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Per some recent articles, we might be getting some announcements about football from the ACC pretty soon.
Pat Forde (SI): https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/27/college-football-season-status-decisions-acc
Tony Barnhardt (SI): https://www.si.com/college/tmg/tony-barnhart/footballs-future
Apparently the ACC's ADs met yesterday to finalize a proposal to the ACC presidents who are meeting today. But the presidents might kick it back to an already-scheduled AD meeting tomorrow. Or they might kick the decision out farther. And I'm sure that any decision they make now is subject to change at any point before or during the season. We're getting real close to fall practice starting, and one of those articles talks about players not wanting to go through fall camp and then not get to play, so it seems fair to expect a decision before we get too deep into practice.
I'm sure most of you got the recent e-mail from Tech soliciting more input on whether you would attend home games if they were played. The plan seems to be to set a reduced capacity and do a this-year-only online reseating of those who want to attend and are Above The Line in terms of A-T points, which could be fun (to sit in a different part of the stadium) if I make the cut. Tickets would be digital-only, but people who requested paper tickets will still receive physical tickets as a souvenir.
Sitting in the stands seems fairly low-risk if they space people out sufficiently (the back rows of the upper decks of the stadium are looking pretty good), but maintaining distance getting into the stadium, navigating the concourses, and at concessions and restrooms will be more of a challenge.
Hopefully there will be some actual news to put into this thread in the next few days.
JRjr
Pat Forde (SI): https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/27/college-football-season-status-decisions-acc
Tony Barnhardt (SI): https://www.si.com/college/tmg/tony-barnhart/footballs-future
Apparently the ACC's ADs met yesterday to finalize a proposal to the ACC presidents who are meeting today. But the presidents might kick it back to an already-scheduled AD meeting tomorrow. Or they might kick the decision out farther. And I'm sure that any decision they make now is subject to change at any point before or during the season. We're getting real close to fall practice starting, and one of those articles talks about players not wanting to go through fall camp and then not get to play, so it seems fair to expect a decision before we get too deep into practice.
I'm sure most of you got the recent e-mail from Tech soliciting more input on whether you would attend home games if they were played. The plan seems to be to set a reduced capacity and do a this-year-only online reseating of those who want to attend and are Above The Line in terms of A-T points, which could be fun (to sit in a different part of the stadium) if I make the cut. Tickets would be digital-only, but people who requested paper tickets will still receive physical tickets as a souvenir.
Sitting in the stands seems fairly low-risk if they space people out sufficiently (the back rows of the upper decks of the stadium are looking pretty good), but maintaining distance getting into the stadium, navigating the concourses, and at concessions and restrooms will be more of a challenge.
Hopefully there will be some actual news to put into this thread in the next few days.
JRjr