the disease, and those with the disease will get tested quickly and the best help possible. If we don’t plan to gather again in crowds until the risk for this disease is at near zero we are likely looking at the fall/winter of ‘21/‘22 when there could be an effective vaccine in place.

A growing fear of mine is that as Trump and other Governors ease restrictions and encourage getting back to normalcy the haters and critics will call this irresponsible as long as there is any threat remaining. Such a position is untenable and hypocritical. If we are truly willing to avoid social gathering if it can save a single life we have attended our last church service, ball game, movie or concert. Diseases are transmitted in public. If we wish to refrain from sports because saving life is more important then we should save all of the money spent on sports, travel and entertainment and invest in providing food for the hungry. Sixty thousand children a week die of issues related to malnutrition every single week.

I recognize my own complicity in spending money selfishly on entertainment while there are so many people suffering in the world. I try to find some balance and attempt to both enjoy sports and entertainment with family and friends and also be generous in charitable giving. I am sure I don’t get that mix right. But, I do want us to beware of the self-righteous that will oppose all efforts to return to normalcy as reckless and irresponsible.
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Sixty thousand children die every week ???? where in the ever loving galaxy did you come up with that figure !!!!
 
3.1 million children died of malnutrition issues in 2018. That seems like roughly 60k per week.
 
77GTFan said:
3.1 million children died of malnutrition issues in 2018. That seems like roughly 60k per week.
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I absolutely empathize with wanting to return to normalcy as soon as possible, but this just isn't a useful comparison. The same logic could lead you to ask why we care so much that 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks, when about 3,200 people die in car accidents every day. Even if it was a relevant comparison, we'd be looking at 2-4 million deaths in a period of 3 months in the United States alone without mitigation efforts. And millions more people who survive would suffer permanent lung or heart damage.

There are moral philosophy debates to be had about the ways we spend our money, but times of crisis and mass casualty events are different from constants that don't affect everyone equally.
 
OnlyAtTech said:
I absolutely empathize with wanting to return to normalcy as soon as possible, but this just isn't a useful comparison. The same logic could lead you to ask why we care so much that 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks, when about 3,200 people die in car accidents every day. Even if it was a relevant comparison, we'd be looking at 2-4 million deaths in a period of 3 months in the United States alone without mitigation efforts. And millions more people who survive would suffer permanent lung or heart damage.

There are moral philosophy debates to be had about the ways we spend our money, but times of crisis and mass casualty events are different from constants that don't affect everyone equally.
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For 2016 specifically, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data shows 37,461 people were killed in 34,436 motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day.[2]
 
I see the Masters announced a November makeup date. Good luck with that. I wonder if it's ever snowed at the Masters. I would bet good money will won't see any major sporting event the rest of the year. I doubt we will see any next year either. We won't have a vaccine for a year and a half so it looks like 2022 before we will see anything. By then a lot will have changed. This may just about wipe out social gatherings after 2 years of lockdown.
 
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OldGold1968 said:
I see the Masters announced a November makeup date. Good luck with that. I wonder if it's ever snowed at the Masters. I would bet good money will won't see any major sporting event the rest of the year. I doubt we will see any next year either. We won't have a vaccine for a year and a half so it looks like 2022 before we will see anything. By then a lot will have changed. This may just about wipe out social gatherings after 2 years of lockdown.
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OK, you know what I’m gonna say, right?

Shut the öööö up!
 
cyclejacket said:
For 2016 specifically, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data shows 37,461 people were killed in 34,436 motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day.[2]
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The "60k children die every week from malnutrition" figure in the post I responded to comes from UNICEF saying 3.1 million children die of malnutrition worldwide each year , so I used global data for car accidents as well. The CDC says "every day, almost 3700 people are killed globally in road traffic crashes" so I was actually a bit low, but yeah, I could've been clear about that.
 
OnlyAtTech said:
The "60k children die every week from malnutrition" figure in the post I responded to comes from UNICEF saying 3.1 million children die of malnutrition worldwide each year , so I used global data for car accidents as well. The CDC says "every day, almost 3700 people are killed globally in road traffic crashes" so I was actually a bit low, but yeah, I could've been clear about that.
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Seems crazy to me that there are 3700 deaths a day but only 102 of them are here.

I would guess that miles driven we would have at least 10%, maybe I'm off, though
 
G776T said:
Seems crazy to me that there are 3700 deaths a day but only 102 of them are here.

I would guess that miles driven we would have at least 10%, maybe I'm off, though
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The majority are in India is my guess based on my experiences.
 
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