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Will COVID-19 be the needle that finally bursts the sports bubble?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BitterYoungMatador2, Apr 2, 2020.

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  1. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    tapintoamerica, Apr 15, 2020
    #481
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  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Dr. Fauci is obviously a very smart man and a world expert in his field. But he doesn't know much about baseball players. The idea they could be confined under house arrest in a hotel for three months without 20 percent of them scaling the wall to chase strange defies belief. Not so bad for the NFL. Hell, Patriots players wouldn't notice the difference from any other season.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Apr 15, 2020
    #482
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  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Yeah, and this time the players sneaking out late at night to chase sweet poontang won't be a chuckle chuckle wink-wink story, it'll be (probably) a felony jeopardizing hundreds of millions of dollars as well as potential deaths.
     
    Starman, Apr 15, 2020
    #483
  4. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Neutral Corner, Apr 16, 2020
    #484
  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Coming back to this conversation. ... I saw an interview with Barry Diller this morning kind of confirming what I was saying. He doesn't think this is going to be over very quickly. He sounded very sober, but realistic to me. He said that Expedia was spending more than $5 billion a year on advertising. This year, he expects it to be only about $1 billion.

    It's going to be difficult for a lot of companies in industries like that, even the ones that have a little cushion on their balance sheet (of which there aren't that many), to justify advertising spends until their businesses get back to a small semblence of normal. Even the industries that aren't being affected the way the travel industry is are going to suffer for quite a while via the trickle down effect to the economy.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 16, 2020
    #485
  6. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    In one of the stories about the re-opening of Wuhan, it reported that consumer spending remained weak to non-existent, except for one item, automobile sales, as people felt safer in a car than the bus or subway. So it's quite possible Toyota, Ford, Subaru, etc. will up their advertising and sports would be one good place to do it.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Apr 16, 2020
    #486
  7. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    these companies shouldn't have spent so much on fancy coffee drinks
     
    Azrael, Apr 16, 2020
    #487
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  8. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Car dealerships around here are advertising during every commercial break.
     
    swingline, Apr 16, 2020
    #488
  9. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    I was shocked to learn that a Buick dealer in Connecticut was still open. Texted with a salesman yesterday who said they've been slow but people are still coming in. Also didn't make it sound the like vehicle I was interested in was in danger of selling any time soon.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Apr 16, 2020
    #489
  10. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    I'm never one to want to go out and buy a car but, for those in decent financial standing and no impact of the pandemic (job losses, furloughs, etc), this is actually an excellent time to buy a car (if it was already time for a newer one) or start buying stocks while they're on sale.
     
    exmediahack, Apr 16, 2020
    #490
  11. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    You're too young to drive a Buick.
     
    ChrisLong, Apr 16, 2020
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  12. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    I had a Lincoln when I was 19. I've never followed societal norms, especially with cars.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Apr 16, 2020
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