Semi-related, while the NBA did stay mostly in a bubble, upon hearing the news the Lakers won, many in LA (predictably) took to the streets to celebrate a victory they had nothing to do with (I’ll never understand this aspect of sports). So although the wealthy players stayed safe, the people whose health care is statistically not as good gathered en masse to probably cause yet another Covid spike, and that pisses me off. Taking to the streets to protest the wrongful murder of an unarmed black man is one thing, but there was no need for last night’s exhibition. It potentially cost lives, and it is the most egregious and gross type of public display.
This week both my wife and I celebrate our respective birthdays, and the total number of people who celebrated with us last night was 7, and everybody stayed outside and socially distanced. We’d have preferred a bigger party with more people (and cake), but we respect each other and those around us too much to take stupid chances. So to sports fans who need their sports, f*ck you. To the people of LA who partied in the streets, f*ck you. You’re thoughtless and stupid, and I’m tired of you. Quit being a$$holes. Just f*cking quit it. On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 8:19 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:12 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You know, it's almost like the mere idea of play farces of sporting >> events in the middle of a pandemic involving likely aerosol transmission of >> the bug is an insulting idea, outrageously high risk, and catastrophically >> stupid! >> > > But then the European football leagues, the NHL, NBA, and after an iffy > start MLB, have all found ways of returning to playing without a > catastrophic collapse. It's tough to demand one sport cancel its season > while others successfully go on. > > That said, the powers that be in the NFL were overly optimistic by not > building some kind of cushion in for delaying games. When one team has > positive tests two teams are affected by the need to reschedule the game. > Players don't get paid for games they don't play so there will be a lot of > pressure from the NFLPA to keep the league from declaring forfeits. There > has been some public grousing from Steelers players who were forced to take > an early bye week and then have mostly road games in the second half of the > season. They feel they have been put at disadvantage by Tennessee's > reckless behavior. The more disruptions to the schedule that occur, the > more grousing there will be. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGGJMdDkR%2BZu58DjDmHRtELV6Yi9a0ubkiDCN%3DOfp7Jmg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGGJMdDkR%2BZu58DjDmHRtELV6Yi9a0ubkiDCN%3DOfp7Jmg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Auh0kPVyYfasfF4oVoLuiozYi35T2XLdwYDUJkZ1Z5gA%40mail.gmail.com.
