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Post by beavershoopsfan on Apr 27, 2020 11:52:35 GMT -8
There are areas in our country in which COVID-19 has had devastating impacts and numerous areas in which the number of cases has been nominal. Students are electing in droves to study from their homes with family rather than live in their rental housing on campuses.
I personally don't foresee organized sports returning on college campuses until an effective vaccine is developed and implemented universally. I would love to be wrong about that.
Even if campuses aren't welcoming students back in the fall for onsite schooling, sports recruiting for future years will be taking place in September and beyond by the coaching staffs. It brings up the possibility of two incoming freshmen classes for eligilibity purposes may be a reality in '21-'22 if the '20-'21 sports calendar is dormant.
Would the NCAA again leave the eligibility issue up to colleges to allow next year's seniors the opportunity to return to school if their season should not take place? We may be looking at that possibility as we await the development of a vaccine.
Would OSU have a recruiting advantage over a number of other P5 schools because of the more limited reported impact of the virus in our area? There are a number of prominent universities in cities that I would not want to send my high school senior to.
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Post by beaverstever on Apr 27, 2020 12:08:17 GMT -8
I doubt it makes much difference at all, and probably would generally be negative because more parents would want their kids to stay closer to home/their medical networks. But in general, I don't think people are thinking about this having an impact over the lifetime of a college career regardless, in which case it wouldn't be much of a factor.
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Post by shelby on Apr 27, 2020 12:33:33 GMT -8
I would choose to go to a state or place with lower population and less risk of heavy population exposure to disease , violence or severe weather issues ( No large cities , no Coastal cities, no Tornados , hurricanes or extreme winters !
Pretty much , that says Corvallis !
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Post by 411500 on Apr 27, 2020 13:35:49 GMT -8
Slightly related topic: I predict that many students who have signed letters of intent for 20/21 will ask for "clemency" or some such parallel idea, in order to be released because of covid related issues....
I think quite a few kids will choose to stay closer to home (unless home is a virus hotbed) because of the chance that their parents or grand parents are at increased risk for covid....
Pretty much like everything else right now, this remains to be seen....But it makes sense to me, at least on first blush...
GO BEAVS !!
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Post by sparty on Apr 27, 2020 13:51:53 GMT -8
Likely schools in Oregon will not reopen in the fall. Huge drop in enrollment is predicted. Look for recruits to go to Georgia or Texas where they can experience the whole college life scene. They could actually date each other there.
College boys sitting in front of a computer in Oregon with no football or go to Texas or Georgia and date a college girl.  |
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Post by mbabeav on Apr 27, 2020 14:36:56 GMT -8
As far as going to a "safe" state, if they want to be a part of a power 5 school, with people attending from all over the country - there is no such thing as a safe state. Schools are in a difficult position right now because if you are part of the way through a very specific program, and some or all of your credits don't transfer, or your major is not there instate (or your instate options are not nearly as prestigious as the school you were attending, imagine leaving Furd or Cal or OSU for New Mexico State, heck there really isn't a better college of oceanography with room for you right now than at OSU). This fall is going to be a wild one. That law degree from North Texas is a real comedown from the one you were chasing at Harvard or Yale or even Willamette.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Apr 27, 2020 15:04:48 GMT -8
Likely schools in Oregon will not reopen in the fall. Huge drop in enrollment is predicted. Look for recruits to go to Georgia or Texas where they can experience the whole college life scene. They could actually date each other there.
College boys sitting in front of a computer in Oregon with no football or go to Texas or Georgia and date a college girl. Oregon public colleges aren't schedule to open until Sept. 23. That's just under FIVE months away. To say it's "likely" schools won't open in the fall is premature, to say the least. |
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Post by shelby on Apr 27, 2020 17:05:34 GMT -8
How much can be accomplished by staying close to home ? Say someone gets sick - in the family ( virus ), everyone is unable to visit .
Family may not get to come to any games - even being 10 blocks away .
Medical Services at any University could exceed many of the 'home city ' options
Combing flu with COVID , in a second wave , many claim will be worse.
Just looking at the state of Oregon - my selection process would start with
George Fox
Linfield
OSU
uo
And would feel better in those environments . That is not counting D1 sports , so OSU and uo would be better options !
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Post by blastingsand on Apr 27, 2020 18:44:27 GMT -8
Likely schools in Oregon will not reopen in the fall. Huge drop in enrollment is predicted. Look for recruits to go to Georgia or Texas where they can experience the whole college life scene. They could actually date each other there.
College boys sitting in front of a computer in Oregon with no football or go to Texas or Georgia and date a college girl. |
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Post by believeinthebeavs on Apr 27, 2020 18:59:04 GMT -8
Likely schools in Oregon will not reopen in the fall. Huge drop in enrollment is predicted. Look for recruits to go to Georgia or Texas where they can experience the whole college life scene. They could actually date each other there.
College boys sitting in front of a computer in Oregon with no football or go to Texas or Georgia and date a college girl. It figures they are planning on it. According to a friend of mine that certainly would know, uo didn't have the procedures in place for the extensive on line classes. Quite the opposite of OSU where they have had a successful e campus set up for several years now. One of the first days of university closures OSU had nearly 3000 meetings with 45000 participants online for a total of over 1.5 million minutes. That was just one day. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Apr 27, 2020 19:24:56 GMT -8
Again, it's almost five full months away. I expect students on campus again in September. And if the school will be open in September, you can bring athletes back early too.
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Post by beavershoopsfan on Apr 27, 2020 19:25:32 GMT -8
I believe that Plan A for all schools is the intent to be open for Fall term for on campus instruction.
Whether universities are faced with Plan B (on-line instruction) will be determined by how the reopening of America fares and whether the virus continues to claim more lives than the average annual flu claims on a per month basis. If 25k per month continue to die from COVID-19-related issues, I believe we will be have to remain with Plan B.
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Post by blastingsand on Apr 28, 2020 0:26:14 GMT -8
Again, it's almost five full months away. I expect students on campus again in September. And if the school will be open in September, you can bring athletes back early too. While the Pac-12 schools have school in September, the rest of the country go by the semester system and start school a lot sooner. Now on the flip side other parts of the country seem to be a lot more laxed than the west coast.... so this will be interesting. |
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Post by beavershoopsfan on Apr 28, 2020 7:11:09 GMT -8
Zero-point-zero-zero factor. Trying to understand that comment. A reference to GPA or the likelihood of something influencing another event? |
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Post by beavershoopsfan on Apr 28, 2020 7:59:16 GMT -8
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