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Ford Motor Opens Today

KarenQVC — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:35:58 GMT

The game is on. Lots of F 150s to come.

All the more reason for MI to keep our numbers down.

Boy, I like the talk of flexible hours for white collar and work from home long-term.

Mask Up MI!

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KarenQVC — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:10:35 GMT

FL just hit 100,000 cases.

The states which mask up will be rewarded economically.

I hope states like MI, NY, CT, CA and NJ have learned their lessons.

BTW, Ford Motor has its own internal testing, tracing and isolating unit. It can't hurt.

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CrazyDaisy — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:16:21 GMT

Was in Michigan this weekend, only about half the people I saw had masks. Hope that is enough.

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suzyQ3 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:32:46 GMT

@KarenQVC, sorry to sound so dense, but do you mean that Ford plants are re-opening? If so, how do you feel about it?

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KarenQVC — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:37:34 GMT

@CrazyDaisy That describes our state--half science and half anti-science. Ann Arbor is heavy on masks. I am glad I live here.

UMich just announced it will open this fall. We will be up to our tails in masks--at least on campus.

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KarenQVC — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:45:20 GMT

@suzyQ3 Sorry, "open" here means the lines are moving close to capacity. Good for blue collar.

I am all for trying to open esp. in our pro-science institutions like Ford and UMich. They could be examples of how it can be done.

On the other hand, the anti-science areas are losing tourist $ just because we won't go up there this summer.

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mom2four0418 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:07:09 GMT

@KarenQVC wrote:
FL just hit 100,000 cases.

The states which mask up will be rewarded economically.

I hope states like MI, NY, CT, CA and NJ have learned their lessons.

BTW, Ford Motor has its own internal testing, tracing and isolating unit. It can't hurt.

and Texas

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CrazyDaisy — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 12:27:31 GMT

@KarenQVC wrote:
@CrazyDaisy That describes our state--half science and half anti-science. Ann Arbor is heavy on masks. I am glad I live here.

UMich just announced it will open this fall. We will be up to our tails in masks--at least on campus.

Will be in Ann Arbor next month. Guess I will be able to report first hand.

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FrostyBabe1 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:01:03 GMT

@KarenQVC wrote:
@CrazyDaisy That describes our state--half science and half anti-science. Ann Arbor is heavy on masks. I am glad I live here.

UMich just announced it will open this fall. We will be up to our tails in masks--at least on campus.

Of course they will. As will MSU, EMU, WMU and EVERY other university in the country that plays D1 football. Why? Because the NCAA has said that if students aren't on campus, sports teams can't play. There's no way those schools will risk that revenue. Other sports, such as basketball and hockey start during the fall semester, but could easily compact their seasons in to league games only and start in January. But football is a fall semester season, other than playoffs and bowl games.

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KarenQVC — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:02:50 GMT

As far as I know every MI state school loses $ on athletics. UMich loses the least but still charges each student $6.00 per year for the sports program.

I can't see how sports will happen this year. The mission of the school is academic.

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hckynut — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:31:03 GMT

Good news for them and Ford Motor.

hckynut

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FrostyBabe1 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:21:44 GMT

@KarenQVC wrote:
As far as I know every MI state school loses $ on athletics. UMich loses the least but still charges each student $6.00 per year for the sports program.

I can't see how sports will happen this year. The mission of the school is academic.

You are both misinformed and naive. Athletics at the University of Michigan generated an excess of $9.748 million in revenue over expenses for the 2016-2017 school year, which is the most current info available (source: Detroit Free Press). Football, on it's own, nearly foots the bill for every other sport at the university (source: an aquaintance in administration at UofM). Even at smaller schools like WMU, some sports, like hockey, generate excess revenue for the school (source: former head coach at WMU).

And if you truly believe that the mission of a Big Ten school, or any other major university is solely academic, I've got some land about 50 miles west of Tampa that I'd like to sell to you.

Sports will happen. Maybe with significantly reduced crowds, but sports are the reason that universities that play D1 are bringing the general student population back.

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SandySparkles — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:56:57 GMT

I think this is wonderful news, especially for those poor families that were economically impacted by COVID! With all of the daily negative reports, it's nice to see some encouraging news😊

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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KarenQVC — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:38:53 GMT

MI Insider published UMich projected budgets for 2018 and 2019. The budget is about $185M and they try to have a operating surplus of $2.5. There are always unanticipated in and outs.

UMich makes a lot of $, but it also runs a rich athletic program for all the students. Some people like to hate on the Big Dog, UMich, and accuse it of being greedy.

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KarenQVC — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:45:34 GMT

@SandySparkles Everyone here seems to value the economy over our "freedom."

Today UMich refused to run the presidential debate in Oct. to reduce the chance of Covid spread. Miami accepted hosting the debate.

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Snowpuppy — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:51:13 GMT

@FrostyBabe1 thank you!

While we pay college coaches millions each year, adjunct faculty is teaching tomorrow's leaders for peanuts with no hope of tenure.

All is well, come on back to campus! Chase us down later for your refund!

Meanwhile, my boss is ignoring the all is well signal. We'll be working from home until late in the calendar year.