Seasons and Tourneys Cancelled?

[Cougars]

In the Big D and Chicagoland? Absolutely.

Stopped on my way home from work (Chicago burbs), most people I have ever seen in a grocery store.

 

[CoachJD]

Our school has canceled off-campus activities, and since we play across the street at a public park, we almost certainly will not be starting our slate of games next week as scheduled.

We can still practice in the gym (or outside in the parking lot), but no games for the time being. Kinda bummed. This is the best varsity team we've ever had, so I hope this passes quickly and we still get to play a bulk of our schedule.

 

[STRIKE3]

Some of our North Texas schools have added an extra week of spring break which includes our school. Softball and all other spring sports are now suspended. I pray I am wrong but I don't see them restarting. Again, I hope I am wrong as I might have watched my Senior play her last game yesterday without even knowing it. Softball Gods, it can't end this way, PLEASE shine down on us

 

[ang2bmd]

The real danger is not slowing the spread and overwhelming the healthcare system.

In areas where this has happened the mortality rate is around 1% which for frame of reference is 10 time the mortality rate of the seasonal flu.

In areas where it didn't happen, like Italy early on for example, the healthcare system was overwhelmed and the mortality rate was closer to 5% or roughly 50 times the mortality rate of seasonal flu.

The closest comp we have on recent record is the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic which has a similar mortality rate as COVID-19 so far and that infected a third of the planet and killed between 50 and 100 Million people.

This is absolutely correct. Overwhelming the healthcare system also means that we can't care for the normal stuff like heart attacks and premature babies so the mortality rates for everyone go up. Public health and personal health are too very different things

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[Gambler Bob]

We were scheduled to play a dome tournament in Rosemont Il. (near Chicago) this weekend. The tournament has been canceled. This would have been a non sanctioned travel softball tournament.

 

[Westwind]

@Sweet Lou and @ang2bmd, thanks for the good comments. When I was watching Spain closely I wondered why Italy was getting hit so hard.

 

[flash277]

Jumping back to the original topic a bit, are all NCAA softball games canceled?.....With no other sports on, I was looking around to see if a softball game would pop up.

 

[Comocoach]

Jumping back to the original topic a bit, are all NCAA softball games canceled?.....With no other sports on, I was looking around to see if a softball game would pop up.

Any that aren't have limited attendance requirements. Family, support staff, and credentialed media.

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[ChrisSB]

My oldest daughter plays LAX at an NAIA college in Indiana. Classes are going online, but athletics continue. Many kids are leaving campus, but the dorms are open to athletes and kids who can't get home. No change in practice or game schedule.

My other daughters tournament was cancelled this weekend and no practice for 2 weeks.

 

[CoachJD]

Jumping back to the original topic a bit, are all NCAA softball games canceled?.....With no other sports on, I was looking around to see if a softball game would pop up.

Yes, they have canceled -- not just suspended or postponed -- canceled the entire softball and baseball seasons. That means no WCWS or CWS this year. A little surprised they're canceling and not just suspending since those don't occur for a couple months. Lots of uproar to give the seniors another year of eligibility because of this (Expect the NCAA to do whatever the wrong thing is here).