AAU Tourney - Natural Laboratory

411500
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AAU Tourney - Natural Laboratory Jul 26, 2020 8:54:02 GMT -8 TheGlove likes this

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Post by 411500 on Jul 26, 2020 8:54:02 GMT -8

The h.s. AAU tourneys being played in various venues across the country provide an impressive Natural Laboratory
for the study of Covid transmission...

Today is July 26. On August 7th, or so, hundreds of girls will have returned from these various tourneys to their home communities. If any of these athletes bring Covid back into their homes, their high schools, or their communities it will make news.
Immediate news...

On the other hand, if they do not, it will also provide important data...Newsworthy data.

Either way, these athletes are providing knowledgeable observers with a remarkable data base by which to evaluate the spread of Covid as a result of basketball competition on a large scale......

I believe a lot of attention will be paid to outbreaks, or the lack thereof, in the vicinity of August 7.....

I'm hoping for the best....Bad news will, in all likelihood, end the 2020/2021 h.s. wbb season.....

GO BEAVS!!

Last Edit: Jul 26, 2020 8:55:19 GMT -8 by 411500

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AAU Tourney - Natural Laboratory Jul 26, 2020 17:03:56 GMT -8

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Post by bvrbooster on Jul 26, 2020 17:03:56 GMT -8

With respect to whether the high school season will be played, you're probably right, but it shouldn't necessarily be that way. Using Oregon as an example, there are 16 counties which are experiencing fewer than 2 new cases per day, and have been doing so for over a month. Unlike college sports, high school sports are generally, and easily, contained within relatively small geographic areas. If Covid isn't a huge problem within a given geographic bubble, why shouldn't normal activities like high school basketball, or, say, little league baseball, take place?

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AAU Tourney - Natural Laboratory Jul 26, 2020 22:23:09 GMT -8 TheGlove likes this

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Post by alwaysorange on Jul 26, 2020 22:23:09 GMT -8

Can someone, anyone explain why elite high school and grade school players male and female can be on travelling teams and play throughout the country but your average grade school kid can't play on local teams, local communities?

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AAU Tourney - Natural Laboratory Jul 27, 2020 7:33:09 GMT -8

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Post by 411500 on Jul 27, 2020 7:33:09 GMT -8

always orange - - to me you have asked a really good question...

From the beginning I have been totally surprised that these AAU competitions have been given the green light....Especially, as you point out, some of these players are going to return home and find their own high schools are not playing....

I wasn't being dramatic when I suggested that the AAU tourneys are, intended or not, a natural laboratory for the study of Covid transmission.

If a research scientist was paid to design a study, held in a small environment, with dozens of clearly defined, healthy subjects, to investigate whether Covid would spread as a result of this gathering - - what better way to learn about this than to hold an AAU tourney?

Of course, this is not the intent of the tourney. But it will be a consequence.

That's why I say, and I will say again. If you want a fairly clear indication whether we will have a h.s. wbb season this year, you will get your first solid indicators the week of August 7th....

I'm hoping for some good news on Covid, maybe we'll get some then....
GO BEAVS!!

Last Edit: Jul 27, 2020 7:34:32 GMT -8 by 411500