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Aug 7, 2020
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Idahofallsblue
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let them skip the year, they'll likely have covid before the year is out anyway
and then next year they can play and cover their own covid expenses.
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Regarding Covid demands by players- demand for 5 year covid medical coverage
byusage
8/7/20 6:59am
Since we're convinced that it doesn't affect healthy people, why does their requ
vagabonder
8/7/20 7:02am
It opens the door for all kinds of claims. It opens a bottomless pit of
byusage
8/7/20 7:07am
This! My 89 year-old father just fell getting out of his car. The ER filed
deljdc
8/7/20 9:22am
Good point. Counter argument would be an agent orange in Vietnam vets
cougfanz
8/7/20 7:08am
This isn’t true. It does affect healthy young people. They are not at the same
SouthernBlueBlood
8/7/20 7:27am
Healthy young people get the flu and the common cold too.
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:14am
Saying COVID is like the flu shows how uneducated you are on the subject.
TheLost
8/7/20 9:20am
I disagree. If Covid had been around forever and the flu was new, the perception
deljdc
8/7/20 9:23am
Because they are both respiratory illnesses?
TheLost
8/7/20 9:34am
bottom line
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:41am
So collage football players shouldn't be worried about it?
TheLost
8/7/20 9:43am
yep--there's a tipping point and we past it about 1 Trillion dollars ago
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:53am
Of course they shouldn't be worried about it. Look at the data.
stev
8/7/20 10:00am
reading fail---COVID is all about hype and political power---
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:33am
Again.. taking the 'simple minded approach'...
TheLost
8/7/20 9:39am
Simple doesn't mean it's wrong--
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:44am
Some coal miners don't get 'black lung'. so why should the rest worry about it?
TheLost
8/7/20 9:46am
and some married people don't get divorced---
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:50am
What’s you’re point? First death rates have been similar to bad flu seasons. Two
SouthernBlueBlood
8/7/20 9:29am
I wasn't disagreeing that young healthy people can catch covid--
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:36am
Kids die of gunshots all the time.. do your kids run around with loaded guns?
TheLost
8/7/20 9:40am
every kid runs around with a nose full of snot during flu season too---
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:45am
I give up. Enjoy your day watching TikTok.
TheLost
8/7/20 9:48am
did you put on yoga pants and post a new clip or something-----not interested.
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:51am
who is being simple now — straw man----are these viral loaded guns?
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:46am
Yea..
TheLost
8/7/20 9:52am
sample size of 6 people---not relevant outside your household
Tsisquan
8/7/20 9:54am
Good call.
Mitty
8/7/20 9:35am
The autonomous conferences already provide medical coverage
Everyman
8/7/20 7:02am
They have been scared silly by the hysterical media & social media
Busiturtle
8/7/20 7:03am
This is a calculated flexing of muscles by athletes.
Everyman
8/7/20 7:07am
Yes it is. But it's the type of stupid thing that would kill college athletics.
Division Bell
8/7/20 7:17am
let them skip the year, they'll likely have covid before the year is out anyway
Idahofallsblue
8/7/20 7:29am
I have no problem with the demands for extended health coverage
JoeExotic
8/7/20 7:39am
I have to agree here regarding the non-COVID health issues. Players put their...
BamaCoug
8/7/20 7:48am
Rec -> NFL... "insurance coverage is arguably the biggest threat to the sport."
TheLost
8/7/20 7:59am
(had to clean up this thread with a blocked user)... but here is my take on it.
TheLost
8/7/20 10:24am
Which is why I discouraged my kids from playing. I am a chiropractor and see
deljdc
8/7/20 11:02am
The athletes need to be taken care of with injuries for sure. But we are all at
byusage
8/7/20 11:30am
You are not locked into a small space with 120 naked-sweaty guys 12 hours a day.
TheLost
8/7/20 11:47am
I just can't believe these healthy specimens are so scared of this dumb virus.
Ham
8/7/20 10:58am
RE: I just can't believe these healthy specimens are so scared of this dumb
TheLost
8/7/20 11:11am
Those cases are definitely serious, but hardly the norm.
Ham
8/7/20 11:31am
So whats your acceptable number? 1 out of 100 (one on each team?)
TheLost
8/7/20 11:46am
That's a silly question. There's risk in everything.
Ham
8/7/20 11:55am
Isn't that why we have insurance?
TheLost
8/7/20 12:01pm
That's fine. But, to my original question, why are they so scared of COVID?
Ham
8/7/20 12:10pm
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