Some will, some won't
I think a lot of them look at cancelling the season as a waste of all the work they did to get to the playoffs but things have changed since they voted to play at Disney
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As covid rises in FL the NBA is now hesitant to come back
- Thread starter Vanillalite
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Some will, some won't
I think a lot of them look at cancelling the season as a waste of all the work they did to get to the playoffs but things have changed since they voted to play at Disney
Why can't the play in Hawaii. Low numbers. And if everyone quarantines for two weeks they might not even need to play in a bubble
Disney has a big sports complex which has enough courts, I think?
I thought it was kinda crazy that they chose Orlando/Florida in the first place.
I understand that they were probably banking on the Disney infrastructure to save them....but it's still in Florida
and there was zero chance Florida was going to handle the pandemic in any manageable way.
I usually try to push back against the general 'LOL FLORIDA' narrative when necessary as I have lived there and also lived in many worse places,
but in this case they really had no hope of handling things in a sane and rational manner.
Maybe in that alternative reality where Gillum beat out DeSantis, but that's not our reality.
I understand that they were probably banking on the Disney infrastructure to save them....but it's still in Florida
and there was zero chance Florida was going to handle the pandemic in any manageable way.
I usually try to push back against the general 'LOL FLORIDA' narrative when necessary as I have lived there and also lived in many worse places,
but in this case they really had no hope of handling things in a sane and rational manner.
Maybe in that alternative reality where Gillum beat out DeSantis, but that's not our reality.
This plus the NHL picking Vegas as a hub city makes me thing these leagues aren't going to end up coming back afterall.
Once they announced that Disney World was also opening back up the whole bubble thing was perplexing
I think they'll go to Las Vegas if that doesn't become a shit show
California would be an option but it's turning to shit too
They'll cancel next week
They seriously should've just done 16 teams(8 East + 8 west) instead of 22 teams and a 5 game first round to get 8 teams eliminated quick
California would be an option but it's turning to shit too
They'll cancel next week
They seriously should've just done 16 teams(8 East + 8 west) instead of 22 teams and a 5 game first round to get 8 teams eliminated quick
Who cares about sports! Just cancel it already since the title would have no value this year... is worse than the '99 chip
Half of Clemson's team has it now. They'll win easily thanks to their highly intelligent herd infection mentality.
Theres no chance college football will be playing games this Fall. I have my doubts about the NFL.
Then maybe he can go fuck off and realize that he's part of the problem if he actually refuses.
Health is always bigger than basketball.
Not sure why so many people actually think the season is going to happen. Why are so many people in denial about the seriousness of this pandemic? Just like people who thought reopening early wouldn't be a big deal...I'm not sure how the evidence isn't clear to people.
They didn't have the full data, but it's enough for anyone with a little sense to realize exactly this was going to happen.
There's a reason states like Florida and Arizona that have been allowing pro sports operations also happened to have a bunch of other ill-considered policies that caused a giant spike in covid cases. The fact that they were saying "hey, sports will be fine here" was an indicator that they weren't taking things seriously and were sitting on a ticking time bomb.
there's a shit load of money at stake and that usually means shit happens even if they shouldn't.
I still think the Disney bubble will be safer than pretty much anywhere else in America unless the players were literally never leaving the house. Rules will be inforced inside Disney. They aren't anywhere else.
i mean in theory it wouldn't matter how many cases florida has if they pulled off the bubble concept with everyone getting tested before entering. then they announced that employees can leave the bubble and disney would reopen at the same time it was all over anyway.
Why would New Zealand let Americans in when that country is the epicenter of the disease?
This gets to the core of the problem.
Any place that's going to let you run a pro sports league right now is a place that's likely to be a hot spot because they're not taking the pandemic seriously.
The places where it'd be least irresponsible to run a pro sports league right now are places where the locals would probably tell you to fuck off, because the positive conditions were obtained by having the will to do things like not sign off on pro sports.
Uhh, I think y'all might have missed this earlier in the thread.
Sure, but strict rules regarding employees social distancing, not being in rooms with players, wearing masks, etc will be strictly enforced. Things that aren't being enforced to any real effect anywhere else. The players are still likely to be safer than anywhere else outside of locking themselves in their houses and not coming out, especially when the players will be tested daily, so any cases should be caught relatively quickly, making the likelihood of a big spread through the group unlikely. I'd rather do it in a lot of other places, but I still think on the whole the players will be relatively safe and I still expect that they will start in late July as planned with the vast majority of players choosing to play.
it's not as simple as "take a year off" ā it's about finishing a season that was almost done and getting through the playoffs so everyone involved can get paid, contracts can be honoured, the league doesn't get financially fucked for the next few years with salary cap implications etc. it's fine for players with $100m+ in career earnings to want to peace out but i don't think the majority feels that way.
i dunno if disney world is the best idea, and given current circumstances they should really rethink the whole "let people outside the bubble" thing, but they should absolutely do everything they can to find a way to finish the season imo.
(and not just because i want to see my raps expose the bucks as frauds again)
i dunno if disney world is the best idea, and given current circumstances they should really rethink the whole "let people outside the bubble" thing, but they should absolutely do everything they can to find a way to finish the season imo.
(and not just because i want to see my raps expose the bucks as frauds again)
exactly, Disney World is great, but it is located in Florida, is there another like Disney World?
You obviously have a lot more faith in the system than I do, but I don't see how this "bubble city" concept works when you're still letting a large group of people come and go through that "bubble" without having to actually be tested. Obviously they can't keep everyone on their payroll in this "bubble city" like they can the players and NBA staff, but that just continues to highlight how ridiculous this whole thing is, and why they should just cut their losses rather than risk the health of players, staff, and Disney employees in the name of salvaging whatever money is left to be made from this season.
Neither will the players as it will impact the revenue pool. Yes the owners need the money but so do the players. Plus it is unclear whether the Force Majeure clause applies which could result in players losing a bit over 1% of their salaries for each game not played (roughly 18.4%).
And they are still selling tickets to NFL games in states that are spiking like nothing is going on
Rather than trying to figure out a way to navigate the injection of sports back into our lives, we should just shut them all down until we can sort out the main issues.
That's not how this works, you're just going to make them more depressed and miserable by taking away one of the few things people have to look forward to.
The players are safer under these leagues protocols than they are unsupervised and partying. The reason we're seeing half the LSU players testing positive is because they're partying, and the only thing the NBA players are hesitant about is the inability to party for 3 months, they've said almost nothing about the actual COVID risk.
Well the Raptors are starting to head down to Florida for training camp now since they can't train in Toronto without quarantining, hope they are all safe
I agree and even though I enjoy pro-sports existence, I think they need to stay home and even cancel the upcoming seasons...
Is it ultimately Silver's decision or does NBA Ownership decide? Not sure how the final decision is made.
Woj with the bombs...
at this point they're hoping everyone gets it before the season resumes ....
at this point they're hoping everyone gets it before the season resumes ....