2020 ndsu football season

[Grizzled]

Which is why I brought up the legitimacy of the covid liability legislation I heard this morning and if anyone has heard of this. To my knowledge, people are unable to seek liability for flu deaths. But Covid lawsuits are a “go”?

The country doesn’t shut down for the flu either. The perceived risk has been treated differently from the start. It will be tough to just put it all back in the bag.

[JohnnyExtacy]

The country doesn’t shut down for the flu either. The perceived risk has been treated differently from the start. It will be tough to just put it all back in the bag.

The flu is a vaccinated illness. The vaccination removes liability from any 2nd party because people have the choice to be vaccinated. The flu is also not listed as a "Pandemic" virus, which organizations putting people are at risk of lawsuits if there is an outbreak. You're seeing that happen all over the country right now.

Here's an explanation of it right now. https://justicecounts.com/coronaviru...d-19-lawsuits/ The question is, are the conferences admitting that they have "employees" with the protection of liabiity angle. This is going to completely blow a hole in the arguments against athletes allowed to gain financial freedom for playing college sportws.

[ndsubison1]

We have a vaccine for the flu, yet millions still get it.

[THEsocalledfan]

This courting of Nebraska is all silliness now that the B1G said they are out if the play anyone.....feel bad for Nebraska being bitch slapped for having common sense in a time of hysteria.

[Rock]

This courting of Nebraska is all silliness now that the B1G said they are out if the play anyone.....feel bad for Nebraska being bitch slapped for having common sense in a time of hysteria.

Especially if they played NDSU!!!

Was big12 announcement impacted by this at all? Get nebraska fans homesick?

[Hammersmith]

This courting of Nebraska is all silliness now that the B1G said they are out if the play anyone.....feel bad for Nebraska being bitch slapped for having common sense in a time of hysteria.

I just want to highlight this for those that haven't heard. I'm going to assume Kolpack submitted his article today on the topic before he heard about it.



The Big Ten commissioner was asked if a Big Ten school<coughNebraskacough> could still play this fall even after the conference's announcement.

His response: "No. Not and be a member of the Big Ten Conference."



And if you think that a school would be willing to blow up their relationships(and the contractual mess that it would cause) just for what would likely be a half season or less of football, then you are plum crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of one's faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal... WACKO!!


2 points if you get the reference

[NDSUKurt]

HELL YEA NDSU 3 BIG 12 OOC games. lets go!

Won't happen.

The Big 12 has stated that members, if they want to play 1 out of conference game, must do so by Sept 26.

Big 12 Non Conference games as of now - Per Dom Izzo:

K-State: Arkansas State
Texas Tech: Houston Baptist
TCU: Tennessee Tech
Oklahoma: Missouri State
Kansas: Southern Illinois?
Iowa State: South Dakota? *** (they also have a verbal agreement with an FBS team from "down south" if the South Dakota Game cannot occur.
Baylor: TBD
Texas: TBD
West Virginia: Eastern Kentucky
Oklahoma State: TBD

So for NDSU, the options are slim:

Baylor, Texas, Oklahoma State

[JohnnyExtacy]

We have a vaccine for the flu, yet millions still get it.

The flu is not considered a worldwide "pandemic".

[Rock]

Wrong thread

[Hammersmith]

The flu is not considered a worldwide "pandemic".

Mostly, but not completely, true. Most flu outbreaks are not pandemics, but some are. 2009 H1N1(Swine flu) was a global pandemic. 1918 H1N1(Spanish flu) was a global pandemic. In the last 140 years, there have been a total of five* flu pandemics. So while the vast majority of seasonal flus never rise to the level of pandemics, there is always the possibility that they might.

*or more, depending on the definition



Just out of interest, here is the subtype breakdown of the five most recent "big" pandemics:

H1N1 - 1918 Spanish flu, 2009 Swine flu
H2N2 - 1957 Asian flu, 1889-90 flu (maybe)
H3N2 - 1968 Hong Kong flu
H3N8 - 1889-90 flu (maybe)

all were influenza A