Texas A&M will not participate in Gator Bowl

[Uncle]

I think UNT is lucky to have an early bowl game. We may start seeing more cancellations...

https://12thman.com/news/2021/12/22/aggies-will-not-participate-in-taxslayer-gator-bowl.aspx

 

 

[El Paso Eagle]

1 minute ago, Coach Andy Mac said:

That’s what I was telling everyone a couple of days ago and they thought I was stupid.

😈  😇

 

[UNTLifer]

22 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

😈  😇

 

My thoughts as well.  I know this will piss off the administrators, but this current "variant" is nothing more than a bad cold.  A&M has over 100 players on their freaking roster and can't field a team?  Whatever.

[rcade]

25 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

My thoughts as well.  I know this will piss off the administrators, but this current "variant" is nothing more than a bad cold.  A&M has over 100 players on their freaking roster and can't field a team?  Whatever.

Reports that Omicron leads to milder illness than its predecessors are not yet proven.

[MCMLXXX]

I thought the 12th man concept was that students in the stands volunteer to play.  Isn't that why they stand the whole game, ready to enter on short notice? This proves the 12th man is no longer valid and any further claims to its existence are null and void. 

[NorthTexasWeLove]

4 minutes ago, rcade said:

Reports that Omicron leads to milder illness than its predecessors are not yet proven.

Reports state that it is proven, too. I guess it's all based on who and what you choose to listen to. 

 

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

Thankfully the omicron strain is looking to come and go quickly in South Africa - even without vaccination rates like we have here. New York is seeing a big surge, but without the level of destruction as two years ago, still way worse than the flu or "just a cold." 

You know - this is how communicable diseases work. The disease is not out to kill you, it wants to keep you alive and continue to thrive. You die, it dies. Over time the variants tend to get more communicable and less deadly. Hopefully Omicron is just the step in that evolution to making just just a "common cold" and it can be treated that way.

If people are playing a bit close to the vest with Omicron and be cautious, that is good. If/when this does end up being a not-as-lethal variant (unlike Delta), that doesn't mean the WHOLE ordeal was in error. If the logical fallacy of a mask not protecting  100% against spread, so therefore masks are useless. Or the vaccine isn't 100% effective, so it means it is useless. 

However, on the note of "people with active communicable diseases" playing a football game - I think it is common sense that even with a cold you shouldn't be "playing." You shouldn't even go into the office to work. This isn't rocket science. 

Until then, how about you leave your (personal) opinions out of it and let the people who run this stuff run the show? I mean, it is a free market, right? You think A$M wants to lose money and not play? 


 

Edited December 22, 2021 by SteaminWillieBeamin