Okaaay. I’ve seen this a few times already (at least one was quite amusing, with several more signals). Bottom line, seems to me is: You can have some sport with few changes, mostly removing the spectators (golf, works well, e.g. and tennis seems to be doing okay… and racing ditto). And you may be able to have some sport where the contestants breathe each other’s air and come in contact to varying degrees, but only if you allow for adequate testing, with the potential for cancelations if the pandemic gets inside a team “bubble”.
Seems CV-19 works like any communicable disease. Start with good numbers and then watch as those numbers are gradually reduced by accidental exposure. That is normal in any similar situation. Unfortunately, the infection/death rate has increased daily because denyers persist in their belief that they are immune or that they’ll survive it like 24-hour flu. Obviously, there is no norm for stupidity and ignorance.
I don’t miss the televised sports so much, but I really miss all those wonderful commercials that take up up to 60% of the broadcast time allotment. How else can I learn about those new products that will replace all my kitchen appliances with one counter-top unit, glasses that will give me super night-vision and can withstand a bullet, a new exercise device that will twist me into a pretzel while it also mows the lawn and washes my car, and the newest hand tool that will replace every screwdriver, wrench, pliers, handsaw, vise, and possibly a stepladder in my garage all for only $19.99 with FREE SHIPPING if I call within the next ten minutes and will double the order ABSOLUTELY FREE (for just a small extra handling charge), and who to contact because I might be “entitled to significant compensation” because I may have unknowingly came in contact with a Mediterranean Fruit Fly in 1967!
Concretionist over 3 years ago
Okaaay. I’ve seen this a few times already (at least one was quite amusing, with several more signals). Bottom line, seems to me is: You can have some sport with few changes, mostly removing the spectators (golf, works well, e.g. and tennis seems to be doing okay… and racing ditto). And you may be able to have some sport where the contestants breathe each other’s air and come in contact to varying degrees, but only if you allow for adequate testing, with the potential for cancelations if the pandemic gets inside a team “bubble”.
dflak over 3 years ago
I still think it’s a bad idea, but I don’t have any financial investment involved so I don’t get to make that call.
pc368dude over 3 years ago
C’mon, Jeff. Ramsey did this back on July 30. With all that’s going on, this is what you come up with?
sandpiper over 3 years ago
Seems CV-19 works like any communicable disease. Start with good numbers and then watch as those numbers are gradually reduced by accidental exposure. That is normal in any similar situation. Unfortunately, the infection/death rate has increased daily because denyers persist in their belief that they are immune or that they’ll survive it like 24-hour flu. Obviously, there is no norm for stupidity and ignorance.
The Love of Money is . . . over 3 years ago
He’s not going to pick his nose again is he ? People are waiting for the game to start ? Pull that flag out of your pocket and blow you nose.
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 3 years ago
Additional timeout to kneel.
Bookworm over 3 years ago
I don’t miss the televised sports so much, but I really miss all those wonderful commercials that take up up to 60% of the broadcast time allotment. How else can I learn about those new products that will replace all my kitchen appliances with one counter-top unit, glasses that will give me super night-vision and can withstand a bullet, a new exercise device that will twist me into a pretzel while it also mows the lawn and washes my car, and the newest hand tool that will replace every screwdriver, wrench, pliers, handsaw, vise, and possibly a stepladder in my garage all for only $19.99 with FREE SHIPPING if I call within the next ten minutes and will double the order ABSOLUTELY FREE (for just a small extra handling charge), and who to contact because I might be “entitled to significant compensation” because I may have unknowingly came in contact with a Mediterranean Fruit Fly in 1967!
Ontman over 3 years ago
Full contact sport (no bubble) what could go wrong?
William Bednar Premium Member over 3 years ago
How about some fan sighs? Like, holding your nose to indicate that the Team you favor stinks?