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2020 Football Season-Good news/Bad news- Spiders hold off on football's Wednesday(7/15) report date

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For the umteenth time, if you want to play D1 basketball, if your school sponsors football it must play at the FBS or FCS level. No one who wants to remain a D1 school will drop to DIII football.
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The virus might force such a change.
 
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“Greetings Spider alumni and friends,

I hope this message finds you and your families healthy and safe amid all of the challenges and lifestyle changes that have been brought on due to the spread of COVID-19. By now, I am hopeful everyone has had a chance to read my update from last week that addressed the state of Spider Athletics and the University of Richmond.

As administrators, we are committed to ensure all of our student-athletes continue to have an outstanding, first-rate experience. Last month, we held a video “Town Hall” meeting via Zoom where over 230 Spider student-athletes virtually attended and learned of the many resources available to support them athletically and academically while away from the University of Richmond. Some of the items discussed are below:

  • Academic advising and support for online education
  • Sports medicine/performance care and treatment
  • Strength & conditioning workouts
  • Mental health and wellness resources
Along with the challenge of engaging our student-athletes remotely, we are continually learning of the financial ramifications of the cancellation of several of the winter championships as well as the spring sports season competitions. In the coming weeks, our team will work tirelessly with the NCAA to find answers to the many questions facing schools across the country. Some pressing concerns include:

  • Making up for the lost revenue from NCAA Championship play, including March Madness
  • Adding scholarship and operational costs for returning spring sports seniors
  • Assisting student-athletes with unforeseen costs associated with COVID-19
  • A decrease in other revenue streams
As you know, our Richmond student-athletes continue to have some of the best competitive experiences in the country while they benefit from a world-class education and graduate well prepared for life after sports. Whether you are a Spider Club member or season ticket holder, we should all take pride in these wonderful experiences that your support is able to help us provide. I would encourage everyone to read or listen to the letter written by Lexie Gilbert, a senior student-athlete on the swimming and diving team. Lexie provides a compelling description of what the Spider experience has meant to her development as a person and a leader. This week, we celebrated National Student-Athlete Day which provided us an opportunity to honor the many accomplishments and achievements of our Spider student-athletes.

While we are all doing the best we can to manage through these unprecedented and challenging times, if you are in a position to assist us, please do so by providing your support in recognition of the incredible achievements of our student-athletes by making a donation to the Spider Club Athletic Fund. Click here to donate. Your gift will allow us to help our student-athletes in the greatest area of need during these uncertain times.

On behalf of Spider Athletics, thank you for your continued support.

Stay safe, and…. GO SPIDERS!

All the best,

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John P. Hardt

Vice President and Director of Athletics”
 
Arizona president: 'Just don't see' football in fall

University of Arizona president Dr. Robert Robbins says he expects at least a delay to the 2020 college football season and is worried about intercollegiate sports getting back to normal after the coronavirus pandemic.

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Personally, i am having a hard time seeing college football happen this fall. Some schools will definitely have a lot more urgency than others.

Lots of talk of college football being played next spring. What's the cost/benefit for a school like UR to have football played in the spring?

Generally, the idea that we are going to go from restricting/eliminating crowds -- to immediately going to have crowds attend 3 or 4 Spider sports events a week next winter/spring doesn't make a lot of sense either.
 
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CAA Commissioner Joe D'Antonio hopes for full football season. FCS conference with JMU, W&M and Richmond also has explored scenarios with only league games.

 
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April 29, 2020: Planning for the 2020–21 Academic Year

Dear University of Richmond Community,

As I write, our students are taking their final exams at the end of an unprecedented spring semester, while the University is engaged in planning for the 2020–21 academic year. The educational aspirations of our student body, along with the health and safety of students, staff, and faculty, remain the University’s highest priorities. Guided by these priorities, we are intent on returning to a residential education this fall. Our commitment to support vigorously the University’s academic mission by providing a high-quality, personalized educational experience for our students is unwavering.

The seriousness and fluidity of the global and national health crisis reminds us that our plans remain subject to change and that guidelines from government and public health agencies will be essential factors in our planning. Likewise, progress on testing, health monitoring, treatments, vaccines, and strategies that mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be critically important.

The University’s planning efforts at this point are both purposely expansive and squarely aimed at ensuring that our students will be able to earn a full year of academic credit. We are also committed to sustaining as many of the personal and residential hallmarks of a UR education as possible. Specifically:

  • We intend to complete a full academic year of on-campus instruction beginning in fall 2020. This may require adjustments to our operations and academic calendar.
  • To ensure safety and continuity, we are developing a multi-pronged approach to enhance our community’s capacity and resilience to manage COVID-19 challenges.
  • In order to align with government and public health guidance and/or mandates, we are working through scenarios that allow for flexibility and adjustments to teaching and campus life as needed.
  • Only if necessary will we consider remote learning. If we must pivot to this scenario, we will provide high-quality remote learning and the developmental, social, and career supports that help our students to grow and thrive at UR and beyond.
We recognize that students, families, staff, and faculty need timely information to make plans. So please know we will communicate regularly about University decisions impacting our students and academic mission. Making prudent, wise, and informed decisions requires time to collect relevant information amid enormous flux and uncertainty. We are grateful for your patience as we identify, plan, and prepare for a range of options. As we strive to provide timely progress updates, we also invite you to visit our dedicated COVID-19 website for updates and answers to frequently asked questions.

Thank you all for working with us on Richmond’s exceptional education. As I have often said of late, Richmond is such a special place because of you. I wish each of you and your families safety, good health, and moments of calm during these difficult times.

Sincerely,

Ronald A. Crutcher
President
 
We intend to complete a full academic year of on-campus instruction beginning in fall 2020. This may require adjustments to our operations and academic calendar.

This, and the previous post about CAA football, are the best news I've seen in weeks!
 
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What will the return of NCAA sports look like?

Recommendations from medical experts to ensure health and safety of all is the top priority
May 1, 2020 2:27pm

As the world continues to face the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is beginning to open in certain areas. Some areas are seeing increases in cases, while others are remaining steady, leading to this central question: How and when do NCAA sports return?

For each member institution, that return will come at a different time and will certainly take a different form. The NCAA’s COVID-19 Advisory Panel of leading medical, public health and epidemiology experts led by NCAA Chief Medical Officer Brian Hainline has put together nine core principles to help guide institutions as they answer these challenging questions. The document, “Resocialization in Sport,” takes into consideration federal recommendations, relying on experts, data and science, and puts the health, safety and well-being of student-athletes and the needs of the membership first.

“It is also important to take into consideration that there will not be a quick, single day of re-emergence into society,” Hainline said. “We will re-emerge in a manner that recognizes COVID-19 will be around until there is an effective vaccine, treatment or both. That is why resocialization should be rolled out in a phased way that helps assure sustained low infection spread, as well as aids in the ability to quickly diagnose and isolate new cases.”

For more information on the NCAA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, visit ncaa.org/covid-19.

Media Contact
Stacey
Osburn
NCAA Director of Communications
NCAA
317-917-6117
 
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Big East commissioner: 'If our campuses aren't open, we will not have athletes coming back'

Big East commissioner Val Ackerman discussed the hurdles, and timeline, for sports to return to her league in 2020-21.

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Coronavirus roundup: More than half of ACC football schools aim to reopen in fall
  • By The Associated Press
  • May 7, 2020
Nine of the 14 football-playing members of the Atlantic Coast Conference are making plans for reopening campuses this fall while three others have publicly said they are exploring scenarios for a return following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Reopening campuses for in-person instruction is a crucial step toward restarting college sports, which were shut down in March. Commissioners of the nation’s major football conferences told Vice President Mike Pence last month that college sports couldn’t return until campuses have reopened, while the NCAA’s chief medical officer said last week that widespread testing for COVID-19 would be critical to restarting sports.

Football stands out in particular, both with its preseason camps scheduled for August and its status as the revenue driver when it comes to conference TV deals. The ACC’s first football games are scheduled for Sept. 3, with Clemson visiting Georgia Tech and North Carolina State visiting Louisville.

So far, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, N.C. State, Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech have all publicly stated the goal of having campuses open for fall classes, assuming that health officials advise it is safe to do so.

Three other ACC schools — Duke, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest — say they are examining multiple scenarios for a return in the fall. Duke has said the strategy team examining steps for a potential return in the fall is due to make a preliminary report by June 1, while Pittsburgh chancellor Patrick Gallagher said last week that the school would likely share plans with students and their families by early July.

Boston College and Florida State haven’t specifically addressed plans for reopening campus this fall.

There’s also Notre Dame, a member of all league sports outside of its football independence. The school has a May 15 target for deciding how to operate for the second half of summer courses.
 
I prefer the list that shows 5 wins since 1990 over FBS/1A programs. If ever there was a year to get 6, this could be it (although dont really want another year with more ACC wins than CAA wins)
 
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I prefer the list that shows 5 wins since 1990 over FBS/1A programs. If ever there was a year to get 6, this could be it (although dont really want another year with more ACC wins than CAA wins)
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Pitt football - the only halfway redeemable Pittsburgh sports team imo - may have their best team in quite a while. They have high expectations. Road ACC schedule isn't easy but I can see them getting 8 wins. Possible they overlook us more than UVA who is more familiar with UR. I think in general they are type of FBS team we'd like to play, just in another year when not as talented. Hopefully we play and get our shot regardless.
 
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I prefer the list that shows 5 wins since 1990 over FBS/1A programs. If ever there was a year to get 6, this could be it (although dont really want another year with more ACC wins than CAA wins)
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2011 was the oddest year in all my years of following Spider football. Beat an ACC team ...Start 3-0 then 6 of our 8 CAA games are vs ranked teams and lose all of them. Lost four games by less than 3 points and a brutal loss on the last play vs WM. At least it was fun to watch Corp spin the ball. Wasted season but IMO more watchable than the last 2 seasons.
 
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2011 was the oddest year in all my years of following Spider football. Beat an ACC team ...Start 3-0 then 6 of our 8 CAA games are vs ranked teams and lose all of them. Lost four games by less than 3 points and a brutal loss on the last play vs WM. At least it was fun to watch Corp spin the ball. Wasted season but IMO more watchable than the last 2 seasons.
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Corp’s game v host Towson was an unforgettable QB clinic.Almost perfect.Lost by 3 on final play FG from 40 yds.
 
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Ferrum Spider said:
2011 was the oddest year in all my years of following Spider football. Beat an ACC team ...Start 3-0 then 6 of our 8 CAA games are vs ranked teams and lose all of them. Lost four games by less than 3 points and a brutal loss on the last play vs WM. At least it was fun to watch Corp spin the ball. Wasted season but IMO more watchable than the last 2 seasons.
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I believe in one of those close losses (Rhode Island or Maine), we had two extra points blocked and returned for two points each. It was truly bizarre.
 
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