D1 college soccer under threat

Simisoccerfan said:
Well Tuesday is decision day for fall sports.
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things are changing so rapidly. I suspect it will all end in a cancellation of fall sports and a resumption in the spring for specific sports. I'm optimistic there will be a vaccine available late this year. Then as spring continues more companies will bring their vaccine to the market and everyone can feel safer about returning to some form of normalcy. I do wonder if colleges will make it mandatory to take the vaccine before coming back to school?
 
eastbaysoccer said:
things are changing so rapidly. I suspect it will all end in a cancellation of fall sports and a resumption in the spring for specific sports. I'm optimistic there will be a vaccine available late this year. Then as spring continues more companies will bring their vaccine to the market and everyone can feel safer about returning to some form of normalcy. I do wonder if colleges will make it mandatory to take the vaccine before coming back to school?
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I agree on vaccines being available. Several candidates look good (J&J, Pfizer, AZ/Oxford and likely others). I’m not sure why they don’t move all sports to spring 2021, much better chance to get the full football season in which is critical to many athletic departments.
 
SD_Soccer said:
I agree on vaccines being available. Several candidates look good (J&J, Pfizer, AZ/Oxford and likely others). I’m not sure why they don’t move all sports to spring 2021, much better chance to get the full football season in which is critical to many athletic departments.
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Not enough facilities to handle all sports during the winter/spring. There is only so much grass to go around. In addition, the weight training facilities and medical staff. It would be a logistical nightmare. And how do you handle the College Cup tournament if some schools play in the fall and some play in the spring?
 
CaliKlines said:
Not enough facilities to handle all sports during the winter/spring. There is only so much grass to go around. In addition, the weight training facilities and medical staff. It would be a logistical nightmare. And how do you handle the College Cup tournament if some schools play in the fall and some play in the spring?
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All true. But football pays the bills for all sports at the top D1 schools, and they would potentially have to drop some sports this year if they moved it out. But they are already losing a ton of money with fans not likely to be at football games. Or think of the mid-tier football programs who play 2 to 3 money games each year that make all their athletic programs viable (get paid to go to Alabama or USC). I just don’t know how they get through fall football this year, or how some of the mid-tier schools make the economics work. Hope I am wrong, but I suspect we could see a lot of schools dropping sports, or going to D2 or D3 with lower scholarship (or none) requirements. I would hate to be a college athletic director, difficult spot right now.
 
CaliKlines said:
Not enough facilities to handle all sports during the winter/spring. There is only so much grass to go around. In addition, the weight training facilities and medical staff. It would be a logistical nightmare. And how do you handle the College Cup tournament if some schools play in the fall and some play in the spring?
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Some schools have enough grass for all. Big South does - I've seen it. Some don't.
 
SD_Soccer said:
I agree on vaccines being available. Several candidates look good (J&J, Pfizer, AZ/Oxford and likely others). I’m not sure why they don’t move all sports to spring 2021, much better chance to get the full football season in which is critical to many athletic departments.
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Anti virals may be out by October
 
beachbum said:
Anti virals may be out by October
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Agree. Scientists are working collaboratively on a global level to solve this. They will get there, they just need a little more time to run through the current trials (to ensure they work and they are safe), and for some still in the development process, to get into trials. Most public focus has been on vaccines, but antivirals that effectively treat this are coming and will have a huge impact for our return to normal.
 
SD_Soccer said:
Agree. Scientists are working collaboratively on a global level to solve this. They will get there, they just need a little more time to run through the current trials (to ensure they work and they are safe), and for some still in the development process, to get into trials. Most public focus has been on vaccines, but antivirals that effectively treat this are coming and will have a huge impact for our return to normal.
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Exactly!
 
Does anyone know if players in the wcc can opt out for 2020 and retain their scholarships? I’m hearing yes they can but some coaches aren’t mentioning this to them. Can someone confirm the former?
 
Dubs said:
What does your DD think...? Is the prevailing opinion that it will move forward or be cancelled or nobody has any idea?
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No idea. She is having fun but she is okay if it moves to Spring. The thing about Spring is if they cancel the fall season there is no guarantee that NCAA will run fall sports in the Spring even if everyone is vaccinated. Her school has the facilities and staff to run Spring and Fall seasons together but many don’t. If it is choice between an abbreviated Fall and no sports for the year she would chose the former. I also don’t think she wants to stay in college for 5 years.
 
eastbaysoccer said:
Does anyone know if players in the wcc can opt out for 2020 and retain their scholarships? I’m hearing yes they can but some coaches aren’t mentioning this to them. Can someone confirm the former?
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It seems that Pepperdine is allowing for this according to their AD
 
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