They're playing football all over Europe

[Palatine]

Many European leagues have started back up. Serbia is playing games in front of fans with up to 25,000 in the stadium. The USA topped 1,000 daily deaths once since June 4th (or none since June 2nd depending on the graph you use). And that's with people all over the streets in major cities and the country opening back up.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Texas, Florida and Arizona are determined to not allow sports to start back up

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Serbia? Odd example: total national population roughly equal to the City‘s 5 boroughs (not counting the 6th borough). Nationally, about 12KSARS-2 cases total and about 250 resulting COVID19 deaths. Nationwide, 2 football stadiums with total normal capacity of 30K or more (just 1 > 50K). Most Serb stadiums seat about 5-10K total with a handful in the low to upper teens in non-virus conditions.

A relevant example: Zero spectators for soccer in the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, etc. Or, MLB, NBA, MLS. NCAAFB and NFL, to be determined IF more people take more responsibility. If not, WHO knows.

 

[Palatine]

Serbia is a interesting because they are playing in front of crowds. If there are no large spikes in cases, it make encourage others to move forward.

https://www.eurosport.com/football/serbia-lets-25000-attend-soccer-derby-as-coronavirus-lockdown-eases_sto7772193/story.shtml

 

[Waquoit]

Never mind Serbia, have you heard about Florida?

 

[zls44]

You have to be spectacularly selfish to wanna have people go out to sports games.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Serbia is a interesting because they are playing in front of crowds. If there are no large spikes in cases, it make encourage others to move forward.

A naive parallel with our current SARS-2 status and potential for NFL and NCAA football attendance. To date, 257 people total died of COVID-19 in Serbia. 257, in a nation with similar 8 million population to the City.

Hey, fans were never prevented from attending games Belarus. Minsk, a beautiful destination and the Bylarussian Premier League matches were broadcasted in western Europe a la Korean baseball in the States. Yippee, the NFL and NCAA will surely analyze Serbian and Belarus as reasons to allow much attendance at games. SMH

If fans are allowed in west Euro nations with reasonably similar SARS-2 cases and resulting COVID-19 deaths, you might have a valid point. Meanwhile, Asia may be telling: zero live fans for pro sports in Korea, Japan just starting games with no fans, no games in Taiwan, Singapore, nor in not as under control as propaganda suggests China's CSL. Serbia, blfft!

South Korean team fined 100 million won for using sex dolls as fans

The team might face stadium expulsion as well.

www.sbnation.com

 

[huskymedic]

 

[zls44]

Three US pro sports teams have announced they're shutting down training facilities because of outbreaks since this morning, all near where the NBA and MLS wanna re-start, its going great!

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

As of Thursday, UT up to 13 players tested positive for SARS-2. No worries, 72 other scholarship players, some walk-ons, and unknown # of non-positive coaches exist. Depth, and ideally immunity matter.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

As of Thursday, UT up to 13 players tested positive for SARS-2. No worries, 72 other scholarship players, some walk-ons, and unknown # of non-positive coaches exist. Depth, and ideally immunity matter.

Current US COVID-19 hotspots: FL, TX, and the Carolinas. One additional benefit of departing the AAC, 4 fewer opponents from the current worst hit areas (5 if not for trade off of UNC for Eastern Carolina). Not quite yet, but visiting Ole Miss may prove to be less enticing as Mississippi may soon be on the worst hit list. Speaking of 2020 opponents if games are played, any rumors on a replacement for the San Jose State away game which will not occur?

 

[Ldandy]

If the senator in this article is being honest, the idea of fans in the stands at a Rutgers Game has always been pretty insane.

 

[Waquoit]

Not quite yet, but visiting Ole Miss may prove to be less enticing as Mississippi may soon be on the worst hit list.

You never know. Just a year ago I though nothing could be less enticing than visiting Ole Miss.

 

[Palatine]

French football will allow 5,000 fans per game starting July 10th.

The PGA has a player contract a case of Covid. He withdrew and he along with his caddy will quarantine for ten days and the tournament goes on. There first open event with fans is scheduled for mid-July.

NASCAR has been racing for a month. A few team members have acquired the virus. They allowed 1,000 fans to attend their Miami event. Bristol will allow 30,000 in July. Texas Motor Speedway will have crowds as well.

The WWE has already allowed friends and family to attend WWE tapings in the stands. The Japanese counterpart of the WWE, New Japan Pro-Wresting is set to begin allowing fans in July.

All of these will have an impact on the NFL and college football.

 

[Waquoit]

As of Thursday, UT up to 13 players tested positive for SARS-2. No worries, 72 other scholarship players, some walk-ons, and unknown # of non-positive coaches exist. Depth, and ideally immunity matter.

Current US COVID-19 hotspots: FL, TX, and the Carolinas.

23 Clemson players just tested positive for coronavirus.

 

[Palatine]

23 Clemson players just tested positive for coronavirus.

And most of them (or all) should be ready to go by July.

 

[pepband99]

And most of them (or all) should be ready to go by July.

Someone like whistling past the graveyard, literally.

When an athlete dies, and it's likely to happen, unfortunately, will that change your mind?

 

[HuskyDogArt]

French football will allow 5,000 fans per game starting July 10th.

The PGA has a player contract a case of Covid. He withdrew and he along with his caddy will quarantine for ten days and the tournament goes on. There first open event with fans is scheduled for mid-July.

NASCAR has been racing for a month. A few team members have acquired the virus. They allowed 1,000 fans to attend their Miami event. Bristol will allow 30,000 in July. Texas Motor Speedway will have crowds as well.

The WWE has already allowed friends and family to attend WWE tapings in the stands. The Japanese counterpart of the WWE, New Japan Pro-Wresting is set to begin allowing fans in July.

All of these will have an impact on the NFL and college football.

Talladega will have fans in the stands for today's race.

 

[Palatine]

Someone like whistling past the graveyard, literally. When an athlete dies, and it's likely to happen, unfortunately, will that change your mind?

Actually not, young athletes are very rarely hospitalized by the virus. If you have diabetes, are morbidly obese, or an underlying condition, your odds change. But life is inherently dangerous and 8,000 people die every day in the USA. Everything has risk. But we know very well who is in danger of serious consequences of Covid and it isn't college age athletes.

BTW, There were four fatalities directly related to football during the 2017 football season: two fatalities were in college/university football and two were in high school football. This is from the annual "Annual Survey of Football Injury Research by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research.

So according to your definition playing football is whistling past the graveyard.

 

[pepband99]

So according to your definition playing football is whistling past the graveyard.

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Football-related deaths by playing football are a vastly different case. Be honest - you know this.

We also need to be thinking about football staffs - especially coaches. Imagine if Bill Snyder were still coaching Kansas St? Nick Saban is 68. Mack Brown is 67. Edsall is 61. Of course, in your mind, it would be the same if they died from being hit on the sideline, as from a disease. Beyond moronic.

 

[huskymedic]

Actually not, young athletes are very rarely hospitalized by the virus. If you have diabetes, are morbidly obese, or an underlying condition, your odds change. But life is inherently dangerous and 8,000 people die every day in the USA. Everything has risk. But we know very well who is in danger of serious consequences of Covid and it isn't college age athletes.

BTW, There were four fatalities directly related to football during the 2017 football season: two fatalities were in college/university football and two were in high school football. This is from the annual "Annual Survey of Football Injury Research by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research.

So according to your definition playing football is whistling past the graveyard.

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Feel a need to point out that “serious consequences” and “death” are two different discussion when it comes to Covid-19.

 

[uconnbill]

Texas, Florida and Arizona are determined to not allow sports to start back up

You need to go by hospitalizes not those actually infected. Stop bringing politics into everything.

 

[huskymedic]

You need to go by hospitalizes not those actually infected. Stop bringing politics into everything.

Like this?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Actually not, young athletes are very rarely hospitalized by the virus. If you have diabetes, are morbidly obese, or an underlying condition, your odds change. But life is inherently dangerous and 8,000 people die every day in the USA. Everything has risk. But we know very well who is in danger of serious consequences of Covid and it isn't college age athletes.

BTW, There were four fatalities directly related to football during the 2017 football season: two fatalities were in college/university football and two were in high school football. This is from the annual "Annual Survey of Football Injury Research by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research.

So according to your definition playing football is whistling past the graveyard.

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There is a middle ground between “not contracting the disease” and “dying from the disease.” If you get Covid your lungs are permanently scarred. Only cure is drops of Jupiter

 

[Palatine]

I just pulled this off the worldmeter a few minutes ago. It matches most of the other daily stats on virus deaths. It's just data.