Masks at Apogee REQUIRED

Philip Ferguson · May 9, 2020

During a meeting with the Alumni Board yesterday, Dr. Neal was asked about fall sports. He said they hope to have sports but you need other teams to play, so a lot depends on what rest of the conference decides to do. As far as game day, he said everyone who attends a game will be required to wear a mask. I hope by the time September rolls around, things will look a look a lot different but who knows.

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THOR · May 9, 2020

if it's required, i'll wear it...ill just get one of the helmets that you can put beer in and run the straws to my mouth under the mask, it's all good for me!

Edited May 9, 2020 by THOR

Jonnyeagle · May 9, 2020

50 minutes ago, THOR said:

if it's required, i'll wear it...ill just get one of the helmets that you can put beer in and run the straws to my mouth under the mask, it's all good for me!

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emmitt01 · May 10, 2020

Got my mask already

GrayEagle · May 10, 2020

I'm in. Even if I have to buy the expensive mask now being advertised. I just hope that our opponents don't bail on us; especially LaTech and Southern Miss.

greenjoe · May 10, 2020

Football is a contact sport.

Will the players be wearing masks as well ?

greenjoe · May 10, 2020

And the band ?

NorthTexan95 · May 10, 2020

They should sell UNT themed masks which should also be very durable to last the day.

Cooke County Kid · May 10, 2020

I will whatever they want me to as long as we can watch our favorite college football team live and in person!!!

GO MEAN GREEN!!!

WIN GAMES!!!

Venson · May 10, 2020

I may get down voted for this, but part of the game day experience is to eat and drink and it is just very inconvenient to eat and drink with a mask on. You would have to pull the mask down at some point to eat comfortably. Hopefully we will have a more definitive answer by mid June because season tickets are due by June 30th. I am not sure I can enjoy the game day experience fully with a mask on. I will still donate to the MGSF, but I don't know if I would purchase my season tickets.

El Paso Eagle · May 10, 2020

31 minutes ago, Venson said:

I may get down voted for this, but part of the game day experience is to eat and drink and it is just very inconvenient to eat and drink with a mask on. You would have to pull the mask down at some point to eat comfortably. Hopefully we will have a more definitive answer by mid June because season tickets are due by June 30th. I am not sure I can enjoy the game day experience fully with a mask on. I will still donate to the MGSF, but I don't know if I would purchase my season tickets.

Sadly they will probably not allow, or limit tailgating

greenminer · May 10, 2020

52 minutes ago, Venson said:

I may get down voted for this, but part of the game day experience is to eat and drink and it is just very inconvenient to eat and drink with a mask on. You would have to pull the mask down at some point to eat comfortably. Hopefully we will have a more definitive answer by mid June because season tickets are due by June 30th. I am not sure I can enjoy the game day experience fully with a mask on. I will still donate to the MGSF, but I don't know if I would purchase my season tickets.

Part of the school experience is learning, but we put 4th graders through active shooter drills so everyone can keep their guns.

I can put on a mask so that everyone can watch a football game.

Edited May 10, 2020 by greenminer

Venson · May 10, 2020

2 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Part of the school experience is learning, but we put 4th graders through active shooter drills so everyone can keep their guns.

I can put on a mask so that everyone can watch a football game.

Doing a drill and wearing something on your face is not the same. That's usually over in a few minutes and happens about once a semester. It's not an every Friday thing for an entire semester that requires them to wear masks for 3 hours.

Jonnyeagle · May 10, 2020

36 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Sadly they will probably not allow, or limit tailgating

They will probably have to make it voluntary as it would be impossible for them to manage that many people.

UNT 90 Grad · May 11, 2020

peanuts104 · May 11, 2020

10 hours ago, Venson said:

I may get down voted for this, but part of the game day experience is to eat and drink and it is just very inconvenient to eat and drink with a mask on. You would have to pull the mask down at some point to eat comfortably. Hopefully we will have a more definitive answer by mid June because season tickets are due by June 30th. I am not sure I can enjoy the game day experience fully with a mask on. I will still donate to the MGSF, but I don't know if I would purchase my season tickets.

I would wager if we're having to wear masks at the game they will likely not have concessions, which would suck.

Coach Andy Mac · May 11, 2020

25 minutes ago, peanuts104 said:

I would wager if we're having to wear masks at the game they will likely not have concessions, which would suck.

Why not— we could just have everyone 6 feet apart? Concessions is one of the things we most enjoy.

southsideguy · May 11, 2020

I can see the promo night-first 2000 fans get a UNT mask

DeepGreen · May 11, 2020

13 hours ago, greenjoe said:

Football is a contact sport.

Will the players be wearing masks as well ?

C'mon Joe. Football players have been wearing facemasks for decades!

peanuts104 · May 11, 2020

52 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

Why not— we could just have everyone 6 feet apart? Concessions is one of the things we most enjoy.

If you keep people six feet apart then there will be like two people in each stand which is not enough. Also if we keep people six feet apart the stadium will be very very empty. We're still too far out, in my opinion, to know what we will need to do. Hopefully they extend the season ticket deadline.

I 100% agree, concessions enhance the game day experience by a significant margin. I would wager part of my "extra fluff" is due directly to concessions where I say "calories don't count".

Eagle71 · May 11, 2020

Now for those few folks over in dallas who show up every now and then for games at Ford Stadium, I could see how staying six feet apart really would be nothing new for them, but at Apogee that would be a big problem. So if you're a season ticket holder are they going to let you only go to three home games and the your Mean Green buddies on either side of you will go to a different three games? One in Sept, one in Oct, and one in Nov.? Masks in September will be "fun in the sun" KIckoff better be at around 9:00 pm or folks will be dropping all over the stadium.

FirefightnRick · May 11, 2020

I’m not sure folks are thinking this silly mask issue through or remember how miserably hot it gets at games in August & September?.

You think they itch now? Wait till your sweating your socks off. You’ll be constantly scratching and messing with them and putting your hands to your face, thus defeating the purpose of having them in the first place.

What about the band? Can’t play a horn instrument with a mask on unless they are constantly putting them on and off defeating the purpose As well.

What about concessions? Same thing...can’t be selling anything that’ll encourage people to constantly remove and reapply their masks with their hands.

And if there’s no concessions......anyone remember what happened the last time we had a near capacity crowd in 100 degree weather and no water to drink? Disaster.

Hopefully common sense prevails and it’s a non issue in four months.

Rick

Edited May 11, 2020 by FirefightnRick

Wag Tag · May 11, 2020

How are you going to wear a mask when it is 100 degrees outside? No way!

UNTFan23 · May 11, 2020

Wear a mask/gator for 3+ hours?! I may very well pass on that and just watch/listen to the game in the comfort of my home. I can tailgate in my backyard as well.