Niagara Bill Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Can you imagine putting 55 to 60 players plus coaches, trainers, execs, broadcasters, etc on a plane, fly to Houston, to get on buses, to check into a hotel, to go to various restaurants or banquet service, to breakfast, to buses, to stadium and then home again, in a city that will not acknowledge a virus even is real.....and not have 1 team member contract C19. Impossible. Fly into Buffalo you can do it, into NYC is ok, but not Texas, Arizona, Florida, Atlanta, etc. If they play, the place where you play may be more important than who you play. The season cannot survive like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Voted delayed... Wanted to vote that the season would start on time, but I've always been overly optimistic... changing my strategy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 It will happen. I know you guys are experiencing a 2nd peak situation, but I just think when other sports are starting up - soccer in Europe has been working very well, they have now played two international cricket test matches, they are planning to re-start the Tennis tour shortly etc.... I just think the PR for the NFL to say "sorry we can't do it" is too damaging long term. They will find a way, they will cave to the players' demands, there will be no fans in stadiums.... but there will be a season and it will start on time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaista2k Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Just cancel the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Talley56 said: If the season gets cancelled after, say, week 4, and the Bills are the only unbeaten team when it does, should they get a Lombardi trophy? No, but 'participation ribbons' for everyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwater10 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Jerry knows... "Hurts my ears to listen Burns my eyes to seeCut down a man in cold blood, ShannonMight as well be me We used to play for silverNow we play for lifeOne's for sport and one's for bloodAt the point of a knifeNow the die is shakenNow the die must fallThere ain't a winner in the gameYou don't go home with allNot with all" Jack Straw cut his buddy down and so will completing this season. I just don't see it working out over the long haul of a season. The stakes are just too high, larger than $$, and as Jerry says... Nobody wins in that game. The players already sense this. Veterans are beginning to speak out. Rookies are silent. The owners fear it. Right now it feels a lot like everybody is just whistling in the dark, pretending that everything will work. How? I just don't see it working... I just don't get it right now. And that sucks, but sucking doesn't make it any less real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I selected the season will start on time. Mostly because I want it to but the truth is I have no idea what is going to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Buffalo Boy said: The players want their money. The league wants their advertising and TV money. What is the one thing that could make the NFL even more popular than they already are? An American public that is craving ANY escape from the insanity that is this country currently. The viewership would be up across the board. I concur...baseball starts in a couple of days...expect high ratings as well 1 hour ago, Klaista2k said: Just cancel the season. why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, cwater10 said: Jack Straw cut his buddy down and so will completing this season. I just don't see it working out over the long haul of a season. The stakes are just too high, larger than $$, and as Jerry says... Nobody wins in that game. The players already sense this. Veterans are beginning to speak out. Rookies are silent. The owners fear it. Right now it feels a lot like everybody is just whistling in the dark, pretending that everything will work. How? I just don't see it working... I just don't get it right now. And that sucks, but sucking doesn't make it any less real. Have to agree, next couple weeks will tell for sure. Personally I think anyone who thinks there will be a season is setting themselves up for disappointment. Training camps open next week. Once there is an outbreak or two it will shut down quick. Look at what the PGA tour did. At the beginning of day 1 of The Players Championship they were going to play that tournament with fans and the rest of the season without. Later that day it was decided the tournament would finish without fans for the final 3 days, then tour play would stop for 3 weeks until the week before the Masters. Before the end of the day the season was put on hold until further notice. Those that finished the round received some sort of monetary prize, those that didn't received nothing. Hope I'm wrong but I see things coming to a halt that quickly for football. We'll know soon. Edited July 21, 2020 by Steve O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: It will happen. I know you guys are experiencing a 2nd peak situation, but I just think when other sports are starting up - soccer in Europe has been working very well, they have now played two international cricket test matches, they are planning to re-start the Tennis tour shortly etc.... I just think the PR for the NFL to say "sorry we can't do it" is too damaging long term. They will find a way, they will cave to the players' demands, there will be no fans in stadiums.... but there will be a season and it will start on time. Soccer protects 18 who travel to a game. The NFL travel with at least 60 playrts plus coaches etc. Hard to protect that many athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putin Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Augie said: I think they will start. I’m far less sure they will finish. This ^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillies Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 One small-to-medium outbreak, where 5-10 starting players on a given team all test positive and would all need to miss 3 weeks or something would probably end the season, especially if it includes a high profile QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessTruster Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Augie said: I think they will start. I’m far less sure they will finish. why not have the players wear some kind of thin , breathable mask? that would cut the risk quite a lot I would think. but I am not the expert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cage Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I see lots of posts saying there won’t be a season. I have to say the signs point to the season kicking off as planned. I agree that signs point to it, but I think they'll keep having to back off based on outbreaks and quarantines. If 1-2 OL test positive a couple days before a game, how many players might have to self-quarantine? I haven't seen anyone even try to give an answer to a question like that. Lets assume 5-8 other players, perhaps coaches as well. 10 days...that might be two games missed? Its inevitable that some version of that may happen to at least a dozen teams, maybe a lot more. How do you have a fair season with scenarios like that popping up? Lets play for fun and assume the Bill and Chiefs start out 4-0. They play Thursday night in Week 5. Two Bills' OL test positive on Wednesday... Edited July 21, 2020 by cage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabden Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 If Tom Brady is sick with covid-19, the season will be delayed if not cancelled outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, Niagara Bill said: Soccer protects 18 who travel to a game. The NFL travel with at least 60 playrts plus coaches etc. Hard to protect that many athletes. Definitely more players travel in the NFL (though similarly huge support staffs in Premier League soccer). But the Premier League are not bubbling as I understand the NBA is and as the cricketers of England and the West Indies are. They are going home, seeing their families then travelling to games together so there is at least some encouragement from that model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 12 hours ago, Augie said: I think they will start. I’m far less sure they will finish. This is me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Aussie Rules Football is going on their 6th week since they resumed. Australia also has very low over all numbers though. The US is #1 over all in all counts. I still voted for the season starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 If they do cancel the season here is what is coming up for 2021. We get the AFC and NFC South. https://fbschedules.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 12 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: Plus, add in the fact that fans can’t attend (= more tv viewers) and less gathering at bars (= more individual houses tuned in) They are going to have to do something about Sunday Ticket though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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