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MrCleveland · 04-29-2020, 05:46 PM

https://sports.yahoo.com/dr-anthony-...052105349.html

If the NHL, MLB, NBA and MLS are cancelled...but the NFL plays their season in full, even the Super Bowl...then the NFL is the MOST Evil League out there!

Chocolate Moose · 04-30-2020, 02:57 PM

wow

TMC · 05-01-2020, 01:32 AM

NFL may play some games to Saturdays if college football doesn't resume this fall

If the college football season is postponed, the NFL may move some games to Saturdays. The NFL usually takes over some Saturdays in December after the college football season is completed.

NFL is planning for a coronavirus-affected season that kicks off as late as Oct. 15 with a Feb. 28 Super Bowl

SitcomsHeydayfan · 05-01-2020, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MrCleveland

https://sports.yahoo.com/dr-anthony-...052105349.html

If the NHL, MLB, NBA and MLS are cancelled...but the NFL plays their season in full, even the Super Bowl...then the NFL is the MOST Evil League out there!

I hope so!

People should get up & work out instead of just sitting on the couch eating, drinking, & watching sports!

TMC · 05-11-2020, 11:01 PM

Report: Major League Baseball approves plan to start season in July

The proposal, which needs to be approved by the players' union, focuses on starting the baseball season around the Fourth of July.

SitcomsHeydayfan · 05-12-2020, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TMC

Report: Major League Baseball approves plan to start season in July

The proposal, which needs to be approved by the players' union, focuses on starting the baseball season around the Fourth of July.

But so far the players have rejected revenue sharing.

TMC · 05-14-2020, 01:25 AM

Joe Buck: Fox Sports will use fake crowd noise for NFL games without fans

"It’s pretty much a done deal," Buck said on Andy Cohen's SiriusXM radio show of NFL on Fox's coronavirus plans. He also suggested that Fox Sports will use virtual fans in the stands.

Edward216 · 05-20-2020, 09:10 PM

TVFactFan · 05-20-2020, 10:26 PM

well atleast I have Korean Baseball to fall back on

TMC · 05-20-2020, 11:29 PM

NBA could resume its season at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando

Walt Disney World is the frontrunner to resume the 2019-20 season that was suspended in March due to coronavirus, reports The Athletic. The NBA's synergy with Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis welcoming pro sports teams may play a role in Walt Disney World hosting the rest of the NBA season.

TVFactFan · 05-20-2020, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TMC

NBA could resume its season at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando

Walt Disney World is the frontrunner to resume the 2019-20 season that was suspended in March due to coronavirus, reports The Athletic. The NBA's synergy with Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis welcoming pro sports teams may play a role in Walt Disney World hosting the rest of the NBA season.

I doubt it

TMC · 05-22-2020, 12:02 AM

Will sports remain must-watch TV when fans aren't in the stands?

"Without live spectators for an extended period, traditional games risk being reduced to mathematics with trading cards, especially once the novelty of sports’ return wears off," says Jeré Longman. "For those watching on television, spectators are necessary surrogates. They provide jersey-wearing pageantry, face-painted tribalism and adrenaline for the players. Their responses of jubilation and anguish verify our passionate responses. Their voices become our soundtrack, collectively rising in anticipation, thunderously exhaling in joy or disapproval. And they reinforce the belief that we can directly influence the outcome of a game with our loyalty and howling presence. Fallow stadiums would not signal a return to normalcy as states reopen. They would confirm that we remain in a time of dire abnormality, undercutting the appeal of sports as escape and distraction. And they would raise an uncomfortable question: If it is unsafe for people to gather in the stands or in places like restaurants and parks, why is it acceptable to ask athletes to compete for our entertainment? Especially since many sports rely heavily on black and brown athletes while Covid-19 disproportionately affects the lives of black and brown people in the United States."

ALSO:

Political leaders are pushing for the return of sports because nothing screams "normal" like sports: "The political-industrial complex is not all THAT interested in whether or not the Chiefs can repeat as Super Bowl champs, but it knows you and I will be," says Drew Magary. "In a cascade of ironic developments, sports are potentially the most effective form of PR any politician can wield right now. Imagine if the NFL season is canceled. Imagine Joe Biden pointing at Trump and going, 'This guy here took your football season away.' There wouldn’t be an easier way to bury that man. Americans don’t care about all the dead bodies, because Americans don’t care about anyone anymore. But they would very much care if they turned on the TV on Sunday and found nothing but syndicated reruns of Star Trek: Voyager. They would be f***ing P***ED. I know I would be. I love football, and I hate the president."
It's probably not safe for sports to come back, but that may not matter: "When you break down the American sports leagues’ plans to come back, that simple fact — that it’s not much safer out there, but states are opening up anyway — seems to be at the core," says Will Leitch. He adds: "At a certain level, can you blame them? When the governor of New York, the hardest hit state in the country, is saying the state will work with sports leagues to return, and the governor of California pronounces that fan-less pro sports could return in June, well, that’s just about all the cover the leagues need. The safety plan put forward by Major League Baseball in a mammoth memo is impressively granular in its detail. But it may not guarantee everyone’s safety; older coaches, support staff, and immune-compromised players will be particularly at risk. (MLB also has a steep mountain to climb selling the plan to the players union.) But if the majority of states and lawmakers are going full-speed ahead, or at least half-speed ahead, why wouldn’t leagues do the same? If Georgia is opening its freaking Crunch gyms, it doesn’t seem all that insane to try to play some basketball. Here’s the thing, though: It might still be insane, because we’re all sort of walking around in the dark here."
Korean baseball and German Bundesliga show the challenges of fan-less games for players: "As elite athletes, whose bodies and minds are steeled by repetition and regimen, return from quarantine to their professional craft, their training will include adapting to a new psychological reality," says Danny Chau. "For those accustomed to playing in packed arenas, the absence of spectators is a big hurdle to overcome...Getting used to ghost games may be harder for athletes than for their fans. Broadcast media of all kinds have taught listeners and viewers to appreciate the game from afar. But the professional athlete has routines and rituals built around the energizing presence of crowds." He adds: "Uproarious fans in a stadium create a pressurized atmosphere designed to test the mettle and anxieties of an athlete."
Sports broadcasting legends weigh in on fan-less games: Al Michaels believes broadcasters should be in NFL stadiums, Marv Albert expects to call NBA games from a studio.
Quirky sports like cornhole have helped fill the pandemic void

SitcomsHeydayfan · 05-22-2020, 01:39 AM

Sheesh! Can't people live without sports for just 1 year?? Actually way LESS than a year because the NFL will be back.

Cancel the rest! BILLIONAIRES & MILLIONAIRES don't need our pity!

MrCleveland · 05-22-2020, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

Sheesh! Can't people live without sports for just 1 year?? Actually way LESS than a year because the NFL will be back.

Cancel the rest! BILLIONAIRES & MILLIONAIRES don't need our pity!

If the NFL plays the 2020 season while the other leagues didn't play at all during this year...then **** American Football...especially the NFL!

TMC · 06-25-2020, 05:53 AM

A player dying from coronavirus is the only thing that would stop sports now

"Forgive me for being macabre, but I think the only thing that would stop them is nothing short of a player death," says Will Leitch. "Coaches and support staff and those surrounding the game are older than the athletes, and therefore at higher risk. Therefore, one could imagine that leagues (and even many fans) would be able to disassociate themselves from something terrible happening to one of them — expressing remorse and sadness, but not responsibility...But if a player dies? The whole thing would go up in smoke, and probably not just in the short term. An athlete death would be a stain on these leagues forever. Again: The odds are against it. But all it takes is one. It’s not as if some players aren’t at least somewhat immunocompromised: NBA MVP James Harden has asthma, for example, and MLB All-Stars Carlos Carrasco and Kenley Jansen have both undergone heart procedures. They would likely be okay, even if they contracted the disease. Almost all players would be. But again: All it takes is one. If one player were to succumb to this virus that has already killed nearly 500,000 people worldwide, the whole calculus for the entire return of sports would collapse. It wouldn’t be seen as something that could unite us, or distract us, or provide solace during an uncertain time. It would just be seen as a cash grab for executives sitting in luxury suites, viewing from a safe distance as a player they rushed back to the field lost their life. This is unlikely to happen. The entire sports-industrial complex is assuming it’s not going to happen. But it could. . If you’re wondering why sports is forging forward despite positive tests, it’s because the people who run sports do not think the virus is going to kill any of its players. Let us all pray that they are right."

04-29-2020, 05:46 PM	#1
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04-30-2020, 02:57 PM	#2
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05-22-2020, 12:02 AM	#12
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,204	Will sports remain must-watch TV when fans aren't in the stands? "Without live spectators for an extended period, traditional games risk being reduced to mathematics with trading cards, especially once the novelty of sports’ return wears off," says Jeré Longman. "For those watching on television, spectators are necessary surrogates. They provide jersey-wearing pageantry, face-painted tribalism and adrenaline for the players. Their responses of jubilation and anguish verify our passionate responses. Their voices become our soundtrack, collectively rising in anticipation, thunderously exhaling in joy or disapproval. And they reinforce the belief that we can directly influence the outcome of a game with our loyalty and howling presence. Fallow stadiums would not signal a return to normalcy as states reopen. They would confirm that we remain in a time of dire abnormality, undercutting the appeal of sports as escape and distraction. And they would raise an uncomfortable question: If it is unsafe for people to gather in the stands or in places like restaurants and parks, why is it acceptable to ask athletes to compete for our entertainment? Especially since many sports rely heavily on black and brown athletes while Covid-19 disproportionately affects the lives of black and brown people in the United States." ALSO: Political leaders are pushing for the return of sports because nothing screams "normal" like sports: "The political-industrial complex is not all THAT interested in whether or not the Chiefs can repeat as Super Bowl champs, but it knows you and I will be," says Drew Magary. "In a cascade of ironic developments, sports are potentially the most effective form of PR any politician can wield right now. Imagine if the NFL season is canceled. Imagine Joe Biden pointing at Trump and going, 'This guy here took your football season away.' There wouldn’t be an easier way to bury that man. Americans don’t care about all the dead bodies, because Americans don’t care about anyone anymore. But they would very much care if they turned on the TV on Sunday and found nothing but syndicated reruns of Star Trek: Voyager. They would be f*ing P*ED. I know I would be. I love football, and I hate the president." It's probably not safe for sports to come back, but that may not matter: "When you break down the American sports leagues’ plans to come back, that simple fact — that it’s not much safer out there, but states are opening up anyway — seems to be at the core," says Will Leitch. He adds: "At a certain level, can you blame them? When the governor of New York, the hardest hit state in the country, is saying the state will work with sports leagues to return, and the governor of California pronounces that fan-less pro sports could return in June, well, that’s just about all the cover the leagues need. The safety plan put forward by Major League Baseball in a mammoth memo is impressively granular in its detail. But it may not guarantee everyone’s safety; older coaches, support staff, and immune-compromised players will be particularly at risk. (MLB also has a steep mountain to climb selling the plan to the players union.) But if the majority of states and lawmakers are going full-speed ahead, or at least half-speed ahead, why wouldn’t leagues do the same? If Georgia is opening its freaking Crunch gyms, it doesn’t seem all that insane to try to play some basketball. Here’s the thing, though: It might still be insane, because we’re all sort of walking around in the dark here." Korean baseball and German Bundesliga show the challenges of fan-less games for players: "As elite athletes, whose bodies and minds are steeled by repetition and regimen, return from quarantine to their professional craft, their training will include adapting to a new psychological reality," says Danny Chau. "For those accustomed to playing in packed arenas, the absence of spectators is a big hurdle to overcome...Getting used to ghost games may be harder for athletes than for their fans. Broadcast media of all kinds have taught listeners and viewers to appreciate the game from afar. But the professional athlete has routines and rituals built around the energizing presence of crowds." He adds: "Uproarious fans in a stadium create a pressurized atmosphere designed to test the mettle and anxieties of an athlete." Sports broadcasting legends weigh in on fan-less games: Al Michaels believes broadcasters should be in NFL stadiums, Marv Albert expects to call NBA games from a studio. Quirky sports like cornhole have helped fill the pandemic void

05-01-2020, 01:32 AM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,204	NFL may play some games to Saturdays if college football doesn't resume this fall If the college football season is postponed, the NFL may move some games to Saturdays. The NFL usually takes over some Saturdays in December after the college football season is completed. NFL is planning for a coronavirus-affected season that kicks off as late as Oct. 15 with a Feb. 28 Super Bowl

05-11-2020, 11:01 PM	#5
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,204	Report: Major League Baseball approves plan to start season in July The proposal, which needs to be approved by the players' union, focuses on starting the baseball season around the Fourth of July.

05-14-2020, 01:25 AM	#7
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,204	Joe Buck: Fox Sports will use fake crowd noise for NFL games without fans "It’s pretty much a done deal," Buck said on Andy Cohen's SiriusXM radio show of NFL on Fox's coronavirus plans. He also suggested that Fox Sports will use virtual fans in the stands.

05-20-2020, 09:10 PM	#8
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648

05-20-2020, 10:26 PM	#9
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,129	well atleast I have Korean Baseball to fall back on

05-20-2020, 11:29 PM	#10
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,204	NBA could resume its season at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Walt Disney World is the frontrunner to resume the 2019-20 season that was suspended in March due to coronavirus, reports The Athletic. The NBA's synergy with Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis welcoming pro sports teams may play a role in Walt Disney World hosting the rest of the NBA season.

05-22-2020, 01:39 AM	#13
SitcomsHeydayfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2018 Location: The Show Me state Posts: 2,966	Sheesh! Can't people live without sports for just 1 year?? Actually way LESS than a year because the NFL will be back. Cancel the rest! BILLIONAIRES & MILLIONAIRES don't need our pity!

06-25-2020, 05:53 AM	#15
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,204	A player dying from coronavirus is the only thing that would stop sports now "Forgive me for being macabre, but I think the only thing that would stop them is nothing short of a player death," says Will Leitch. "Coaches and support staff and those surrounding the game are older than the athletes, and therefore at higher risk. Therefore, one could imagine that leagues (and even many fans) would be able to disassociate themselves from something terrible happening to one of them — expressing remorse and sadness, but not responsibility...But if a player dies? The whole thing would go up in smoke, and probably not just in the short term. An athlete death would be a stain on these leagues forever. Again: The odds are against it. But all it takes is one. It’s not as if some players aren’t at least somewhat immunocompromised: NBA MVP James Harden has asthma, for example, and MLB All-Stars Carlos Carrasco and Kenley Jansen have both undergone heart procedures. They would likely be okay, even if they contracted the disease. Almost all players would be. But again: All it takes is one. If one player were to succumb to this virus that has already killed nearly 500,000 people worldwide, the whole calculus for the entire return of sports would collapse. It wouldn’t be seen as something that could unite us, or distract us, or provide solace during an uncertain time. It would just be seen as a cash grab for executives sitting in luxury suites, viewing from a safe distance as a player they rushed back to the field lost their life. This is unlikely to happen. The entire sports-industrial complex is assuming it’s not going to happen. But it could. . If you’re wondering why sports is forging forward despite positive tests, it’s because the people who run sports do not think the virus is going to kill any of its players. Let us all pray that they are right."