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So socially responsible.

This hurts a lot for some of us. I am a Creighton fan and this was our first big year in a long time, maybe our best of all time.

Sports fans get accused of forgetting "it is all a game" sometimes. It is certainly more than a game when you think of how much some people's lives depend on the money from these events, but limiting the impact of this virus is certainly not "soft".

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Same with me and BYU. We had potential for the best tournament run since Jimmer Fredette, and we’ll likely end the year #1 in men’s volleyball with no championship to play for. (Our last title win was in 2003.)

Will teams that finish #1 in various polls claim national titles?

Of course none of it matters that much in the long run but it is a big bummer for the athletes and fans!

It's not a game to those players. It's their life. If they don't want to get the flu it should be their choice not to play.

I really don't think I should be having to make this comment, but it's not the flu. You know it's not the flu, we all know it's not the flu. Please stop trolling.

The decision is not about the players, it's much bigger than that.

It was also the players' choice to make their life about something that was always going to lose in priority to public health, if it ever came to that.

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