The Governor of Arizona announces

[Cardinal Bob]

How will the players practice social distancing while blocking and tackling each other?

How will the players, coaches, trainers and staff members practice social distancing and stay safe?

How will the players be able to feel safe that they will not be bringing the virus home and infecting their wives and kids?

How does the players union agree to put them in danger?

These are all valid questions that need answers BEFORE any consideration can be given to practicing, let alone actually playing games.

Unfortunately, too many people don't care cuz they are only concerned with being entertained (fans), or losing $$ (owners, leagues, etc). Safety?

 

[az jam]

Games will be played, mark it down....Now they may have to shut things down, but week 1 will happen...I think the only sport that may call the season off is the NHL, but I wouldn't say that's [emoji817]. NFL, NBA and MLB will definitely play games this year.

All leagues have basically spent the last 2 months working out contingencies on top of contingencies...

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Well, I hope you are right. I especially want to see the NFL have a season. The Cards team will be exciting to watch for sure.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Like I posted in another thread... PFT really analyzed the NFL schedule... and what it looks like they're going to do is play week one some way somehow... Then reassess the political and medical and fan fallout. All week two games are matchups of teams that share a bye... So those games can be easily rescheduled, if needed. All week three and week four matchups, I believe, they pointed out are interconference matchups.. those games can easily be canceled, bringing the schedule down to 14 games. Again, this is all predicated as to how week one goes.

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[daves]

Like I posted in another thread... PFT really analyzed the NFL schedule... and what it looks like they're going to do is play week one some way somehow... Then reassess the political and medical and fan fallout. All week two games are matchups of teams that share a bye... So those games can be easily rescheduled, if needed. All week three and week four matchups, I believe, they pointed out are interconference matchups.. those games can easily be canceled, bringing the schedule down to 14 games. Again, this is all predicated as to how week one goes.

Interesting theory about playing week 1 "somehow" and reassessing... I think it's more likely that the first contingency would be for week 1 to be pushed to the end of the season (week 18) and the off week between the playoffs and Super Bowl eliminated (just as was done after 9/11).

The second contingency would be for week 2 to be played during BYE weeks (thus, teams would get no BYE weeks).

The third contingency would be to move weeks 3-4, and perhaps more, to the end of the season, and reschedule the Super Bowl for later in February. Canceling weeks 3-4 could be another option if (a) moving the Super Bowl back is too difficult / costly, and (b) it looks as though starting in week 5 is realistic.

Very clever scheduling by the NFL, to leave so many outs!

...dave

 

[az jam]

It does appear to have been smart scheduling by the NFL. Good that they took their time on releasing it.

 

[mwanamatapa]

The only way they will be able to practice and play games is if they get more testing done. You will literally have to test every day and quarantine anyone testing positive. The last thing you want is the whole team going down. There is also the risk that they spread the disease to their families.

The Bundesliga has resumed playing and they already have problems with one of the teams having to be quarantined for two weeks due to testing positive and/or being exposed.

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[cardncubfan]

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This is coming from the Gov that didn't know how to put on a face mask.

 

[Harry]

Because that is the deal they agreed to. Players WON'T get paid if there is no season.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28964249/what-mlb-deal-players-means-2020-season-beyond

Their salaries for 2020 will be prorated. If teams play an 81-game schedule, players will get 50% of their full, agreed-upon money. If they play 120 games, they will receive 74%. Performance-bonus clauses will be prorated too.

If the season is canceled, the only payment players will receive is the $170 million advance teams guaranteed players to be distributed in April and May. The money is essentially a down payment on salaries for 2020. Should games be played, it will be factored into paychecks. If no games are played, the players get to keep the $170 million without repayment.

The agreement adds that players cannot sue for their salaries -- an important distinction even though Paragraph 11 almost certainly would have held up in a grievance setting.

That’s changed. The latest owner’s proposal would give the players 50% of the revenue. The MLBPA will then divided up the money as they see fit. The problem is that won’t come to the 50% of salary in the previous deal. The players are unwilling to as they put it “risk their lives” for a reduced paycheck. This could get ugly. The owners contend with no ticket revenue, no food sales and no parking, so the revenues have declined greatly. They also bear all the stadium maintenance, support staff (like trainers), coaches and travel. The owners are worried that if they go much higher on the percentage they will actually lose money. This is especially worrisome for teams like the Pirates with poor local media contracts. This may not end easily.