Coronavirus Pandemic Impacts

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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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33m

Texas laying off 35 staff members in athletic department & also 35 vacant positions will not be filled. That plus 26 coaches & administrators taking voluntarily temporary salary reductions & staff members having to take salary reductions/furloughs will save UT $13.1 million



Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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45m

Michigan eliminates 21 positions in athletic department & will not fill 15 jobs that have come open in recent weeks & months. Also, all staff & coaches are taking up to 10% pay cuts

Here again.. Harbaugh and Howard could save those jobs.

 

[Pablo]

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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15h

Source: The Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committee will also propose no college basketball scrimmages and exhibitions to the Division 1 Council due to health and safety reasons related to COVID-19.
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Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
· 15h
Source: The Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committee will propose a start date of November 25th to the Division 1 Council for the 20-21 college basketball season.

 

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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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25m

NCAA furloughing its entire Indianapolis-based staff of about 600 employees for 3-8 weeks in cost-saving measure,
@ralphDrussoAP reports

 

[Pablo]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/james-madison-university-online-coronavirus/2020/09/01/2ebc9036-ecac-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html?hpid=hp_local1-8-12_jmu-710am:homepage/story-ans:

"James Madison University has halted in-person instruction for at least the rest of the month as the campus deals with a 'rapid increase' in the number of coronavirus cases, the school’s president announced Tuesday.

More than 500 active cases of the coronavirus have been reported since July 1, including roughly 150 positive cases among tests taken at the university’s health center, according to the school’s coronavirus dashboard used to track the virus’ presence on campus. More than 370 students and employees have reported contracting the disease since Aug. 17.

Out of 83 tests performed on students and employees at the university’s health center Monday, 18 had positive results, according to the school’s dashboard.

The university in Harrisonburg, Va., invited students to begin moving onto campus Aug. 21. A mix of in-person, online and hybrid classes started Aug. 26.

Now, the school is asking students to return home by Monday, when in-person classes are expected to transition online, Jonathan R. Alger, the university president, wrote in a message to the campus. Some specialized classes, including graduate research, will be offered in a hybrid format, Alger added."

 

[Pablo]

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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5h

Sources: Several schools are considering delaying the start of the 2021 spring semester.

This would extend the "Golden Window" for college basketball.

 

[Walter]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/james-madison-university-online-coronavirus/2020/09/01/2ebc9036-ecac-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html?hpid=hp_local1-8-12_jmu-710am:homepage/story-ans:

"James Madison University has halted in-person instruction for at least the rest of the month as the campus deals with a 'rapid increase' in the number of coronavirus cases, the school’s president announced Tuesday.

More than 500 active cases of the coronavirus have been reported since July 1, including roughly 150 positive cases among tests taken at the university’s health center, according to the school’s coronavirus dashboard used to track the virus’ presence on campus. More than 370 students and employees have reported contracting the disease since Aug. 17.

Out of 83 tests performed on students and employees at the university’s health center Monday, 18 had positive results, according to the school’s dashboard.

The university in Harrisonburg, Va., invited students to begin moving onto campus Aug. 21. A mix of in-person, online and hybrid classes started Aug. 26.

Now, the school is asking students to return home by Monday, when in-person classes are expected to transition online, Jonathan R. Alger, the university president, wrote in a message to the campus. Some specialized classes, including graduate research, will be offered in a hybrid format, Alger added."

I am guessing there is correlation between colleges with high STD rates and Coronavirus. I have one data point - JMU.

 

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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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1h

San Diego State athletic department announced it is pausing all on-campus practices & workouts for 2 weeks due to an increase in COVID cases in campus area

 

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Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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1m

Sources: As Winthrop continues to push towards hosting a preseason bubble in college basketball, event planners are aiming to put together a field that will feature 16 high-major programs and 4 mid-major programs.

 

[JPgmuswim]

W&M cutting some programs after this year.

Men's and Women's Gymnastics;
Men's and Women's Swimming;
Men's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field; Women's Volleyball.

 

[tblack33]

With enrollment rising this year at Mason, are we even going to see that big of a budget shortfall given that a big chunk of the AD budget comes from student fees?

 

[Pablo]

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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1h

Larry Scott told reporters that he's hopeful that the Pac-12's new testing will "provide a pathway" to play games before January.

Translation: The Pac-12 is now a legitimate candidate to be a part of college basketball's "Golden Window".

 

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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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3h

Maryland conducted COVID tests Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 of 501 athletes w/46 positive tests, affecting 10 different teams. So school has paused all athletic activities for a week

 

[psyclone]

With enrollment rising this year at Mason, are we even going to see that big of a budget shortfall given that a big chunk of the AD budget comes from student fees?

Not sure how much income the school will lose from less-than-full residence halls and fewer people (faculty. staff, and students) on campus spending $$ on food, etc.

 

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Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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51m

Sources: As power conference teams consider the idea of a non-conference bubble in college basketball, they're also weighing the costs involved.

Price needs to be reasonable due to financial constraints set by COVID-19.

 

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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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5h

Virginia announces home football games attendance will be limited to family of student-athletes & each team’s coaching staffs until further notice

 

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Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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4h

Sources: The NCAA is considering allowing college basketball teams to work out on the court for up to eight hours a week instead of four, beginning in late September.

An official decision could come soon.

 

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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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2h

Postponement of next week’s SMU at TCU game was because TCU had players & support staff test positive for COVID. SMU, which plays at Texas State Saturday, has had no positive COVID tests, source told @Stadium






Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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2h

Big 12 announces game cancellation thresholds

 

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https://www.espn.com/college-sports...ah-issue-furloughs-entire-athletic-department:

"The University of Utah athletic department will implement department-wide furloughs, including athletic director Mark Harlan, football coach Kyle Whittingham and men's basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak, Harlan said in a radio interview Friday.

'We've had to make some tough decisions because you can't wait for what might not happen,' Harlan told ESPN 700 host Bill Riley.

The decision comes with the department facing a financial shortfall that Harlan previously estimated could range from $50-60 million, due to cancellations and postponements from the coronavirus pandemic. Harlan did not provide a specific timeline for when the furloughs will be carried out or for how long the employees, including himself, will be away from work."

 

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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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47m

Rice delays start of practice until late September because of “infection rate in Houston & need for highly reliable & very rapid testing results in competitive athletics context.” Rice was supposed to open Oct. 3 at Marshall. C-USA will determine if Rice’s games will be postponed

 

[Pablo]

Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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19m

Louisiana Tech at Baylor, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed because of positive COVID tests/contract tracing issues at Louisiana Tech





Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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1h

California University of Pennsylvania senior DT Jamain Stephens Jr. died from complications of COVID-19, the school said. The 6-3, 355-pound Stephens was 20. His father, also named Jamain, was a 1st-round draft pick of the Steelers in 1996 & played 5 seasons in the NFL





Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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3h

Iowa’s athletic department is eliminating/not filling 40 positions due to COVID. Iowa also will require all non-contracted employees, excluding senior staff, to take 15 unpaid furlough days, Gazette reports. Iowa previously cut 4 sports & had pay cuts in department to save $17M