Covid-19 & the NFL 2020 Season

[fxmallon]

There are an increasing number of reports from here and Europe that we may be in for serious social distancing for the long haul... many months, even a year. Your take on the upcoming ‘20 season

 

[Kdo5]

No season. If the virus is still out there and remains a threat in any way, there’s no way they move forward with the season fans or not.

 

[Kontradiction]

Full season and Goodell suspends the virus for 16 games.

 

[farn]

I’m worried - the virus is ravaging families, economies, ways of life.

i still think fear is one of the most powerful forces. This virus must be taken seriously, but almost everyone will survive. Our way of life is liable to suffer more than most individuals. This is not to minimise that people are dying / will die. But rather : for a vast majority of people, factors other than physical health will be the true bad guy.

 

[Froob]

Is it possible Tom never plays for the Bucs?

 

[Kdo5]

I’m worried - the virus is ravaging families, economies, ways of life.

i still think fear is one of the most powerful forces. This virus must be taken seriously, but almost everyone will survive. Our way of life is liable to suffer more than most individuals. This is not to minimise that people are dying / will die. But rather : for a vast majority of people, factors other than physical health will be the true bad guy.

I agree. But if we let life carry on without significant restrictions many millions of people will get sick which means more than a million people could end up dying. It’s a ****ty situation. The economic impact is going to really really hurt.

 

[Kdo5]

Is it possible Tom never plays for the Bucs?

That’s what I was saying yesterday. There’s no guarantee. He’d probably play the following season so I’d wager yes but still there’s a real chance there is no season.

 

[XLIX]

No season. If the virus is still out there and remains a threat in any way, there’s no way they move forward with the season fans or not.

The virus will not be eradicated anytime this year, so it’ll still be out there in some way.

 

[amfootball]

No way stadiums of 60,000+ are allowed to gather in the fall or anytime this year. All sports this year are over.

 

[Kdo5]

The virus will not be eradicated anytime this year, so it’ll still be out there in some way.

Definitely. And thus it would be surprising to me if any sports take place until next year.

 

[ViperGTS]

Is it possible Tom never plays for the Bucs?

No. But his first year would be age 44.

 

[Jangles]

Full season and Goodell suspends the virus for 16 games.

how many picks will we lose?

 

[Zarozzor]

Sounds like it’s just going to get worse

 

[Kontradiction]

how many picks will we lose?

Only as many as BB whiffs on. So maybe all of them.

 

[signbabybrady]

Only as many as BB whiffs on. So maybe all of them.

Jesus you really do think Bill is useless.

 

[JetFan79]

Abridged season with no fans.

And that's wishful thinking.

 

[Kontradiction]

Jesus you really do think Bill is useless.

It’s a joke, Sloth. Not BB’s ****. You don’t have to take it so hard.

 

[maust]

Abridged season with no fans.

And that's wishful thinking.

Not entirely wishful thinking. Granted it wouldn't work for a gate driven sport like MLB and it would take a sea change in attitudes but with TV money there's a path to an NFL season played without crowds in the stands. It wouldn't be easy to get the owners to bite on a minimal or no profit season and would require a players buy in to reduce their contracts to the commensurate revenue drop but unlike the other major sports that depend on gate receipts football could do it if the principals came together.

 

[pheenix11]

This paper is disturbing..

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/im...-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf

Rough Calculations:

Do nothing: 4 million die
Short quarantine to flatten the curve: 2 million die
Full quarantine for maybe 18 months until vaccine: A few thousand die.

Problem is we can’t shut the economy down for 18 months. People would die of starvation instead.

Either way we’re screwed.

 

[Hyped]

I think we will flatten the curve by May/June....but I think the NBA/NHL are done for...and MLB ....maybe a 80 game season.

The NFL...I think pre-season is cut down to 2 games. Meaning no HOF game....and we jump right into the dress rehearsal week 3 of pre-season....