D1 college soccer under threat

Copa9 said:
Also, some biotech companies are trying a different approach using current drugs to "trick" a persons antibodies into attacking the covid virus, some interesting things going on.
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Source?
 
kickingandscreaming said:
No faith in Astra-Zeneca or Moderna? I believe we'll have a vaccine by June 2021 or earlier that offers at least enough protection that it is used. China is already "beta testing" (my phrase, not theirs) on their military and have a couple other vaccines in Phase III.

A vaccine in development by the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is based on a chimpanzee adenovirus called ChAdOx1. The vaccine is in a Phase II/III trial in England and Phase III trials in Brazil and South Africa. The project may deliver emergency vaccines by October. In June, AstraZeneca said their total manufacturing capacity stands at two billion doses.

Moderna’s vaccine dazzled the stock market in May with Phase I data on just eight people, only to see its stock price drop when experts had a lukewarm reaction to the results. The vaccine uses messenger RNA (mRNA for short) to produce viral proteins. Phase III trials are set to begin July 27, and the company hopes to have vaccine doses ready by early 2021.
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Info only, Moderna has never been able to bring a vaccine to market. Maybe with the millions and millions of dollars the government gave them, they will be able to this time.
 
MacDre said:
Many hard working families from all walks of life get free tuition at Stanford and the Ivies. So, I don’t understand your point. Please elaborate.
How is this any different than an athletic scholarship?
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It's different to him because he doesn't realize that if you make under $200k a year you can get need based money from those schools. You would have to be more than a self interested person who is clearly hostile to POC.
 
gotothebushes said:
Also if there's no college soccer this year, it will have a ripple affect. At least 50% less for 2022 and 2023 in scholarships.
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I don't know the exact domino effect but understand there will be one. Can you elaborate on why 50% to 2022 and 2023?
 
Zen said:
I don't know the exact domino effect but understand there will be one. Can you elaborate on why 50% to 2022 and 2023?
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If there's no soccer season, this mean those incoming freshmen players might redshirt there first year creating a domino effect on the amount players need to bring in for 2022 and 2023 class. Just thinking outside the box on how's things are going at this point.
 
gotothebushes said:
Also if there's no college soccer this year, it will have a ripple affect. At least 50% less for 2022 and 2023 in scholarships.
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Are you assuming that a current senior (this up coming year) wants to stick around for a few months of soccer and miss graduating with friends who are moving on , a new job or graduate school? Doubtful.
 
Copa9 said:
Are you assuming that a current senior (this up coming year) wants to stick around for a few months of soccer and miss graduating with friends who are moving on , a new job or graduate school? Doubtful.
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Eh, not doubtful at all. My DD (senior) and a couple others plan on playing their fourth year of soccer while taking grad school prerequisites. It's already in the works if there is no season past Spring. We had a team zoom call about just this topic on Monday. Seniors are all invited back if it comes to that. Sounds like the 2022 and 2023's are going to get shorted if anything.
 
With the increased number of COVID cases it will be impossible For players to get a COVID test/results within the 72 hours recommended by the NCAA. Season over.

If there’s a slim chance we can take the field it would not surprise me if all freshman redshirt.

What about kids opting out or even asking for a medical redshirt?
 
Copa9 said:
Are you assuming that a current senior (this up coming year) wants to stick around for a few months of soccer and miss graduating with friends who are moving on , a new job or graduate school? Doubtful.
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Yep that's exactly what I'm saying. Some seniors will say on another season.Coaches are already inviting seniors back. This will kill the incoming classes.
 
gotothebushes said:
Yep that's exactly what I'm saying. Some seniors will say on another season.Coaches are already inviting seniors back. This will kill the incoming classes.
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Another thought here. Students this year at some institutions are being allowed to defer a year. How many are committed soccer players and doing so? What’s their future I mpact? Also, if there is a back up of players could this improve other programs? Meaning for example players committed to a program de commit prior to attending and change schools.
 
warrior49 said:
Eh, not doubtful at all. My DD (senior) and a couple others plan on playing their fourth year of soccer while taking grad school prerequisites. It's already in the works if there is no season past Spring. We had a team zoom call about just this topic on Monday. Seniors are all invited back if it comes to that. Sounds like the 2022 and 2023's are going to get shorted if anything.
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Is she a senior now or will be in the fall?
 
Copa9 said:
What about tuition? Any on academic scholarships or are they on full athletic scholarships since they are seniors. D1 or D2 schools?
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My DD is Pac-12, and she is a senior in the Fall. She's got a fairly decent athletic scholarship. Some do, some don't. But they were told by the coaching staff verbatim: "The seniors are welcome back if we don't have a season, and scholarships will be honored." That's the most recent info we received this week, but like everything that can change.
 
warrior49 said:
My DD is Pac-12, and she is a senior in the Fall. She's got a fairly decent athletic scholarship. Some do, some don't. But they were told by the coaching staff verbatim: "The seniors are welcome back if we don't have a season, and scholarships will be honored." That's the most recent info we received this week, but like everything that can change.
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Will the scholarship be a five year scholarship or will they take an academic/soccer gap year? Who pays the tuition for their pre graduate school classes? If the university doesn't have to pay out for the gap year, will the university redistribute the funds to pay for other programs? It will be interesting. Football revenue is a whole other matter if the school uses that revenue to fund soccer. Some don't have football. One of my daughters is a senior, but not an athlete (gave it up) the upcoming year and will have distance learning. She debated to take a gap year or continue and graduate. She has decided to continue, finish up while living off campus with friends and get on with work or grad school. This is certainly a challenging time for these young adults.
 
Copa9 said:
Will the scholarship be a five year scholarship or will they take an academic/soccer gap year? Who pays the tuition for their pre graduate school classes? If the university doesn't have to pay out for the gap year, will the university redistribute the funds to pay for other programs? It will be interesting. Football revenue is a whole other matter if the school uses that revenue to fund soccer. Some don't have football. One of my daughters is a senior, but not an athlete (gave it up) the upcoming year and will have distance learning. She debated to take a gap year or continue and graduate. She has decided to continue, finish up while living off campus with friends and get on with work or grad school. This is certainly a challenging time for these young adults.
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Definitely uncharted territory for sure. The whole thing sucks and changes by the day. My DD's school has a successful football program, and what I've noticed over the years is the soccer team gets lots of perks from that. But if there is no football then what? I guess we will see.
 
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