TroutDog Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/04/15/nfl-empty-stadiums-sports-return/ The article touches on all of the major leagues. Glad to hear they’re considering all options and listening to health professionals above all else. EDIT: I shared this as a manner for others to see what the NFL and other leagues are looking at. It was NOT intended for people to spread disinformation or anecdotal evidence based on their ‘favorite expert’. Please let’s keep this to the sports arena, preferably Bills and Sabres. Thanks. ? Edited April 16, 2020 by TroutDog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateHookerMD Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 The problem is the players. Without a vaccine, it is likely inevitable that a player will test positive during the season. What happens to that team and that locker room? If they get players to sign a waiver and the NFLPA goes for it I guess it could happen. Would you want a season to have happened if Mitch Morris gets COVID and our entire offense is out for 2-3 weeks and essentially wastes the season anyway? I know we all want this to happen but it is problematic. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBaumer Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Sports and concerts are done for 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I find this refreshing 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, PirateHookerMD said: The problem is the players. Without a vaccine, it is likely inevitable that a player will test positive during the season. What happens to that team and that locker room? If they get players to sign a waiver and the NFLPA goes for it I guess it could happen. Would you want a season to have happened if Mitch Morris gets COVID and our entire offense is out for 2-3 weeks and essentially wastes the season anyway? I know we all want this to happen but it is problematic. Mitch Morris? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 23 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Mitch Morris? Might be one of the Bills' waterboys. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 my first thought was that playing in front of no fans would be bad for the Bills, seeing as we’d lose that patented Buffalo home-field advantage and they seem to really, really love the fanbase (more so than pretty much every team in the league). But then I think of their home/away split last season... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 I believe it would be the right decision if they can pull it off. Like Mike Trout said in the article, there are tons of hurdles but, selfishly, I’d like sports to come back. Should the new pin-prick test come out soon then it could be a possibility...albeit without fans in the stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, TroutDog said: I believe it would be the right decision if they can pull it off. Like Mike Trout said in the article, there are tons of hurdles but, selfishly, I’d like sports to come back. Should the new pin-prick test come out soon then it could be a possibility...albeit without fans in the stands. Trout, I think you’re comments are plausible. If they have an accurate rapid test, you can see players and staff getting tested before any contact in practices, and games. The fans in the stands I don’t believe will happen. They won’t take any chances unless they have a vaccine which is doubtful. My father unfortunately because of his age doesn’t know why they aren’t using more widespread the hydroxychloroquine as a treatment. I told him, there are serious risks of cardiac and retinal problems so only being used on the most sick. We just don’t have an effective treatment yet. I love football as much as all of you, but not at the risk of this pandemic starting up again given the assumption things tail off over the summer. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddicksTDLeap Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 If there are no fans, then let’s hope that there is a sufficient work around of the Direct TV exclusivity deal, and that fans can stream games, with a portion of that new revenue going to the owners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnCoke11 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 With a fall outbreak being predicted likely i see now way they play this season. One player/coach gets it it’s over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, BuffaloBaumer said: Sports and concerts are done for 2020 Some concerts are happening now...then televised or put on the web. People can get creative instead of simply cratering. Edited April 16, 2020 by TroutDog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, BuffaloBaumer said: Sports and concerts are done for 2020 I think you’re correct here. With both the mayors in LA and NYC, the two largest sports and concert venues in the country hinting at that eventuality, the writing is on the wall for sure. But it’s nothing we can’t handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoshin Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I have been trying to picture this. MLB will be the first league to give this a shot. It probably works fine for baseball since it's a quiet crowd. Football would be hard to imagine in an empty stadium. It would be like watching a scrimmage but where the game had meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrober38 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, BuffaloBaumer said: Sports and concerts are done for 2020 They should be, but they won't be. The NFL will never miss an opportunity to make the worst possible decision when faced with a PR issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nester Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 It’s going to be like watching a practice. i doubt empty arenas will hold my interest in any pro sport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, K-9 said: I think you’re correct here. With both the mayors in LA and NYC, the two largest sports and concert venues in the country hinting at that eventuality, the writing is on the wall for sure. But it’s nothing we can’t handle. I know i am just optimistic, but i think it is way to early to call that yet. I mean we are 4 months from training camp, 5 from games. Lord knows what all the computer and AI in this world can do with treatment options. I think i am in the great majority of people in the middle on this thing...not a hox or overblown, but at some point the risk/reward becomes to great and we open things up soon..and we build herd immunity 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco_92 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: I know i am just optimistic, but i think it is way to early to call that yet. I mean we are 4 months from training camp, 5 from games. Lord knows what all the computer and AI in this world can do with treatment options. I think i am in the great majority of people in the middle on this thing...not a hox or overblown, but at some point the risk/reward becomes to great and we open things up soon..and we build herd immunity You mean people predictably ramping up the doom and gloom during the worst week of the virus in the US, talking about events 5-6 months away, guaranteeing things about events 8months away, even as best case scenarios were slashed into fractions of what was thought just two weeks ago, might not be the most sage and informed on this topic?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, RiotAct said: my first thought was that playing in front of no fans would be bad for the Bills, seeing as we’d lose that patented Buffalo home-field advantage and they seem to really, really love the fanbase (more so than pretty much every team in the league). But then I think of their home/away split last season... Yep. The Bills feel pressure when playing in front of the home fans. My question is do we really lose a year of our Super Bowl window if there is no season? Does this count as an accrued season with contracts? That would literally be the Billsiest thing in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 12 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said: Yep. The Bills feel pressure when playing in front of the home fans. My question is do we really lose a year of our Super Bowl window if there is no season? Yes - but so do all the other teams who were in that window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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