Suppose the season were cancelled at all levels. Makes everyone 0-0, right? With the fickleness of determining an FBS national champion, do you suppose every single school would get to hang 2020 National Champion (tie) banners? Might be San Jose State's best season ever. Of course Bama would make the case that they were slightly more champion than anyone else based on literally no evidence.

Well, while we are on the topic of way-out-there ideas to make a season work, a fan joke that the NBA should rent out Disney World resorts and sports facilities to have an isolated made-for-TV season has apparently caught Adam Silver's eye. Just saying, Disney World has 17 lit football fields with TV hookups and 30,000 hotel rooms. Could you imagine a significant portion of college football locked up together in a resort at the same time?

Love these interviews. Great people who contribute to society and "get" what Aggie Pride is all about. I don't understand how the university community is full of these quality individuals while Mrak Hall has more corrupt oligarchs than a Soviet garden party. Polar extremes for sure.

FWIW, Mrs. Fugawe attended online classes from a major state university (not in California) and they waived most of the student fees with the understanding that if she wanted to use the things funded by them, like athletic events, parking, fitness center, etc, she would have to pay a la carte for them. So that precedent exists out there and honestly makes sense for students who aren't on campus. Universities act like a business and treat undergraduates like customers. In this case, the customers couldn't access the Memorial Union, ARC or athletic events they paid for so it doesn't seem unreasonable for them to want a refund. The problem of course is that athletic scholarships still have to be distributed, employees are still on the clock, and the Rec Pool still has to be chlorinated so expenses haven't dropped anywhere near zero. There are clearly damages, but the question is who should bear them? The customer or the business? In the private world, the business would be expected to bear it and fund it through savings, loans, or a government bailout. The university could be in a tough spot if their slush fund runs dry and the governor doesn't bail them out because a lot of their miscellaneous revenue from $50 parking tickets and $80 sweatshirts has also dried up. If it was just the athletics fee, maybe students wouldn't cry foul but all of the student fees combined are quite a burden and highlight an amoral system where a small quorum of students vote in a fee that sometimes doesn't take effect for a couple years, in essence voting to tax future students who have no say in the matter. A significant portion is debt service on capital projects that probably should have been on the state's nickel to begin with. Seems cheap to have a special student fee to pay for seismic and fire alarm code compliance.

However the judge rules in this case, I'm sure we can expect future contracts we sign for everything from concert tickets to gym memberships to have a pandemic clause in the fine print to try to shift liability to the consumer in the future situation like this.

Things I hope stay—

• +1 on the 6ft rule. We have a lot of NY/NJ transplants in my area and they still don’t get it.
• work from home - I can do 40% of my job and Mrs Fugawe can do 100% of her job from home. We are much happier without the aggravation of a commute.
• online order for pickup - I’ve realized I actually prefer not talking to anyone at restaurants sometimes. And some stores like Home Depot and Best Buy are pretty good about telling you online if an item is in stock so you don’t waste a trip. Grocery and houseware retailers need to figure this out because the instacart model doesn’t work.
• telemedicine - for routine items like renewing a prescription it is much better to have a video chat with the doctor rather than taking time off work to sit in a room full of sick people. Likewise, a video call with the pharmacist feels more private than trying to talk softly in a busy Walgreens.
• cleaning shopping carts - should have always been a thing.
• limiting number of people and party size in stores - makes shopping more pleasant for those of us who want to be in and out. Was so tired of families descending on the grocery store with 2 kids in soccer cleats running amok, mom taking on speakerphone, and dad just staring into the dairy case like it’s Narnia. Get out of my way, thanks.
• booze to-go - my state is allowing bars to serve to hard drinks in to-go cups and liquor stores to do home delivery. And nobody is really checking IDs because everyone has a mask on. Drunk driving is actually way down. Hope this can stay if people can keep their heads about them. It’s not a horrible thing to have a 32oz margarita delivered to my back porch.

A CNN/FoxNews survey reveals that truths, half truths, alternative truths, and wish-it-were truths posted on a football forum with a dozen regular offseason posters are unlikely to change anyone’s mind on political matters, but that 100% of those people agree that Sac State sucks.

Today is I think the first Picnic Day since WWII not held. Hopefully back twice a good next year. Go Ags!

I don’t think the question is about whether a particular game still happens but might be who still has football a year from now. March madness a revenue flop, football revenue in jeopardy, potential for state budget cuts, potential for reduced revenue from endowments and donors if market stays down. Question is how much are expenses also down and do schools have enough gas in the tank to get over this hill.

I hate to see people lose jobs, but I would venture there are tough times ahead for state agencies as a drop in tax revenue reverberates through the next fiscal year. Perhaps perspectives will change as to what jobs are “critical” moving forward. Also wonder if some students (and staff) might opt to stay online only/work from home permanently and how that might change the university’s structure.

Interim Vice Chancellor Emily Galindo came out with a statement today blaming coronavirus on the Band-uh students and their boisterous limericks. The university will be issuing a strongly worded letter condemning coronavirus for infecting people orally without their consent. They will also be hosting a Principles of Community virtual group hug and solar-powered carbon-neutral digital vigil.

the all you can eat may be referring to the dorm dining hall. A few years ago they changed the model from “x” number meals per quarter to a 5 day or 7 day per week option, where it’s as many visits as you want on those days. Idea being to encourage small meals and snacks throughout the day rather than holding out for a bomb of a dinner. They’ve had an Asian fusion station for 15 years at least, perhaps it has sushi now.

I'm not a fan of Best's style and I think even when he wins his tactics are in conflict with most self-respecting institutions. And the report is fair to point out that the Big Sky is no SEC when it comes to cash value. But I would venture that athletics are not the cause of the university's woes. Probably other things at play like location, majors offered, and cost to value proposition. Seems like faculty looking for something to cut as they don't want to admit that their life's work in comparative literature isn't really an in demand topic. As far as only 5% of the student body going to games, that's about the percentage of people colorblind to red. Nobody else can look at that field for 3 hours.

they aren’t real specific other than saying they are doing everything to keep the cost low ($6 per issue is low?). The magazine is published by the Mrak Strategic Communication office and the money will be collected by the bookstore. I’d venture soft costs exceed printing and postage. I’m guessing current distribution at about 40,000 but I’d be surprised to see more than 5,000 pay their $12 through the bookstore’s barely functional website.

kind of fun that there is at least a hypothetical route to a postseason causeway.

I’ve come to conclusion that Emily Galindo is incompetent and should be removed immediately. Gary May is down several notches in my book for continuing to promote her. She was hired as a secretary in the 80s and was continually promoted because the person ahead of her retired. Several promotions with no relevant education, through she later got a mail order MBA. Not a PhD and never a teacher. Reminds me of Celeste Rose. Also claims on LinkedIn she’s been vice chancellor for 34 years, because why proofread when you’re important. Researching her, I believe she is afraid of student and alumni leaders. The band scared her but not as much as the activist complainant. Nuke one and placate the other to sweep any problems under the rug for at least 2 or 3 years so she can max out her retirement at VC level, protect whatever legacy she thinks she has, and then when the unsolved problems re-emerge she’s retired and can let the news blame it on the next person.

You’ve got it on point. Here’s where it gets interesting and the real motives are coming out. The Band-uh has a $1M endowment fund that has specific language saying it can only be spent on a student run band and if the Band-uh is ever shut down, basically the alumni band board decides what happens. Kicking the alumni band off campus in the same swipe, the university is now attempting to steal the money and is saying the chancellor can override donors wishes anytime. Donors are screaming and the university has basically told them to pound sand. Don’t know where Gary May stands on this but Vice Chancellor Emily Gallindo is buddies with all the retired admins from the 90s that hated the band so she may be in his ear. It appears more and more this action had nothing to do with assault victims, that this was just a politically convenient reason.

Latest news is that the administration has caved to some pressure and will allow the Band to have a “coordinated presence” at the next home game, specifically they may stand together and lead coordinated cheers but no instruments allowed “for the safety of the students.” Write your letters folks because this is looney. 1. The alleged misconduct was at private parties, not any band performance. 2. If we have decided it is “safe enough” for the band to now congregate in a very public setting, why isn’t it safe enough for them to play? The drum major has confirmed a whole season’s worth of shows are written and ready to go.

I never know whether to take these things at face value, that he just wants to get back to classics, or if there’s dirty laundry in play, either being forced out politically or cutting and running before some controversy implicates him.

IIRC, it went for a considerable period of being a pub minus alcohol. Sodexo owned the liquor license and when they got kicked out and the University decided to self-manage it a few years ago, it took a while to get a new license. Don't think it did well during that time.

Rumor is that the University is paying the Mandarins. Can’t verify that, but if true is an outrage. For decades didn’t give the band-uh a cent and now to replace so easily.