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<blockquote data-quote="Atomic Frawg" data-source="post: 2883171" data-attributes="member: 6204"><p>This is not directed at you, but this type of statement is easy to say, right up until it's your kid that dies. Football comes with inherent risks for the athletes - paralysis, surgeries, and sometimes training related deaths - that universities and the NCAA are obligated to try to mitigate. To a large extent they do well, even when it's against public sentiment (like reducing hits to QBs or targeting infractions). But no one wants to be the school that has the kid die in the name of sports entertainment dolla dolla bills y'all. </p><p></p><p>In this instance, they also have to consider the spectators. As a lawyer, do I think anyone prove to any degree of certainty that he/she caught COVID at a game and link it to TCU? No. Should they try to find ways to mitigate even still, I think yes. The OP has some alternatives that at least merit discussion. Who's to say whether Boschini and the trustees did or didn't think about those options? They made a decision that they think was the right thing to do being a member of the Fort Worth community. Everyone isn't happy about it, but neither were the parents of millions of high schoolers who didn't get to walk. Still, people came up with unique ways to recognize those students and their parents, and, as far as I can tell, life has moved on. </p><p></p><p>I'm still hoping that we have football this season, and that no one dies from COVID in the process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atomic Frawg, post: 2883171, member: 6204"] This is not directed at you, but this type of statement is easy to say, right up until it's your kid that dies. Football comes with inherent risks for the athletes - paralysis, surgeries, and sometimes training related deaths - that universities and the NCAA are obligated to try to mitigate. To a large extent they do well, even when it's against public sentiment (like reducing hits to QBs or targeting infractions). But no one wants to be the school that has the kid die in the name of sports entertainment dolla dolla bills y'all. In this instance, they also have to consider the spectators. As a lawyer, do I think anyone prove to any degree of certainty that he/she caught COVID at a game and link it to TCU? No. Should they try to find ways to mitigate even still, I think yes. The OP has some alternatives that at least merit discussion. Who's to say whether Boschini and the trustees did or didn't think about those options? They made a decision that they think was the right thing to do being a member of the Fort Worth community. Everyone isn't happy about it, but neither were the parents of millions of high schoolers who didn't get to walk. Still, people came up with unique ways to recognize those students and their parents, and, as far as I can tell, life has moved on. I'm still hoping that we have football this season, and that no one dies from COVID in the process. [/QUOTE]
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