Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA

If there wasn't at least a grain of truth to the rumors, there would be plenty of people from the Federation willing to loudly go on record and set it straight. That would have happened immediately and been included in the Soccerwire piece. It didn't happen. Given the wildfire that's raging nationwide with the rumor, I have to imagine there would have been a release from US Soccer on Friday (certainly by first thing this morning) debunking the rumors. That hasn't happened.

So either US Soccer is completely and entirely incompetent and irresponsible in letting this sit out there, or there is truth to the speculation.
I’m hearing that the news will come out on April 15th...Anyone hearing the 15th also???
 
Based on the fact that only 1.3% of people getting Covid-19 are dying and the large portion of deaths are elderly and/or otherwise infirm.
Covid-19 infections double every 3 days without any controls. With no shelter in place order in effect, half of California's population would be infected in less that 4 months. 1.3% of that means 240,000 deaths in that timeframe. That's less deadly than car crashes?
 
California Car Accident Death Statistics. More than 32,000 people die every year in car accidents.
Pedestrians made up 22 percent of all California vehicle-related fatalities during that period–in the nation as a whole that was 14.2 percent. All of it is too high.Jun 19, 2019

Oh, stats (and mangled quote) ! There is approximately 1 death for every 100 million vehicle miles driven in California. How far away is that game again?
 
Covid-19 infections double every 3 days without any controls. With no shelter in place order in effect, half of California's population would be infected in less that 4 months. 1.3% of that means 240,000 deaths in that timeframe. That's less deadly than car crashes?

What model are you using? They all have been grossly inaccurate and almost flat out negligent. How do you know in Calif it's shelter in place that produced such low number of cases? How about Herd community? Hey, if we listen to you, most businesses have a good chance not existing a by end of year. Is that what you want? Talking about misery.....
 
Oh, stats (and mangled quote) ! There is approximately 1 death for every 100 million vehicle miles driven in California. How far away is that game again?
The game is in Sao Paolo. Blues, Tophat, PDA, and Solar are the only US clubs left. Commutes are slightly longer, but it is worth it for the level of play.
 
What model are you using? They all have been grossly inaccurate and almost flat out negligent. How do you know in Calif it's shelter in place that produced such low number of cases? How about Herd community? Hey, if we listen to you, most businesses have a good chance not existing a by end of year. Is that what you want? Talking about misery.....
No herd immunity with no vaccine and low infection numbers.

You can get herd immunity by letting it go uncontrolled, but the transition phase is a wee bit rough.
 
Based on the fact that only 1.3% of people getting Covid-19 are dying and the large portion of deaths are elderly and/or otherwise infirm.
The largest segment of the population being infected, as of now is the 46-64 age group. Doctors don't know the long term effect of this disease. You do realize that 1.3 is the low number as of now, but in reality it is a huge number of people. Right now we have enough ventilators to treat critically ill people, however if there is a huge surge more people will die because there just aren't enough to treat everyone that needs them and that 1.3 you quote will increase exponentially. I hope you don't want to be part of the statistic and I am sure you are not suggesting that a portion of the population is expendable just so your kid can play youth soccer.
 
In the IE - does this mean Arsenal is good again? The players currently driving to OC to play do not have to travel to OC now. Is Strikers good again? With possibly Pats and West Coast not getting ECNL... In SD, if Surf gets in do they monopolize that region again with SD Galaxy gone and no one wanting to go to Sharks or Rebels?
 
No herd immunity with no vaccine and low infection numbers.

You can get herd immunity by letting it go uncontrolled, but the transition phase is a wee bit rough.
And if it mutates and starts killing kids, are you still in favor of "herd" immunity even though it would be a "wee bit rough"?
 
That makes sense, but if you don't open soon, there will be no organizations around to provide revenue to the insurance company, or facilities. It will all fold up.

Cal south is in jeopardy also,.their insurance was already hard to come by and expensive.
Now they lost a bunch of revenue plus no National cup or CRL.

With the governor calling the shots now + LA mayor, LA county putting in some of the toughest restrictions don't expect much. insurance or permits will be very hard to come by if at all and very expensive in SoCal.

The past youth sports models just won't work anymore. The big $$ organizations with private facilities, staff, medical people like the pro teams might have some things going on eventually but everyone else should not count on wide scale youth play or gatherings until things change dramatically.
 
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Rubbish. There is no reason SoCal families should prop up clubs in weaker regions. If a region can’t support its own high level league, they should go where it exists if they want it that badly. GDA was doomed to fail in part for this reason. USSF tried to make the parents of clubs in strong soccer regions spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours in unnecessary travel to subsidize the development of kids in weak regions.

The US is a big place whether you like it or not, and not everyone gets to be a great soccer player, especially if they live in areas where the weather and lack of population don’t cooperate. If you want to live in Salt Lake City, be a skier. If you want to live in Minnesota, be a hockey player. If you live in LV or Phoenix, do whatever it is kids do when it’s 115 degrees outside. If you live in SoCal, spend the $6 in gas money to play the other excellent teams just down the road, and use the 6 hours you would have spent traveling to Phoenix for league games getting better at soccer, taking piano lessons, or doing something else more productive than watching the cactus go by from the back of the car.
What rubbish? Two Vegas teams and two AZ teams and a road trip up North is not asking that much. Who said anything about Salt Lake? Pac 12 minus OR, WA and UT
 
Covid-19 infections double every 3 days without any controls. With no shelter in place order in effect, half of California's population would be infected in less that 4 months. 1.3% of that means 240,000 deaths in that timeframe. That's less deadly than car crashes?

There's a legitimate argument in place that suggests California has already seen its wave of Covid-19. That many, or most, of us were already exposed months ago and didn't know it. And what exactly is "without any controls"? Your "doubles every 3 days" was in New York. That doesn't necessarily apply to the rest of us.
 
Always remember, viruses mutate, EVERY YEAR! That is why the vaccine is redone every year. As a virus mutates it can infect different populations differently. We have to be extremely careful to protect our youth! If the second wave hits in the fall, which experts are saying can happen, we don't know who it might affect. This particular virus has so many unknowns. A large biotech company is close to having an antiviral available after phase one trials, they are waiting for FDA approval to mass release it. It might be prudent to wait until it is widely available before our kids start playing with teams again.
I have some friends up in Seattle who know their stuff. Harvard and Stanford. This virus was already here in December and Jan. My partner got it and so did I and my wife. If you're healthy, you live. All these news headlines are for the birds. Misleading stories to grab your fear and attention. Read in the article and 99.5% had asthma or some other health issue. I'm good with holding tight for 90 days until beginning of summer. After that, we need to step out in faith and live life again. I went to the store today and everyone had a mask on and gloves. All good. Like I said and others have said, if you sit around until sometime next year like Doc Zeke says, we will have much larger issues going on. That's my .02 on Corona. If it's against the law and national guard troops are blocking the soccer fields, then I will stay home. If they say play at your won risk, many will play. Others can watch from their windows.
 
There's a legitimate argument in place that suggests California has already seen its wave of Covid-19. That many, or most, of us were already exposed months ago and didn't know it. And what exactly is "without any controls"? Your "doubles every 3 days" was in New York. That doesn't necessarily apply to the rest of us.
It’s not a legitimate argument. It makes zero sense. How would California have had a wave of coronavirus large enough to generate herd immunity (that means 50-60% of the population) and the hospital system didn’t even notice something funny was going on? Not logical.
 
The largest segment of the population being infected, as of now is the 46-64 age group. Doctors don't know the long term effect of this disease. You do realize that 1.3 is the low number as of now, but in reality it is a huge number of people. Right now we have enough ventilators to treat critically ill people, however if there is a huge surge more people will die because there just aren't enough to treat everyone that needs them and that 1.3 you quote will increase exponentially. I hope you don't want to be part of the statistic and I am sure you are not suggesting that a portion of the population is expendable just so your kid can play youth soccer.

And how many articles have you seen, in the last 2 weeks, saying ventilators may be doing more harm than good? And I never said anything about playing soccer again. People die everyday... flu or no flu. All I'm saying is keep it in context.
 
And if it mutates and starts killing kids, are you still in favor of "herd" immunity even though it would be a "wee bit rough"?
The "wee bit rough" route is the one England used to get smallpox immunity in the 1600s. I don’t actually recommend it to anyone. It involves rather a lot of people dying.
 
It’s not a legitimate argument. It makes zero sense. How would California have had a wave of coronavirus large enough to generate herd immunity (that means 50-60% of the population) and the hospital system didn’t even notice something funny was going on? Not logical.

Yes, it is a legitimate argument whether you acknowledge it or not. People are coming forward describing symptoms that parallel Covid-19 and overcame it without realizing what it's called. But since that makes zero sense to you, maybe you should contact the folks at Health.com and inform them and the "experts" they interviewed who said it's quite possible.

 
Why do you say that Copa?

They are a big DA supporter blinded by that love as all his other posts are praising DA over ECNL.....should care about kids not leagues.....but his argument on covid makes sense at least..... :) But that's my last comment on Covid as this should STAY ON TOPIC
 
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