🧑‍🤝‍🧑 / 🏡 CV-19: Effects on life, work, and sports

[JoshB]

People understand that our economy will not hold on until their is a cure right?

Have the bookies taken away 3 points from Oregon already against Ohio State

Wondering how Ohio State handles this.

Seems like they're asking to not allow for sellouts, not preventing all fans from joining.

"The Oregon Health Authority is advising that any large gathering, at least through September, should be canceled or significantly modified."

Crazy to me their stadium is 54,000 fans.

PAC-12 is already missing out on TV dollars, losing out another $10M+ this year isn't going to help.

There was someone on Finebaum today - I was in and out of the car so I missed who it was - talking about one of the plans going around with the NFL being keeping fans to 20,000 or less in the stadiums adhering to social distancing.

 

[UAgrad93]

Did anyone take part in the Zoom meeting that our AD had tonight? Saw a tweet that claimed they took part in it and that Byrne said that “We are going to have a full football season and a full stadium.”

 

[#80]

I don't see anyway there will be full stadiums.

 

[Tidestalker]

I don't see anyway there will be full stadiums.

Again - If we can't justify close contact being safe for the general public, how can the NCAA justify it being safe for the players?!

It's one thing in a professional league where dudes are getting paid 6+ figures... It's another thing for college kids being trotted out as bell cows to represent the the university.

I just can't see it. On any level. I've been wrong many times (as many of you know), but the principle of having sporting events when it's still not safe enough for fans just doesn't make sense.

 

[#80]

I saw a simulation a day or so ago the last night of NBA and NHL they estimated 72,000 were infected and deaths were around 550 attributed to those games.

 

[RollllTide!]

Facts
1957 flu pandemic, also called Asian flu pandemic of 1957 or Asian flu of 1957, outbreak of influenza that was first identified in February 1957 in East Asia and that subsequently spread to countries worldwide. The 1957 flu pandemic was the second major influenza pandemic to occur in the 20th century; it followed the influenza pandemic of 1918–19 and preceded the 1968 flu pandemic. The 1957 flu outbreak caused an estimated one million to two million deaths worldwide and is generally considered to have been the least severe of the three influenza pandemics of the 20th century.
Our population was at 177milion and we didn't shut down our country. Just some facts to think about.

 

[planomateo]

Facts
1957 flu pandemic, also called Asian flu pandemic of 1957 or Asian flu of 1957, outbreak of influenza that was first identified in February 1957 in East Asia and that subsequently spread to countries worldwide. The 1957 flu pandemic was the second major influenza pandemic to occur in the 20th century; it followed the influenza pandemic of 1918–19 and preceded the 1968 flu pandemic. The 1957 flu outbreak caused an estimated one million to two million deaths worldwide and is generally considered to have been the least severe of the three influenza pandemics of the 20th century.
Our population was at 177milion and we didn't shut down our country. Just some facts to think about.

People during that time also didn't think smoking was bad . If someone supported shutting down the country in 1957, they'd be labeled a Commie.

I'm not someone who believes we should shutdown the country. There are many of us who are able to work remote during all of this, but the longer the country is shutdown, the fewer of those remote positions there will be.

 

[BamaFan334]

Well the good news here is that if you're too scared to go, then you don't have to go. Like we talk about, it's a personal decision.

 

[BamaFan334]

Again - If we can't justify close contact being safe for the general public, how can the NCAA justify it being safe for the players?!

It's one thing in a professional league where dudes are getting paid 6+ figures... It's another thing for college kids being trotted out as bell cows to represent the the university.

I just can't see it. On any level. I've been wrong many times (as many of you know), but the principle of having sporting events when it's still not safe enough for fans just doesn't make sense.

You talk about trotting them out as bell cows, but this is actually an audition/interview for a potential job. Just like questioning if a guy will play in a bowl game, why don't you ask the player what they want to do. We want football and I think the players do too. Me thinks these guys are going to decide on participating in that audition for an opportunity to make their millions.

 

[Tidestalker]

You talk about trotting them out as bell cows, but this is actually an audition/interview for a potential job. Just like questioning if a guy will play in a bowl game, why don't you ask the player what they want to do. We want football and I think the players do too. Me thinks these guys are going to decide on participating in that audition for an opportunity to make their millions.

Point taken. I was being a bit facetious... Like that's how it would appear.

For instance - When the NBA postponed their season I knew the NCAA tourney literally could not happen. Just the optics don't add up.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

There was someone on Finebaum today - I was in and out of the car so I missed who it was - talking about one of the plans going around with the NFL being keeping fans to 20,000 or less in the stadiums adhering to social distancing.

Some of the NFL teams appeared to be practicing social distancing last season.

 

[JoshB]

Some of the NFL teams appeared to be practicing social distancing last season.

Half of them have been practicing it for a decade.

 

[BamaFan334]

Point taken. I was being a bit facetious... Like that's how it would appear.

For instance - When the NBA postponed their season I knew the NCAA tourney literally could not happen. Just the optics don't add up.

Ahhh, gotcha.

 

[BamaFan334]

Half of them have been practicing it for a decade.

Quit talking about my Falcons like that.

 

[JoshB]

Quit talking about my Falcons like that.

They're my Falcons too lol But compared to others Atlanta's stadium is pretty full even when we're bad.

In other news, Alabama is pretty much (for the most part) reopening on Monday. Restaurants, salons, gyms, etc. can reopen.

 

[TerryP]

Her conveniently leaving out certain words and context along with the deflecting of her own stupidity.

Uh, how's that? "Conveniently leaving out certain words" is quite ironic considering what's been seen in this very thread. If we're getting to "facts" here did she misquote headlines?

But calling her stupid? That's just petty. It's funny calling someone who has had success like she has stupid; certainly not deserved, reeks of jealousy. You don't like what she says, fine.

Setting that aside, she was calling out several news outlets and was accurate.

 

[TerryP]

In other news, Alabama is pretty much (for the most part) reopening on Monday. Restaurants, salons, gyms, etc. can reopen.

Got a link to how they're doing it...IE: capacity numbers for restaurants and the like?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Got a link to how they're doing it...IE: capacity numbers for restaurants and the like?

@TerryP

Here are the rules for Alabama's amended Safer at Home order

The amended Safer at Home order takes effect on May 11 and expires on May 22 at 5 p.m.

www.waaytv.com

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is extending the Safer at Home order and amending it with expanded openings.

The amended Safer at Home order takes effect on May 11 at 5 p.m. and expires on May 22 at 5 p.m.


The following businesses are allowed to reopen under the amended Safer at Home order:

Close-contact service providers: (such as barber shops, hair salons, nail salons, tattoo services) may open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines

Beaches: Open with no limit on gatherings. Must maintain 6 feet of separation

Athletic facilities: (SUCH AS FITNESS CENTERS AND COMMERCIAL GYMS) Athletic facilities may open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines. Specified athletic activities are still not allowed

Restaurants, bars and breweries: May open with limited table seating, 6 feet between tables and subject to additional sanitation rules and guidelines

Non-work gatherings: Removing 10 person limit. Still required to maintain 6 feet of distance between persons not from same household

The following measures are staying the same under the amended Safer at Home order:

Individuals: Encouraged to stay home and follow good sanitation practices

Employers: Businesses may open subject to sanitation and social-distancing guidelines; certain higher-risk businesses and activities remain closed

Retail stores: All retail stores open subject to 50% occupancy rate, social-distancing and sanitation rules

Entertainment venues: (SUCH AS NIGHT CLUBS, THEATERS, BOWLING ALLEYS) Still closed

Medical procedures: Allowed unless prohibited in the future by the State Health Officer to preserve resources necessary to diagnose and treat COVID-19; providers must follow COVID-19-related rules and guidance from state regulatory boards or public health authorities

Senior citizen centers: Regular programming still suspended except meals still available through curbside pick-up or delivery

Educational institutions: Still closed to in-person instruction (except for daytime special activities programs)

Child day care facilities: Still must not allow 12 or more children in a room

Hospitals and nursing homes: Still must implement policies to restrict visitation

 

[TerryP]

Entertainment venues: (SUCH AS NIGHT CLUBS, THEATERS, BOWLING ALLEYS) Still closed

Athletic facilities: (SUCH AS FITNESS CENTERS AND COMMERCIAL GYMS) Athletic facilities may open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines. Specified athletic activities are still not allowed

And that's still unexplainable to me.

You can't sit 6' apart in a movie theatre? A bowling alley isn't an athletic facility? Tell me that's not a sport. Hell, people have been sanitizing balls since Adam met Eve.

Night club...if you serve food that's an exemption? Full menu's?

 

[planomateo]

Sad thing, politicians have power to kill businesses with the flick of a pen. That ain't right.

I saw that one of my favorite buffet places in San Diego is closing their doors for good. They just cannot operate in the current model.

“The FDA had previously put out recommendations that included discontinuing self-serve stations, like self-serve beverages in fast food, but they specifically talked about salad bars and buffets,” said John Haywood, CEO of Garden Fresh. “The regulations are understandable, but unfortunately, it makes it very difficult to reopen. And I’m not sure the health departments are ever going to allow it.

Souplantation's buffet-style restaurants closing for good due to the coronavirus

Owner says there was no way the restaurants' longtime self-serve model could survive in the era of COVID-19

www.sandiegouniontribune.com