Will Casey Stadium see high usage this spring?

[cwdickens]

On 7/10/2020 at 9:19 AM, dslyank said:

IMHO: If we must, play football; play it January and February. Start Lacrosse later {March to June}, which Scoot Marr has been advocating for years. As for freezing one's ass off or not, personally I would and do so willingly for Lax, but only grudgingly for football. So IMHO play football in the fall or NOT at all. Just my bias' showing.

Throwing my two cents .... attempting to play Football in January and the first three weekends in February is risky for the players and the fans (if permitted).  Around here, we are looking over our shoulders about the weather until April.  With our facilities and the proper scheduling we should be fine starting late February.  At this point, I just worried about men's and women's basketball

[Clickclack]

On 7/26/2020 at 8:42 PM, cwdickens said:

Throwing my two cents .... attempting to play Football in January and the first three weekends in February is risky for the players and the fans (if permitted).  Around here, we are looking over our shoulders about the weather until April.  With our facilities and the proper scheduling we should be fine starting late February.  At this point, I just worried about men's and women's basketball

I got a feeling it will be conference only schedule starting after Christmas and only season ticket holders will be permitted with people being spread around the arena. 

[HOF2013]

On 8/2/2020 at 10:56 PM, Clickclack said:

I got a feeling it will be conference only schedule starting after Christmas and only season ticket holders will be permitted with people being spread around the arena. 

Agree

[cwdickens]

Will Casey Stadium see high usage this spring?  Does a bear crap in the woods?  Yes,  I cannot wait to see football 🏈, soccer ⚽ and lacrosse schedules....let us not forget field hockey and women's volleyball....track and field ...softball and baseball ⚾ .  I realized back on July 9, 2020 when the 2020 Fall schedule was in jeopardy ...   with the hopes of a long run for our basketball teams in the AE tournament... could be a busy times around SEFCU parking lot

Edited August 26, 2020 by cwdickens
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[dslyank]

On 8/25/2020 at 7:49 PM, cwdickens said:

Will Casey Stadium see high usage this spring?  Does a bear crap in the woods?  Yes,  I cannot wait to see football 🏈, soccer ⚽ and lacrosse schedules....let us not forget field hockey and women's volleyball....track and field ...softball and baseball ⚾ .  I realized back on July 9, 2020 when the 2020 Fall schedule was in jeopardy ...   with the hopes of a long run for our basketball teams in the AE tournament... could be a busy times around SEFCU parking lot

No one seems to want to talk or speculate about the elephant in the closet?????  With a good chance basketball and other winter sports starting late, maybe; and fall sports being pushed to spring, maybe???   Will basketball etc. late starts push them into spring??    What will an ALL-SPORTS season look like???  Will 2020 spring sports who ALREADY lost a full season be given any special accomodations/considerations??   Does UA have the facilities and finances???  

[reeder]

3 minutes ago, dslyank said:

No one seems to want to talk or speculate about the elephant in the closet?????  With a good chance basketball and other winter sports starting late, maybe; and fall sports being pushed to spring, maybe???   Will basketball etc. late starts push them into spring??    What will an ALL-SPORTS season look like???  Will 2020 spring sports who ALREADY lost a full season be given any special accomodations/considerations??   Does UA have the facilities and finances???  

In my opinion; assuming the covid situation is improved, there’s probably a pretty good chance that basketball get pushed back to January with a conference only schedule (I think that’s when conference play usually begins anyway).  I also think there’s a good chance all fall sports moving to spring with a limited schedule.  That said, I think spring football presents some issues - primarily, a spring season makes it difficult for the players to recover and be ready for a fall 2021 season so does that season become a spring one as well?

In terms of facilities, I think the athletic department can figure this out.  We have the track and field stadium (not sure what it’s called now) that’s only used for two or three events each year.  You also have the lacrosse field that has brand new turf and hasn’t been used in a year or two.  Lastly there’s the PE gym - not an ideal space but basketball and volleyball games can still be played there.  You’d need to figure out how to let students have access but that can all be figured out.

I think  the challenge for the athletics department might not be facilities but how to handle scholarships going forward.  The NCAA has said that student athletes won’t lose a year of eligibility for participating in sports this year so we’ll potentially have a lot of fifth and sixth year seniors in 2021.  Not sure how those scholarships are reconciled with new recruit scholarships - I don’t believe the NCAA will allow more scholarships. 

[Eli]

I don't think we're going to see a shift of sports in future seasons. Players will just have a short 'offseason' between 2020 and 2021. We may see more injuries, but overall lets remember these are teenagers and early 20 somethings. It's not like they are 33 and being asked to play 2 seasons in half the time.

[cwdickens]

OK....the 2021 Spring Football season begins 03-06-2021....how much competition  will there be for Casey Stadium and the campus parking lots on this Saturday...cannot wait to see the football schedule....Lacrosse schedules...how will the men's and women's basketball teams fare this season... lots of questions... few answers....