Good Friday Dubbers and welcome to May! With April showers behind us, looking forward to some May flowers.
Spring is in full bloom and with that, we turn our heads and hearts to the follies of Spring and what would normally be a pretty exciting time in CFB at campuses around the country but alas, 2020 has us singing a different sing.
The coronavirus pandemic has had nearly all of us on edge ever since the majority of major sports were canceled or suspended over a month ago.
Perhaps there are better times ahead in this upside down year we are living. But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It appears that some athletic organizations are ready to start planning for the return of sports. At the University of Iowa, the Hawkeyes are already planning on when to resume practice for fall athletics.
According to Vanessa Miller of The Gazette, the school is planning to resume practice for all sports – including football – on June 1. But as for the idea of playing games in the fall without fans in the stadium, that remains open for debate.
“We’re hopeful that this (pandemic) will be behind us at this point,” Iowa’s president said. “Would we let players play with no fans? I don’t know… We’d have to do a lot of testing of the individual players…”
Now I know Iowa is not Ohio but as the saying goes, we're all B1G right? We also share the same structure in name, three vowels and a lone consonant and positive news on any sports front on May 1 is reason for celebration in this Dubbers Scarlet and Gray limbic cortex.
Iowa is certainly not alone in their desire to fire up the money machine that is college sports and CFB is certainly in the drivers seat for most of the universities.
Iowa is one of many universities across the country that have taken a big financial hit from the COVID-19 restrictions. Earlier today, Miller reported that the school is poised to lose over $75 million from expenses and lost revenue.
The University of Iowa -- from March through August -- expects to lose $76 million from COVID-19-related expenses and lost revenue.
— Vanessa Miller (@VanessaMiller12) April 30, 2020
Understanding that we all have a long way to go before normal becomes a term we can comfortably allow to roll off our collective tongues, this may be one of the most important factors in any reopening of life in any state, regardless of their combination of consonants and vowels.
Hopefully the Hawkeyes, the state of Iowa and every other organization planning to re-open does so thoughtfully and in a well-planned manner.
Here's a link to the full article and what may be a glimmer of hope in a very unfamiliar world but hope may be all we have as we embark on May but I'll take it and share it.
Enjoy the day and be excellent to each other!!
