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

Same problem with the various sports leagues as with the entire country: lack of uniform pandemic infrastructure.

Scattered, idiosyncratic testing and tracking; absence of standardized arrival and quarantine protocols; insufficient restrictions on participants; indifferent enforcement.

 

I don’t. I’m responding to the posts at hand.

Oddly, Az to indicated it’s OK that the NBA returns, so who knows what he/she is arguing.

What I think is we know too damn much about every positive test in sports, and it causes us to go into “it won’t work! It won’t work!” mode.

 

Same as on the corona thread, I'm not arguing anything but public health.

If you can bring back sports safely, please do.

 

Keeping sports safe is going to have to include a high volume of regular testing. Are there even enough tests available to do that? And if those resources are sold/sent to the leagues, does that mean fewer tests will be available to the public?

 

Super Rugby matches in NZ have packed stadiums, no masks. Kind of weird to see.

Aussie crowds are socially distanced, didn't notice any masks. 1500 in a venue that likely takes close to 20,000.

 

Agreed. The problem right now isn't the positive-test count unless it's really high on a particular team. There's still time for people to recover and play.
There's an understandable desire for transparency -- or at least the avoidance of criticism and allegations of secrecy. But of course every announcement is, on its face, a statement of potential peril. So they're in a tough spot.
The revelations in MLB do serve an important purpose because they have brought a serious problem -- speed of test results -- to light. MLB now knows that it's got to do something to make this work faster or players are going to opt out en masse. And they should.
The testing in training camps also helps us learn something about how the virus impacts the segment of the adult population least likely to suffer serious consequences.

 

Carlos Vela is out for LAFC.
Source: League MVP Vela out of MLS is Back

 

FC Dallas has 10 of the 13 positive tests among MLS players, and has withdrawn from the tournament.

 

My friend asked me today if I wished to attend the Indianapolis 500.

No thank you!

 

Virus cases impacting Iowa HS summer games