From Athens -Friday Thoughts - 07-08-20

Good Day All,

No video this week.....we had camera issues.... I did firmware update and didn’t understand until after the fact...we went out to shoot and camera gave us warning notices that SIM cards were not compatible.... it now requires two ultra high speed cards..... I will work out the hiccups this weekend and be ready for next weeks shoot...

Rumor mill here is SEC will release schedule before Monday....underscore rumor..... believing it when it happens...

Still a large amount of pushback from UGA faculty and students about starting in person classrooms courses.... several on campus faculty
organizations have written letters to President Morehead about health safety concerns.....

Sidebar..... Athens Clarke County has delayed making a decision about students in classrooms or a date to start school...

Oconee County which borders Athens to the south started school this past Wednesday....students in classrooms.....

Barrow County which borders Athens to the west....was due to start school with in classroom students on August 17.... have halted those plans and now going to go to online classes as a result of 90 staff members be placed in quarantine after being exposed to Covid-19.

Again the importance is... the NCCA has ruled that there must be students on campus taking in classroom courses for the college
football season to go forward....

Much discussion about college football being played..

I have been flipping on both sides of the issue

Colleges are bleeding huge sums of money... not collecting full tuition.. and ticket sales...

Without football ESPN hasn’t got a product to sell to advertising agencies.

Unless there is an explosion of deaths Related to the virus ..... football in some form will be......Played.....

Long winded....end it here.... haven’t touched on fans attending games


Yup... still more questions than answers..

Pause and give thanks

Continue to check on family and friends...often..

Have a safe weekend and week....

As always. “Go Dawgs”









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Well... the revised SEC schedule is out... we get MSU at home

Travel to Arkansas....

UF.... get Arkansas at home and travels to TAMU...

UT ... .. TAMU at home travels to Auburn

Overall we did pretty well out of what could have been dealt..


Go Dawgs

The MAC cancelled their season for all teams. I know they are usually just cannon fodder for the big conferences but it does not bode well. I know money has to be made, but man this does not look promising.

Might it be possible with the D5 conferences not playing any

Non conference teams.... there would be no money coming in

Playing the big teams... few fans in stands ... little ticket revenue

Just tank the season and reduce the losses.... maybe ?

Man it does not look good now. I am not happy. Without football in the fall I have committed to jumping straight to Christmas with the hat and Andy Williams and Dean Martin or rioting. There is no in between.

EDIT: just read a great story about college football. The actual student athletes are safer with the schools than they are at home given how so many come from lower income homes. At school they get healthcare and testing. At home possibly not. Fear mongering is the driving force now.

KD..

Exactly....

Try this on.... no kids in class ,....for elem...jr Hs. Or HS..

Teacher is no longer having to teach and run a daycare center

No out of pocket expenses for classroom supplies...just teach..

Not trying to discipline.... huge ...no classroom bullies

Pay the same shorter hours..

Moving to college... students can sit in mom’s kitchen and take classes.


Down side. ..... parents not wanting to pay full tuition..when getting

Less.... stay tuned....