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Post by USApegger on Mar 26, 2020 15:04:44 GMT -6
I would imagine many won't be able to afford pro sports when it comes back. I was thinking the same thing. It is going to take years to recover economically from this pandemic. Unemployment will be high, record number of businesses will close, and people will drop luxuries like pro sports tickets before anything else. We may see the salary cap plunge to $50 million. I know this is not what people want to hear, but I am honestly wondering if the Jets can survive in Winnipeg, if the economy is terrible for a prolonged period of time, considering we are a small market. I can imagine other teams having troubles like Las Vegas (tourism industry is in shambles), Edmonton and Calgary (oil and gas sector in crumbles), Ottawa (no loyalty to owner, and fans will have no problem staying away). Even in NYC, where the virus has hit the hardest on Earth, one wonder if the league can get through this keeping three clubs in the metro area. Florida may also be in jeopardy (tourism). I think all pro athletes will have to come to grips about the damage that has been done to the economy and will have to take some substantial pay cuts or be out of a job. Until a vaccine is approved (hopefully Canadian made) I will be leery about going to a Jet or Bomber game. From what I understand this is going to be here for a while
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Post by mikecubs on Mar 27, 2020 4:36:03 GMT -6
Looking at the new Rams stadium in mikecubs other thread, it made me wonder, how long will it be before people will be comfortable sitting shoulder to shoulder with 80000 people...or in our case 15000 or 30000. On the other hand, there ought to be super high demand for TV sports of all kinds. Until there is a vaccine I doubt anyplace will be given the chance to have fans at games. Most of what I hear is if NBA restarts and MLB starts it will be without fans to at least save the local TV deals. Interestingly the NBA gets to collect it's national TV deal regardless of what happens. There is also talk of having MLB teams from hard hit places(NY, Seattle) having their spring training homes be their home field. Personally I think they should cancel the NBA/MLB/NHL for the year if they have to go without fans and play in odd places. Go with classic games instead for each team. I'd much rather watch the 2016 cubs season than see a game from an empty Wrigley Field or from a spring training site. The other problem is what happens if say MLB starts in early June and July 1 a player or 2 tests positive? Or in round 2 of the NBA playoffs you get a few positives?
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Post by ekjet72 on Mar 29, 2020 17:53:55 GMT -6
Well after seeing the most recent data and Mr. Trumps news conference today there will be no plan A for professional sports that are into their final days of the season. I doubt if there is a plan B beyond scrubbing the 19-20 season. The US CDC is predicting 100K+ deaths in a long process that will take at least a few and maybe 6 months. Stay healthy folks.
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Post by iceland2018 on Mar 29, 2020 21:13:55 GMT -6
Well after seeing the most recent data and Mr. Trumps news conference today there will be no plan A for professional sports that are into their final days of the season. I doubt if there is a plan B beyond scrubbing the 19-20 season. The US CDC is predicting 100K+ deaths in a long process that will take at least a few and maybe 6 months. Stay healthy folks. That is encouraging news. It has been said that if the pandemic went unchecked, as many as 2-3% of the World population could die. That would amount to 6-9 million people in North America, and 100-200 million people on the planet. It also seems like the social distancing may be working, as today's numbers in both the US and Canada are down from yesterday. In Canada, cases reached nearly 700 by the middle of the week, and have remained at that level. IN the US, cases peaked yesterday at nearly 20,000. Today, in spite of increase of testing, 18,000 Americans tested positive for COVID, a drop of nearly 2000 people from yesterday.
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Post by USApegger on Mar 30, 2020 5:57:38 GMT -6
Well after seeing the most recent data and Mr. Trumps news conference today there will be no plan A for professional sports that are into their final days of the season. I doubt if there is a plan B beyond scrubbing the 19-20 season. The US CDC is predicting 100K+ deaths in a long process that will take at least a few and maybe 6 months. Stay healthy folks. That is encouraging news. It has been said that if the pandemic went unchecked, as many as 2-3% of the World population could die. That would amount to 6-9 million people in North America, and 100-200 million people on the planet. It also seems like the social distancing may be working, as today's numbers in both the US and Canada are down from yesterday. In Canada, cases reached nearly 700 by the middle of the week, and have remained at that level. IN the US, cases peaked yesterday at nearly 20,000. Today, in spite of increase of testing, 18,000 Americans tested positive for COVID, a drop of nearly 2000 people from yesterday. I would imagine that there are millions of untested people with this out there. In my uneducated opinion this is going to get much worse yet
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Post by jamiequirk17 on Mar 30, 2020 8:23:27 GMT -6
Sadly I agree....this is going to take a very long time to get control of...any hope for nhl, nba, cfl, mlb very very unlikely... Hoping that kids can get back to school by September
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