Just as I've been adamant about the "it's a hoax" crowd being held accountable for pushing false narratives and bad evidence, I've maintained those on the opposite side of the spectrum be held accountable for similarly bad data used to generate fear.
I have to say, nothing about these decisions today (from the timing to the reasons given to the logic of concurrently opening campuses back up) makes sense to me. It's entirely illogical to cite player safety and then argue for making 18 year olds play 25 games in a span of 9 months as a solution. It's nonsensical to open a campus the size of Ohio State up to tens of thousands of undergrads (who will absolutely break your rules designed to contain this) but then claim it's unsafe for <100 athletes who will be screened weekly at a minimum to practice and play football under regulated scrutiny. It's incredibly transparent that this occurred less than a week after going through the trouble to design a modified schedule. And frankly, the discussions being tossed around about viral myocarditis being the reason for this decision is just absurd to the point where some of the most respected cardiologists in the world are calling it out on Twitter. I'm talking people who've written textbook chapters on the topic from places like Mayo and Harvard.
Very disappointing to say the least
I have to say, nothing about these decisions today (from the timing to the reasons given to the logic of concurrently opening campuses back up) makes sense to me. It's entirely illogical to cite player safety and then argue for making 18 year olds play 25 games in a span of 9 months as a solution. It's nonsensical to open a campus the size of Ohio State up to tens of thousands of undergrads (who will absolutely break your rules designed to contain this) but then claim it's unsafe for <100 athletes who will be screened weekly at a minimum to practice and play football under regulated scrutiny. It's incredibly transparent that this occurred less than a week after going through the trouble to design a modified schedule. And frankly, the discussions being tossed around about viral myocarditis being the reason for this decision is just absurd to the point where some of the most respected cardiologists in the world are calling it out on Twitter. I'm talking people who've written textbook chapters on the topic from places like Mayo and Harvard.
Very disappointing to say the least
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