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Will COVID-19 be the needle that finally bursts the sports bubble?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BitterYoungMatador2, Apr 2, 2020.

  1. HappyCurmudgeon

    HappyCurmudgeon Well-Known Member

    The ages are pretty easy to find. Whether it's legitimate or not I couldn't tell you but they are pretty open about their age and rugby background.
     
  2. Craig Sagers Tailor

    Craig Sagers Tailor Active Member

    And, as you probably know, they're still paying their old AD.

    I'm worried about NC State as well. Don't have the donors that UNC/Duke have. They did recently get a new Wolfpack Club president. He needs to saddle up to James Goodnight, though that ship might have sailed.
     
  3. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    Nah, not really.

    It has to do with the NCAA's illegality, its thievery and that sort of business.

    Don't insist on overthinking this, dear Alma.
     
  4. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Not worried at all about NCSU. And if the Wolfpack Club was sucked into a black hole, humanity would be better off.
     
  5. Craig Sagers Tailor

    Craig Sagers Tailor Active Member

    Yeah They've got ACC TV money to fall back on so they're probably OK.
     
  6. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    The way I see it, ACCN has put the conference's athletic department into the sort of territory where if they can't manage the resources, they're really doing something wrong.

    Sure, a booster club helps ... Chapel Hill spent $21 million attempting to discredit the NCAA while the multi-decade academic fraud investigation was ongoing and another eight digits to write a check to send Larry Fedora packing. But I suspect smart budgeting will help departments not only meet budget, but salt some cash away for a rainy day, to pay off the balance of a high-profile coach's contract or maybe a pandemic.

    And NCSU will need to lawyer up trying to defend $40K Adidas reportedly handed Dennis Smith Jr. through Orlando Early and other such things during Mark Gottfried's tenure.
     
  7. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    But the Pack is really gonna be good this year. This is their year. I read it in The Maven/SI. So it has to be true and not written with any hint of boosterism.
     
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  8. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    I’m not @The Big Ragu, but I’m pretty sure that’s Deutsche marks.
     
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  9. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Iowa State games are going to be exclusive.

     
  10. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    I would pay Pitt to be restricted from attending games and being around that idiot fanbase.
     
  11. LanceyHoward

    LanceyHoward Well-Known Member

    I
    Will student tickets be sold?
     
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  12. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    College sports would be far better in the long run if more conferences adopted the MAC's streamlining/elimination of conference tournaments and then maintained those formats after the virus has abated.

    What is Iowa State going to do about visiting players families? No tickets sold to the visiting team?
     
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