DualThreat
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No one else has been able to explain it, but can you explain how playing conference games lessens the risk? I don't think the VID knows the difference between conference and non-conference games. It's truly nonsense for supposedly intelligent bureaucrats at schools to be considering this sort of arrangement, if they are.
Either play the season or postpone it indefinitely. Playing Temple isn't going to be any more or less dangerous than playing UNC.
Michigan Football Chatter: Concerns Growing About 2020 Season
We update you on what we're hearing about the 2020 season from a number of sources inside the Michigan athletic department.
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The examples I have seen regarding conference games pertained to Michigan and the BIG10. It cited mainly travel concerns (being able to bus to and from the games and not stay in a hotel), which would be pertinent for some schools in the same conference geographically closer to each other (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State). The other issue is that different conferences may have different testing standards that are not up to whatever the P5 conferences want to do. This article explains that ideally players would be tested and receive their results the day before the game. These tests are more expensive and may not make sense financially for some schools to do every week on everyone involved.
Where Miami has an issue is geographically we aren't within a bus drive of anyone in our conference. For the U, the biggest obstacle I can think of from a liability standpoint when playing non conference games is to make sure that testing can be performed up to whatever standards they are comfortable with.