SI Article: forget about sports this year

[LABILLBACKER]

3 hours ago, Doc said:

 

They will test players often and tell them to isolate when away from the team/facilities or lose their pay if they get sick, and especially if they infect others.  But there won't be any crowds this season.

The NFL season can be completed with reasonable guidelines. There will be no international travel games. Players will need to be tested weekly. Games will be televised and take place in scheduled team stadiums with no fans! And once a viable vaccine is available, fans will be able to return. From what I've heard there will likely be a vaccine available by Oct out of Oxford England. The same will probably be true for college football. 

[GottaRun]

Vegas odds on catching Covid-19 at a sporting event

 

https://www.thestar.com/sports/2020/04/17/the-odds-of-professional-sports-returning-before-july-arent-good-if-theyre-paying-attention-to-the-odds.html

"July 1 might be the safest, earliest date for Canadians to attend games, while some jurisdictions in the United States might need to wait even later."

 

"The numbers in the U.S. aren’t as promising as they are here."
 

“Canada is in much better shape than many of the states,” McEwan said. “Some are better than others.”
 

“The message is hold off,” said Matt McEwan, the editor in chief of Sports Betting Dime’s website and the mathematician behind the projections.

“Give it time. It doesn’t need that much more time ... Based on everything we’re doing right now, the social distancing and quarantining and self-isolation, if we continue doing this and we continue doing what the medical professionals are saying, July 1 looks very reasonable."

 

“So it’s hold off, because if we started early, and the cases ramp back up again, we’d potentially cause a second peak, and the seasons would be done, and then potentially the 2020-21 seasons are in jeopardy, too.”

Edited April 17, 2020 by driddles