Back in February we were told this would last a few weeks. Give us time to flatten the curve and stock up on masks so our hospitals won't be overrun. "We" said okay. This makes "logical sense"... we will go along. It has never stopped since. It keeps getting doubled down and more. I don't know the TCU AD or Administrators, but I know the type and this bunch fits the profile perfectly. The only reason we've gotten this far is outside pressure on them to play football. They are scared and weak in the face of a crisis. It's nothing personal toward them. They have plenty of company across the nation, and that cover is part of their problem.
Cannot emphasize how strongly this reveals you are entirely disconnected from reality.
TCU has one of the largest “outbreaks” of COVID in the country among peer colleges in week 2, when over 5% of the student body tested positive in the first 2 weeks. While that’s over 500 students at TCU, that would extrapolate out to 2,500+ at UT or A&M or Tech. Remember when Temple (40k) shut down for 2 weeks because they hit 100? Notre Dame? UNC? NC State? Remember when Alabama and South Carolina hit front pages for getting to 1,000 in 2 weeks? TCU more than doubled the rates at all those schools.
Yet, TCU resisted the INCREDIBLE public and industry pressure to close.
Add in, TCU was the first and still one of the few schools to open in DFW. FWISD is virtual. The FWST hammered TCU’s numbers.
So before you project whatever anti-academia-driven views you have on TCU’s administration, get some perspective. TCU has been a leader in pressing forward and resisted significant pressure to change course. They have repeatedly shown in recent weeks that they are working their asses of to stay open, and to play football.
It sucks this game got postponed. But there are bigger fish to fry, and TCU is doing a helluva job.