Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek clarifies comments about starting 2020 season as scheduled
On Monday, Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek spoke with the Arkansas Board of Trustees, saying that the Razorbacks were planning to play their first 2020 football game as scheduled on Sept. 5.
He added that the plan was to start practices in mid-July, and that obviously caught the attention of many fans who are eager for football to return.
However, on Monday evening, Yurachek took to Twitter to clarify his statements, saying that nothing was official yet:
— Hunter Yurachek (@HunterYurachek) May 4, 2020
Yurachek said the safety of the Razorback student-athletes remains the top priority, so they won’t start if it isn’t safe to do so.
Other ADs and university presidents have spoken about the start of the 2020 season soon, but nothing is definite as of yet. We’ll see what happens over the next few weeks.
Has anyone studied the behavior of 17 thru 23 year olds during any of the serious contagious virus outbreaks of the past 100 years ? I own an “essential” business. A 20 year old asked for my professional help yesterday. I scheduled him into my office. Like every other young person in that age group, since Feb., he was the least concerned person about keeping the 6 foot distance rules, not using hand sanitizer, of course came into the office without a mouth and nose barrier. Structure in social meetings will improve the health practices of many young men.
It will also reduce the choice of when and how to meet with others. Has anyone taken a confidential poll of the student-athletes? In this poll the statistical facts could be laid out about this virus and every other virus they have lived thru in their short lives. According to the World Health Organization, in 2019 alone, the world played team sporting games during H1N1 Corona, SARS 1 and 2 Corona, MEHRS Corona, Dengue, Ebola, Yellow Fever, Measles and Polio (#many americans refuse to get vaccinations for), Lassa, Rift Valley Fever, Zika (like no college students will expose themselves to mosquitos), Cholera, Fibrile, Listeriosis, HIV (*do you dare imagine that some college students are having unprotected sex), Monkeypox, Chickungunya, Carbapenem, *Gonocaccal, Hantavirus, (are we keeping mice from getting into the houses and apartments of all college students), and #Poliomyelitis. ?Who are the public consumers of sports news, that assume football teams can’t do more in education to protect young people than any possible harm… and as if college men are not already exposing themselves to disease with little or no help from coaches about diligent health habits. This from a former, high school and college team sport coach. By reinforcing many safe living practices, including safe driving, coaches save untold thousands of lives every year.