It would be devastating.
The economic impacts would be extremely devastating to any community like BCS, and there are a lot of them around the U.S. (Los Angeles is not one of them)Slocum on a mobile said:
What will the financial impact on the community be? That's a lot of tax dollars that don't materialize, lots of hotel rooms, lots of folks eating out...
Gap said:
Why it be any different in the Spring. Covid is here to stay in this world. Once you move it to Spring, the same forces start to work on a Spring cancellation.
And this is why we have decisions to make. People have different views on what's more important and that's perfectly fine. While I'm not sure we know yet what kind of long term impacts covid will have on lung capacity, it's ok if some are more concerned with that than other things.FlyRod said:
I'd worry more about the diminished lung function (and thus affected careers) of any infected athletes who become "long-termers."
You say this a lot. I mean, a lot.FlyRod said:
I'd worry more about the diminished lung function (and thus affected careers) of any infected athletes who become "long-termers."
True. Maybe time for an even larger effort to recruit white collar businesses from high tax states. They can convert large empty buildings to office space or a mix, hire people who need jobs and get folks to relocate here, and provide additional reasons for others to visit here on business. This will, of course, help the restaurants, stores, hotels, and service providers that are able to hang on.TellMeMore said:
While loss of football is a crushing blow, how many businesses won't make it til the end of the year regardless. Sales tax revenue will tank in College Station, and just exactly what do you do with a shuttered hotel. Cause there will be a few of them as well.
TellMeMore said:
While loss of football is a crushing blow, how many businesses won't make it til the end of the year regardless. Sales tax revenue will tank in College Station, and just exactly what do you do with a shuttered hotel. Cause there will be a few of them as well.
Mentioned in 4th post of thread.Langenator said:
One impact nobody has mentioned is what happens to all the other sports if there's no football. Football, and maybe basketball, generates almost all of the revenue for the athletic department.
Without that revenue, the athletic department either has go get a lot of money from boosters, or start cutting programs that aren't self-funding. (And getting money from boosters will be more challenging, because, aside from boosters that have a focused interest in a specific sport, football tends to be the thing that attracts the boosters.)
Even if football is played in the fall, if stadium capacity is limited, revenue is going to take a big hit. That's both the athletic department, and the local economy and tax revenues.
Playing in the spring would be a full admission of what everyone already knows - they're doing it for the money. And it would be a 'Lite' version, since a lot of draft eligible players (think Trevor Lawrence from Clemson) would opt out of playing
It certainly impacts the experiences one needs as they grow into adulthood.TellMeMore said:
First, no travel cost both varsity and JV saves money. HS football has vertually no impact. Only hurts the players chances for scholarships.
Slocum on a mobile said:
What will the financial impact on the community be? That's a lot of tax dollars that don't materialize, lots of hotel rooms, lots of folks eating out...