Posted on 10/27/2020 10:19:31 AM PDT by nycteacher
With only a small percentage of fans returning to college football games across the country, the financial impact is not only affecting the universities directly, but the businesses closely tied to these schools.
The coronavirus has kept more and more people out of communities. As a result, smaller operations that once thrived during the heart of the season are suffering.
Colleges still are struggling to hone their COVID-19 protocols, and the packs of fans who are so eager to don their school colors and head out to bars, restaurants and other venues are stuck inside the confines of their own walls.
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if it also kills ESPN, it would probably be worth it.
One thing the china virus hasn’t impacted: there are still no orange “We’re #1” t-shirts sold in Tennessee. LOL
College sports are stupid anyway. They do next to nothing in advancing the theoretical goal of furthering education (although it is more indoctrination).
College tuition increases have been twice the rate of inflation for the last 20 years so I do not think crying poverty b/c the sports programs in big schools generate a lot of $ (shame on their alumnae).
Who needs College sports? ESPN and the Professional Leagues that benefit from the training and development of those players that they draft. I haven’t missed the NFL or the NBA.
MLB is not interesting me either.
The only positive thing about Covid-19!
The Coronavirus has not shut ANYTHING down, weak-kneed administrators and politicians have.
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