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

Hobson's choice. People make a choice about going to work, same as going to a store. That choice will vary with the circumstances - How unsafe do you feel? Is it a good job that you value? Does it pay enough for the risk? Can you afford not to go to work if it doesn't?

We can't all stay home, and we couldn't/wouldn't if it were the Black Plague instead of the 'rona.

 

They've cut the retirement benefits here to the point that it is hard to hire new teachers. More money one state over.

 

Yeah, the salaries do vary widely.

In the late 90s, at the local Bumfuck Times, we ran a story on teacher salaries for the Bumfuck School District. Starting wage for a college grad without a master's degree was around $30K in a cheap area of the state.

We at the Bumfuck Times were making about $20-25K, and some of the reporters were in their 50s.

Yeah, there were times that teaching looked to be a better way out. Except in my state, the transitional program is really intense, and you have to teach, get your master's, take teaching classes and pass some tests within a span of time of a few years.

I had a former coworker who had looked into teaching at a state in the South, and they would have been able to be hired with just the bachelor's degree and minimal transition requirements. But the salary would not have been so high.

 

So true.

Took me four semesters post bachelors to get my credential, which included one year of teaching (for free) in the classroom. The year and a half with no steady pay check (got a little here and there from subbing, but my credit card looked horrendous which was not helped by some unexpected expenses that cropped up) was not fun. But when I got my first job, my pay went up almost $20K compared to my newspaper gig. Granted I'm teaching in San Jose where there's a certain cost of living that needs to be accounted for.

 

Teacher salaries are all going to change. No more chump change for these folks once everything gets sorted out.

The barons of our new society ought to be clean- and biotech entrepreneurs, and doctors and nurses.

 

Florida's COVID-19 cases are surging, and that could ruin the NBA's Disney World bubble plan

 

The NBA announced its return weeks ago and set it for the end of July, not the end of June. And I wondered why they were waiting so long. Now I think I know. They were told that Gov. Trumppuppet's early opening would create a spike in June. Just a guess on my part.

 

I have to think that's when Disney told them was the earliest they could completely sterilize the NBA environment. Those are some freakin' big hotels.

 

I think she's right.
A comically reduced season is not worth saving.
Remember when the Arizona model for baseball was under theoretical discussion? What a mess that would be.

 

It doesn't seem like players will be safe from the 'rona whether they're in baseball camps or out of baseball camps.

At least when they're in camp they have constant testing and medical attention. Plus, they make some money.