Ramifications

[Outerlimits]

No season I won't watch on television. I rarely do now and have even considered not renewing my season tickets after 30 years. For a different thread.

However I would go to a stadium and watch today if given the option. I do not understand why everyone thinks a vaccination is going to be a game changer. We have a vaccination for the flu and guess what? People still get the flu and still die from the flu.

Our current course of action has just prolonged the outcome. I believe in the theory of Herd Immunity. The CDC and Fauci have no clue and have not been close on any predictions. You have people saying we must lock down for 12 to 18 months and there will be zero sports for the entire year. The country cannot operate that way and for that long. 60 percent (estimated) of small businesses will not come back. Just my opinion.

Draft the best player available. We need a LB to cover tight ends. We need an OL. We still need a receiver. I think adding another top WR can actually help the OL by limiting teams from blitzing and quicker routes.

If we are somehow in lockdown for 12 to 18 months it would be well over 60% of businesses imploding. Football would be the least of our concerns. The country would end up in years of Great Depression probably far worse than the 1930s. So many seem to ignore the death and destruction that would result from complete economic collapse.

Hopefully we one day have a vaccine or the virus fizzles out. However an effective vaccine is no guarantee. HIV has been around for 40 years now and killed 35 million worldwide with no vaccine(fortunately some meds help suppress and often extend life expectancy greatly)

Decent chance though the virus sticks around even if seasonally. In my opinion we eventually would just have to accept the Swedish/Japanese model and just continue with life to the best of our ability. the consequences of months of lockdown hoping one day a vaccine arrives would be even more catastrophic.

 

[GuernseyCard]

No season I won't watch on television. I rarely do now and have even considered not renewing my season tickets after 30 years. For a different thread.

However I would go to a stadium and watch today if given the option. I do not understand why everyone thinks a vaccination is going to be a game changer. We have a vaccination for the flu and guess what? People still get the flu and still die from the flu.

Our current course of action has just prolonged the outcome. I believe in the theory of Herd Immunity. The CDC and Fauci have no clue and have not been close on any predictions. You have people saying we must lock down for 12 to 18 months and there will be zero sports for the entire year. The country cannot operate that way and for that long. 60 percent (estimated) of small businesses will not come back. Just my opinion.

Draft the best player available. We need a LB to cover tight ends. We need an OL. We still need a receiver. I think adding another top WR can actually help the OL by limiting teams from blitzing and quicker routes.

So your suggestion is to let it run wild as the world did between 1918-22, resulting in an estimated 50M deaths to eventually reach herd immunity?

We have vaccines for the common flu, which mutates yearly. Yes, people catch it, develop pneumonia and die, but imagine the numbers if we didn't have a vaccine or 100 years of herd immunity to mitigate the results.

It's called "novel" for a reason.

novel - from the French - nouvelle.... NEW!

 

[tnmike]

I don't think the season will be played with fans in the stands and if no fans no season. Isolation of the players would be impossible. Therefore I don't think there will be a season this year

 

[Russ Smith]

Just realize the WHO right now is reporting they don't yet know for sure if recovering from the virus makes you immune. Studies from China show some people have very high antibody counts, and some have almost none, and they don't know if the high count people are immune or not, let alone the ones with almost none.

All of which makes it hard to do anything. How do you open up businesses or the NFL etc when you don't know if people are immune?

The Cards play the Rams, there's going to be about 90 players in contact during the game, plus refs, coaches on sideline etc. Yes you can have no fans but until we know about immunity it's impossible to know. You'd have to test EVERYONE in the NFL, all the players, refs, coaches etc to know if they've had it but why that matters is for herd immunity, if you don't actually know if people are immune, you can't safely start a season.

Hopefully it turns out people ARE immune but this WHO revelation throws all of that into question.

 

[Garthshort]

If there isn't a season then next year's Draft should be based upon Teams' names being written down and picked out of a hat, starting with pick #32. TV ratings would be sky high, imo.

 

[splitsecond]

I agree...who on here is willing to be the guinea pig and be the 1st to walk into the stadium knowing there will be 50-60 thousand people there. The guy that gives you the 19 won't have a shirt on that says I've got the 19 and I could kill you

i am. Fear does not run my life. Sign me up and put me in the front row. I'll report back on how great it was.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

The Cardinals have played games with no fans in the stadium before, its nothing new to them.

Sent from my mystical communication warp drive device thingy

 

[RugbyMuffin]

i am. Fear does not run my life. Sign me up and put me in the front row. I'll report back on how great it was.

I want pictures too!


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[CardNots]

The Cardinals have played games with no fans in the stadium before, its nothing new to them.

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You mean none of their fans

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

I would 100% go to game.

 

[Ronin]

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[splitsecond]

Just realize the WHO right now is reporting they don't yet know for sure if recovering from the virus makes you immune. Studies from China show some people have very high antibody counts, and some have almost none, and they don't know if the high count people are immune or not, let alone the ones with almost none.

All of which makes it hard to do anything. How do you open up businesses or the NFL etc when you don't know if people are immune?

The Cards play the Rams, there's going to be about 90 players in contact during the game, plus refs, coaches on sideline etc. Yes you can have no fans but until we know about immunity it's impossible to know. You'd have to test EVERYONE in the NFL, all the players, refs, coaches etc to know if they've had it but why that matters is for herd immunity, if you don't actually know if people are immune, you can't safely start a season.

Hopefully it turns out people ARE immune but this WHO revelation throws all of that into question.

You mean the same WHO t

I want pictures too!


Sent from my mystical communication warp drive device thingy

I will even livestream it if stadium wifi isn't bogged down as usual. I got y'all covered.

 

[tnmike]

i am. Fear does not run my life. Sign me up and put me in the front row. I'll report back on how great it was.

I can lose every earthly possession I have and it would be a definite hardship but I will not gamble with my life. When you lose that it's all over

 

[tnmike]

Just realize the WHO right now is reporting they don't yet know for sure if recovering from the virus makes you immune. Studies from China show some people have very high antibody counts, and some have almost none, and they don't know if the high count people are immune or not, let alone the ones with almost none.

All of which makes it hard to do anything. How do you open up businesses or the NFL etc when you don't know if people are immune?

The Cards play the Rams, there's going to be about 90 players in contact during the game, plus refs, coaches on sideline etc. Yes you can have no fans but until we know about immunity it's impossible to know. You'd have to test EVERYONE in the NFL, all the players, refs, coaches etc to know if they've had it but why that matters is for herd immunity, if you don't actually know if people are immune, you can't safely start a season.

Hopefully it turns out people ARE immune but this WHO revelation throws all of that into question.

I don't think " The Who" have ever played to an empty stadium

 

[splitsecond]

I can lose every earthly possession I have and it would be a definite hardship but I will not gamble with my life. When you lose that it's all over

I hear you man, and I DEFINITELY did not mean that personally. Just volunteering my service. 100% agree everyone should do what they feel is best for them.

 

[Garthshort]

No fans at the games? Don't know about that but I do remember when we had the Draft at the Biltmore Plaza in the late sixties and early seventies. No fans and no TV. At that time the AFL conducted their draft via a Conference Call. The AFL's Draft started in the mid-afternoon, and they complained when we (NY Telephone) didn't disconnect the "Conference" at 5PM and then re-connect the call after 5PM when calling rates were lower. The guy handling the AFL account was "called on the carpet" for not offering them the option of doing that. We can laugh at that now, but not then as Appraisals (and pay) were involved.