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Misc Sports Thread

Blue_Ridge_Escarpment said:
Yeah it’s getting ridiculous tbh. Hopefully common sense will prevail sooner rather than later. Can’t imagine how dorms would be safer than an outdoor football field with players wearing gloves and helmets!
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There is this circulating sentiment that colleges will probably go back completely virtual in a month and send all students home. And I'll be ticked..... either do it now or not at all, we know how to cope with this now better than back in March
 
metwannabe said:
There is this circulating sentiment that colleges will probably go back completely virtual in a month and send all students home. And I'll be ticked..... either do it now or not at all, we know how to cope with this now better than back in March
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I've heard the same that basically the first month is a trial to see how it goes.
 
Perhaps one of the concerns about football is the danger of spreading the virus in huddles? Any opinion? I’m pretty neutral on this and just want honest discussion. Does huddling make it much riskier or not?

Edit: Regardless, protesting together tightly was ok with no concern about spreading it from the media. So why not allow football?
 
metwannabe said:
At some point the financial crunch is going to be massive, sports related.... I've enjoyed MLB season thus far but can't help but think, all these players getting paid millions and all those empty seats, severely cuts revenue for pro teams. Of course this applies to all pro sports

Colleges giving out tons of scholarships but money sports (Football and basketball) on hold, severely cuts revenue for colleges..

At some point something has to give
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Braves said they had lost 95% revenue. Many colleges sports will go belly up. I agree the financial impact is not here yet. It’s going to be ugly. Very ugly.
 
GaWx said:
Perhaps one of the concerns about football is the danger of spreading the virus in huddles? Any opinion? I’m pretty neutral on this and just want honest discussion. Does huddling make it much riskier or not?

Edit: Regardless, protesting together tightly was ok per the media. So why not football?
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Im sure but they were all to wear face shields I thought.
 
SD said:
I've heard the same that basically the first month is a trial to see how it goes.
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I just don’t get it. All other jobs and hospitals are pretty much just going forward. If someone tests positive they quarantine and every else keeps working. Makes sense. You can’t have a nurse test positive and send everyone home she has been around including doctors.
 
SD said:
I've heard the same that basically the first month is a trial to see how it goes.
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The 1st month is to capture fees.
Its all about money. Same with football. If Foitball is not played it will catastrophically turn college athletics on its head. Wait for it.
 
metwannabe said:
At some point the financial crunch is going to be massive, sports related.... I've enjoyed MLB season thus far but can't help but think, all these players getting paid millions and all those empty seats, severely cuts revenue for pro teams. Of course this applies to all pro sports

Colleges giving out tons of scholarships but money sports (Football and basketball) on hold, severely cuts revenue for colleges..

At some point something has to give
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Maybe all sports will go bankrupt and we will be left with nothing ?
 
metwannabe said:
At some point the financial crunch is going to be massive, sports related.... I've enjoyed MLB season thus far but can't help but think, all these players getting paid millions and all those empty seats, severely cuts revenue for pro teams. Of course this applies to all pro sports

Colleges giving out tons of scholarships but money sports (Football and basketball) on hold, severely cuts revenue for colleges..

At some point something has to give
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Very valid points. I think MLB is feeling the pain right now on revenue. So much so, that the Reds have sent plans to Hamilton County and the city of Cincinnati to let a number of fans into the stands this year. They have approved these plans and are now waiting on the governors stamp of approval. The cubs are wanting to do the same thing but they have a much steeper hill, errr I mean mountain, to climb with Mayor Lightfoot and Illinois Governor to approve.
 
GaWx said:
Perhaps one of the concerns about football is the danger of spreading the virus in huddles? Any opinion? I’m pretty neutral on this and just want honest discussion. Does huddling make it much riskier or not?

Edit: Regardless, protesting together tightly was ok with no concern about spreading it from the media. So why not allow football?
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I’m interested in this as well. Football players have on gloves, helmet covering their entire head, and pretty much between the pads and jerseys and pants their entire body is covered. Meanwhile, the NBA has players with no coverings (besides jerseys) and literally right in each other’s faces. Football can be played safely, probably safer than the NBA. Which is why I think you had the ACC medical expert saying so.
 
On one end, I'm starting to feel like it'd have been okay if the MLB season was cancelled.

On the other end, I'm thinking this might also be a good thing though, if Liberty doesn't decide they have to walk back on spending more. Pretty obvious that the band aid is going to have to get pulled off and they're going to have to just buy 2 starting pitchers in some kind of way (free agency or trade, or maybe both) and likely also replace Rick Kranitz, although people with the pitchforks there really don't make much sense to me.

If/when that happens, that will be your 3rd pitching coach replacement, and so far none of them have really led to a break through. Soroka fits the old school philosophy the Braves have had (and have begun to try to change since last year) and Fried becoming a success story had a lot to do with the slider he's developed and mostly ditching the change up.



Changes have already been made, but it doesn't take one pandemic altered year to see results.
 
Toronto just ripping apart Brooklyn...should've paid more attention to the NBA playoff opener instead but I'm trying to get a head start on schooling for the year, oh well.
 
So, it actually turns out he was called up because Nick Markakis may have been exposed to COVID.

Joy. Hopefully all turns out to be well, but we won't know for a few days.

Things had been going too well for us in a hot spot state I suppose...
 
Houston's just getting dragged today by the Padres so far....it's crazy.

Guess San Diego is actually good now.

Braves keep fighting without major pieces.
 
Go Cubbies?
 
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