TheRevoltingBlob
Club Member
I want football. I'm not watching the crowd. At this point they could play in a field behind a Home Depot and I'm watching.
I don’t care if there are fans in the stadium either. The issue will be when players on the teams come down with Covid19 and then the rest of the team and coaches are placed on quarantine for 14 days. Will they make up the games the teams don’t play or will they just cancel those games altogether? Personally I think that as much as the NFL and the colleges want to play football this year, it is going to be extremely difficult because the virus will only get worse as states open up.I want football. I'm not watching the crowd. At this point they could play in a field behind a Home Depot and I'm watching.
You may be correct. However, a huge issue is the variance of reporting. In the USA, hospitals receive more money from Medicare/insurance/etc, if the diagnosis is death or illness from Covid vs not Covid. Countries use variable diagnostic techniques.Don't bank on a vaccine coming before 2021. I am originally from Australia and still follow the the NRL (national rugby league) in Australia. Bear in mind where here in the US we've had over 100,000 deaths from the pandemic, Australia has only had 102. However, they have strictly followed the advice from the epidemiologists and only just recommenced their NRL season last weekend. What is significant is that they did it to empty stadia, ie they considered the risk of failure to adequately avoid spreading the virus to be too great (and this is in a country where only 7000 odd persons contracted covid-19 and 102 died). All countries have approached the pandemic differently, but the US is playing with fire if it permits crowds without adequate social distancing, particularly at a time when a second wave is projected. I wouldn't be surprised if the NFL took a risk averse approach by having the stadia empty and just playing the games for TV audience. They take a big loss in terms of attendance revenue but just rapidly ignoring risk and escalating loss of life would be terrible.
Brothers please save this talk for the political forum not the main forum. Thank you! Have a great and safe weekend.You may be correct. However, a huge issue is the variance of reporting. In the USA, hospitals receive more money from Medicare/insurance/etc, if the diagnosis is death or illness from Covid vs not Covid. Countries use variable diagnostic techniques.
I appreciate your point. Covid is not the same as who starts on the OL.Brothers please save this talk for the political forum not the main forum. Thank you! Have a great and safe weekend.
John
While I understand the desire to keep discussion of the virus in the political forum. The reality is that the virus is very likely to have a direct effect on the football season. Either by greatly reducing the crowd size or possibly effecting games by individual players who contract the virus and therefore are unable to play because they are placed under quarantine. The virus could also cause entire teams to be placed in quarantine and therefore games have to be cancelled.
The possible effect the virus could have on the Dolphins as well as the rest of the NFL is the reason I view it as a football issue and not a political issue but if you truly don’t see it as something that can affect the entire football season, I will make no future comments regarding the virus in the Football section of this forum.
Brother this thread was not started or intended to talk about the virus, but looking forward to the new season. For me it was something to get pumped up about and look forward to with all that is going in the country and world. Talking about the virus here for me takes away that little happiness. It is up to the staff where they want that conversation to go.I appreciate your point. Covid is not the same as who starts on the OL.
two points I would like to offer.
1. The virus should not be political.
2. The virus does affect us- fans or no fans, training camps, player protection, etc.
No criticism. I agree. No more Covid from me.Brother this thread was not started or intended to talk about the virus, but looking forward to the new season. For me it was something to get pumped up about and look forward to with all that is going in the country and world. Talking about the virus here for me takes away that little happiness. It is up to the staff where they want that conversation to go.
Have a great weekend!
John