Last edited by Acymetric; 07-29-2020 at 10:47 PM.
Most spring sports play some type of fall ball to prep for the early February outside start. It's not required for every sport; Dino just starts the season very early instead, and he does pretty well.
I will agree this is a last ditch effort, and I don't see this season happening with the problems MLB is having. FB/MBB ticket sales combined provide 8 figures in revenue just like the TV split. We drop @Pitt and @Miami and add BC, FSU, and @Syracuse.
Last edited by duke2x; 07-29-2020 at 11:31 PM.
Which makes me wonder why the ACC offered this without anything in return (extra conference games or extension of current deal) unless 1) ESPN is throwing in a little extra money to make everyone whole Or 2) most of the ND away games will be on the ACC Network as a way to boost subscribers
I see more panic on the part of ND, BC, and Syracuse. The ACC and ND already lost multiple big games when the Big 10 and Pac 12 cancelled. ND lost WI, Stanford, and @USC. VT lost PSU. BC and Syracuse lost 2 home games each against lesser opponents. Syracuse has no home ticket revenue unless it can move home games to NJ, CT, or VT.
With Disney attendance and ESPN viewing way down, I think the desire for Disney to keep all the big $ games is pretty clear. Clemson adds Miami and VT. ND adds FSU. Duke and the other private schools won't get past the ACC Network or the leftover Fox Sports South spot. It's no different from Duke and Syracuse playing extra home-home series in basketball whenever possible.
Duke is making all students sign an agreement/compact upon entry for the semester that they will not leave the area at all and will not have any guests...I guess this doesn't apply to athletes?!? Wholly inconsistent. But I think I still agree with it for now because better to have a plan and back out than have no plan if situations improve (unlikely of course).
I've seen some academics deride this decision (not just specific to Duke but elsewhere too) claiming it shows universities prioritize athletes and give preferential treatment to those students. Then, there's another perspective (more prevalent on this site given it's a sports fan site) that says it shows that universities don't care about their athletes and just care about the money. So, both of those perspectives generally disagree with the proposal, but attribute the decision-making to seemingly opposite motivating factors! (i.e. caring too much vs. not at all about athletes). Pretty humorous if you ask me. Funny how perspectives can differ. Of course, those aren't the only two POVs that exist - I'd bet if you polled the football players themselves they overwhelmingly want to play.
This is the correct answer. It's money over academics, money over health and safety. It's @$#&+# disgusting.
If it is really just some dang simple that it comes down to the money these "student" athletes make the college, quit pretending that they are fairly compensated.
We can wring our hands over the role of money in athletics, education, health care, food, society, etc. but, hey, it's football season. Are you going to attend any games this year - with your mask, social distancing, hand sanitizers, Lysol spray and friends/family or not?
I plan on going to a game. Go Duke!
The Magic 8 Ball says: Ask again later. I would have gone to most to all of them this year before COVID-19. (I need Miami football to complete the football-basketball ACC cycle.) I really would like to go the Big 4 games at least. We only get the @NCSU game 1 time every 12 years, and they haven't beaten us since 2008, a major sticking point with some of them.
Also the UVA game moved from a home game to an away game. Without fans in either stadium, not sure that makes much of a difference.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."