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silly wasn't the term I was thinking of, but it fits

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So they can spend either public or department monies to get bogged down in court to get some monies, maybe? That'd be a choice, I guess.

But that third way is never discussed by the people who argue it's safer for them to play. They don't argue it's safer for them to be on campus receiving support. They argue it's safer for them to play.

Because the 3rd isn't a viable option.
OSU is now having voluntary workouts, that NCAA says they can't have supervision; so no medical staff to take daily wellness checks. That's a statement of fact.
If they are not playing, they don't get routine covid tested. That's a statement of fact.
If they are not playing, they are only allowed to have 12 hours of supervised practice, anything more than that is an NCAA violation. That is a statement of fact.
They are no longer semi-quarantined and in a structured, monitored environment; they don't get access to on site medical staff. Whether at home or on campus, they have to go through the same channels the rest of the populace does. This is a statement of fact.
Because the vast majority of us do not utilize free time nearly as efficient as we do structured time. Being left to decide how we spend our day is more likely to lead to exposure than staying in a structure environment. This is a statement of opinion, but one shared by many others.

How does the broke athletic department justify paying for the services that they can't justify providing to the rest of the student population? I'd love to have that 3rd option, and I'd for that 3rd option to be available to my loved ones, and even you guys on the forum. But's it's Neverland. If they are not playing they no longer get (as) special treatment. 

I don't understand schools like Utah that have furloughed their entire athletic department. 

How is the football program going to do their fall HS recruiting if they're furloughed? 

Well (1) hurt feelings can cause a lot of of knee jerk decisions.

(2) The money spigot may be in rough shape with the nature of cable and television these days. If you are OSU could you make more money in a union with other giant programs or in a union with Rutgers?

If hurt feelings are the driving factor, well, that's just an unfortunate state of affairs. 

To the second part, sure, if the other giant programs want to leave their spots and come join, sure. But in this scenario OSU is telling a set of giant programs to eff off. Sure Rutgers is one thing, but the Big Ten still has the fourth, sixth, 11th, 14th, 18th and 21sth highest revenue producing public school departments, plus 24 and 25. The SEC has 10 in the group, but the ACC has three, Big 12 two and Pac 12 one (USC might be up there).

Now, the SEC probably makes room because it's too profitable, though life becomes a little harder when a knee jerk decision has you leaving a conference. But if the SEC doesn't take you, you've cut off your nose to spite your face.