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Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:07 pm
by xxxxxxx
bullfrog1 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:45 pm
Confirmed that all spring sports are canceled at Amherst
Letter doesn’t mention sports where is source?
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:11 pm
by UpperCorner
Honestly just an awful, premature, unguided, unfair and irrational decision - no crowds I get... not letting the kids play... ridiculous.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:20 pm
by Lax3
It’s real. Players told tonight. Heard that Trinity made the same decision but for now there is not agreement amongst all the NESCAC presidents.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:21 pm
by PlayerSource
Current non Amherst NESCAC player—any advice on what we can do to avoid having this happen at our school?
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:31 pm
by Matnum PI
bullfrog1 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:45 pm
Confirmed that all spring sports are canceled at Amherst
Not cancelled. Suspended. Big difference.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:36 pm
by Nothing But Net
I think some of the poster have jump the gun with Amherst
Created a mandatory travel registry for College-sponsored or -funded travel. This includes, but is not limited to, academic, athletic, and Office of Student Affairs-funded travel. Please note that College-sponsored travel is prohibited to regions where COVID-19 has an elevated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travel advisory level.
The prohibited states listed on the website so far of interest are New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Commonwealth of Rhode Island that might have any influence. They already played Hamilton so no need to really worry there .... I guess the question is the week with Cortland and RIT?
I have checked Cortland and RIT websites to review there college's position and there is nothing to report.
But, as I read everthing on line, the feelings are that with spring break there is no way to contain what might come back to to campus. My guess is that Amherst will play, but the team will most likly be registered and monitor closely.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:39 pm
by Lax3
Amherst students including players told to pack up on Thursday as if they weren’t coming back until September. That tomorrow’s game is it for the season.
I agree with the assessment that said policy could change but that is it for now.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:41 pm
by laxrules
Nothing But Net wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:36 pm
I think some of the poster have jump the gun with Amherst
Created a mandatory travel registry for College-sponsored or -funded travel. This includes, but is not limited to, academic, athletic, and Office of Student Affairs-funded travel.
Please note that College-sponsored travel is prohibited to regions where COVID-19 has an elevated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travel advisory level.
The prohibited states listed on the website so far of interest are New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Commonwealth of Rhode Island that might have any influence. They already played Hamilton so no need to really worry there .... I guess the question is the week with Cortland and RIT?
I have checked Cortland and RIT websites to review there college's position and there is nothing to report.
But, as I read everthing on line, the feelings are that with spring break there is no way to contain what might come back to to campus. My guess is that Amherst will play, but the team will most likly be registered and monitor closely.
That is why I asked if it is real. I hope to god this isn’t true. Suspend games is fine cancel season is over the top!!
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:52 pm
by COGULL
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That is why I asked if it is real. I hope to god this isn’t true. Suspend games is fine cancel season is over the top!!
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Couldn't agree more.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:09 pm
by Nothing But Net
Ok, I had to make several calls to a few Key Insiders.
Its my understanding that the School Presidents are meeting tomorrow and the NESCAC campaus will most likly all shut down by March 16th. All classes will move to online.
The intention is that all the Spring Sports will continue and they will be private - non spectator attended for the immediate future. I would assume that that most if not all the games will be avaliable via webcast.
I think a lot more details will be coming in the next few days.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:50 pm
by laxpop0505
Incredibly short sighted by the schools and Nescac "leaders". Punishing student athletes in the harshest way all to prevent a cold like virus. Pathetic!!!
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:13 am
by baltlaxdad1966
Hearing from an Amherst insider that John Thomson specifically pointed to Mac Bredhal as the cause of the closing of the school after the massacre at Bello Field on Saturday.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:14 am
by LCB_Sharpshooter
Hey guys there’s a reason we didn’t get the dial in information to those calls. Let’s just wait until we have all the fact to make our assessments
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:17 am
by laxpop0505
And when Tufts cancels their season you will feel alot different.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:21 am
by LCB_Sharpshooter
laxpop0505 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:17 am
And when Tufts cancels their season you will feel alot different.
Just saying man ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:28 am
by Jaycolb_ashton
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... d-19/56132
Inside lacrosse. Outside chance of athletics resuming at Amherst.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:56 am
by kramerica.inc
"Suspended?"
Be real. It's cancelled for all intents and purposes.
The games missed will be missed. There's no making them up.
This is hitting in March and April.
You think the nescac just resume with a conference tourney in early May if it blows over by then?
Just start the season back up then? What does Amherst (and the others that will follow suit) do in the meantime?
Keep practicing for a conference tourney that MAY happen?
Not practice?
If I were on any of these teams suspending play, I'd be asking the NCAA AND school about my eligibility.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:04 am
by DeepPocket
Per this
https://www.d3sports.com/notables/2020/ ... for-spring
Amherst campus is closed, so I would assume they won’t be practicing anytime soon.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:22 am
by guslax
Middlebury college moving online starting Friday, March 13th. Spring sports suspended indefinitely.
Re: NESCAC 2020
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:49 am
by Dave
Overreaction nonsense by these schools...feel bad for the kids, especially the seniors