Note that I didn't say they couldn't do it. I simply declared it insulting (by using up testing capabilities that should be available to the general public), outrageously high risk (for US football, where there is literally contact on every play), and catastrophically stupid (especially in college football, where they're already violating rules that have the strength of wet toilet tissue with social distancing that should shame the universities). Lauren Theisen nailed it Sunday: "What if Nick Saban, faced with a must-win game against Auburn in late November, publicly and emphatically demands that Alabama allow a full house at Bryant-Denny? Who’s going to tell him no?"
And it sure looks like FIFA, in their infinite wisdom, is going to keep going with European friendlies (exhibition games) As someone noted on Defector, even the NFL knew not to play those. I got into a significant argument with a friend who insisted she needed her baseball while I told her there was absolutely zero chance I would watch a moment of Cubs baseball this year. She thinks I'm a stick in the mud. I fundamentally consider sports to be the lowest priority. And watching people act as if sports are deserving a moment of our energies, monies, or efforts while everything else is completely out of control is insulting to society. On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:19 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> > . > -- 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/CABru7%2BdVb8uNtyP%2BKP%2B5Y3CNc%3D3Udd-2dPTPLdCHjAmN4b2FSw%40mail.gmail.com.
