Your Opinion of a 2021 Season

[Zig72]

Here we are, two months after this thread started, and ended, judging by the lack of replies. Although UT has not modified its "Home by Thanksgiving" strategy....yet....it is still difficult to imagine that they, or anyone, can pull this off as presently designed.

Not optimistic about fall sports, or fall in-person classes. Only a vaccine, a widely available and highly effective vaccine, can return the world to some version of normality.

To protect my seat location, I recently renewed my WBB season tickets. But only with the assurance that I could elect a full refund should the ultimate seat location (after social distancing shuffling) not be acceptable.

 

[kurupt]

Here we are, two months after this thread started, and ended, judging by the lack of replies. Although UT has not modified its "Home by Thanksgiving" strategy....yet....it is still difficult to imagine that they, or anyone, can pull this off as presently designed.

Not optimistic about fall sports, or fall in-person classes. Only a vaccine, a widely available and highly effective vaccine, can return the world to some version of normality.

To protect my seat location, I recently renewed my WBB season tickets. But only with the assurance that I could elect a full refund should the ultimate seat location (after social distancing shuffling) not be acceptable.

Good luck with a rushed vaccine. I don’t care how effective it is I’m not taking it. And I have a sneaky feeling a lot of the hysteria will be tamp down after the election. But everything obviously depends on if football is played.

 

[Jacob Johnson]

Good luck with a rushed vaccine. I don’t care how effective it is I’m not taking it. And I have a sneaky feeling a lot of the hysteria will be tamp down after the election. But everything obviously depends on if football is played.

I as well will not be taking one until I know it's 100% safe and effective but I do know that once it becomes available the ncaa will immediately bring back sports and all these limitations will go away. I mean they are still taking about a season even with these cases spiking so I know once the vaccine comes it's business as usual.

 

[Zig72]

This survey received today from the Athletic Department concerning football season ticket holders intention to attend home games underscores UT's continued uncertainty in all this. What else can they do but attempt to grope their way to a decision? I don't envy the people who have to evaluate the risks involved and ultimately make a call.

The AD will tell you that this survey is about helping them re-allocate seat locations based on their social distancing criteria, but I think it goes much deeper than that. I wouldn't be surprised to receive a similar survey concerning WBB.

Select the option below that best fits your current feelings on attending Texas Football home games at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium this fall:

[ ] I would like to keep my season ticket purchase and remain a part of the 2020 reseating process.
[X] I am unsure whether or not I will attend home games and need to see how things progress, but would like to remain a part of the 2020 reseating process.
[ ] I will not attend 2020 home games.

In making a decision about attending home games, I am concerned about: (my response)

• the measures UT will take, if any, to control or eliminate pre-game and post-game, campus gatherings that would be difficult, if not impossible, to enforce group number limits, distancing, and mask wearing.
• the measures UT will take, if any, acting in concert with the appropriate state and city authorities, to encourage limits on off-campus, pre-game and post-game gatherings in the immediate vicinity of DKR.
• the character and the extent of a full college football season, or the extent of a partial Big 12 season, and the character and extent of a postseason.

 

[racerx5908]

Opinion and Guessing time!
Everything going on in this country is a game of seeing who sticks out their neck first on making a decision, seeing how that decision is received and then following suit. From Big 10 being the first to go conference-only to my kids' high school saying the first 3 weeks this Fall will be online only - once they checked out what other school districts have done.

Risk factors for UT sports:
Low - volleyball, being held at Erwin Center. Surprising sign that Del Conte as looking at all sports rather than just the cash cow of football.

Medium - WBB. I joked that since the Erwin Center was so empty for women's game the risk among spectators was low. Well, it's true. Open up the upper deck! I have no problem moving up the upper deck and watching from above if it means my next neighbors are 50 feet on either side of me.

High - Football. People are groaning over the 50% limit. Some are saying that's too many people. Some are saying that's too few people.

But you know what, it doesn't matter because we have the Longhorn Network looking for ANYTHING to broadcast.

The risk factors I rated are the number of players and coaches and the physical interactions they have to have. PLUS, do we have enough teams to play against?

I think that we will eventually cave along with the SEC and play conference-only games and then pick up some schools within half a day's bus drive - they're looking for people to play as well.

And heck yeah, I'll take the vaccine.