OTish: How do you run practices in plague times?

[Tony2046]

There might be a vaccine soon. Hopefully so because I really want the season to happen.

U.S. COVID-19 vaccine program to start manufacturing by late summer, says U.S. official

 

[XLIX]

What would be abused? Players who want to play play for more money, and players who don't want to play don't lose out on their base salary. Easy peasy

Please let me see if I understand you, because I find it rather difficult to believe that you're suggesting what it sounds to me like you're suggesting.

Are you saying that any player who decides to sit out this season still gets paid what he would have otherwise received, and the players who do play get paid their regular salary plus extra?

That is sure what it seems to me you are suggesting but that cannot possibly be the case.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

Please let me see if I understand you, because I find it rather difficult to believe that you're suggesting what it sounds to me like you're suggesting.

Are you saying that any player who decides to sit out this season still gets paid what he would have otherwise received, and the players who do play get paid their regular salary plus extra?

That is sure what it seems to me you are suggesting but that cannot possibly be the case.

I meant it tongue in cheek but I don't get what you meant by that being abused. In this not serious hypothetical situation what would be exploited?

 

[denverpatsfan]

Just FYI, I got this email from the Pats today. I'm a STH.


Thank you for your continued patience as we prepare for the 2020 football season. Today, we are reaching out with new information regarding our expected seating capacity in 2020 and how it will impact Season Ticket Members.

Last week, Gillette Stadium met separately with members of the Massachusetts Reopening Advisory Board and Town of Foxborough officials to present a plan to safely host fans this season. Additionally, we received new requirements and recommendations from the NFL that all stadiums will follow in 2020. Those guidelines include the following stipulations:

• Ticketed parties will be required to maintain at least six (6) feet of physical distance from other ticketed groups.
  
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Did you defer or are you going to try to attend some games?

 

[Patjew]

Did you defer or are you going to try to attend some games?

I'm going to defer. If there is a season I may get tickets to one game from the secondary market just to see how weird it is, but I did not want to commit to an entire season. I usually go with my dad and he's 72 so I would not feel comfortable going to any games with him.

 

[luuked]

Presumably everyone will get tested before every practice and every game...

Seems like the league/the owners is about to **** up a couple of no brainers and risk the season:



Doubt there will be a camp in 14 days (and season) if the league doesn't agree to those things. How can you even try to make COVID a non football injury in times like these. I get that they can get it outside of practices and camp as well but how can you expect players to wrestle with each other in the closest proximity and then try to take their pay away via NFI.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

1 word. Madden.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

There might be a vaccine soon. Hopefully so because I really want the season to happen.

U.S. COVID-19 vaccine program to start manufacturing by late summer, says U.S. official

I love the stories I'm seeing & of course, hope for the best. For Reuters to be saying they'll begin production in late summer is extraordinary (particularly since no vaccines are out of clinical trials).

The story here is that they're planning to produce while doing the scaled up testing of the vaccine. It's also possible that the Oxford trial (I think) have T-cell boosting effects as well as antigen production, which would be great, because it's looking like immunity is fleeting with COVID.

Now for the cold water... the first tranche of doses are likely for the health care front lines (and naturally the politicians). Probably, so that everything looks "normal," they'll include athletes too.

The downside is that any downsides from pushing really hard to go really fast could turn the public off the vaccine even once it's fixed

There's also a marked preference for optimistic results and a marked tendency in the present regime to put the politics ahead of the science. Stay tuned.

I'll be the second guy on my block in line to get it

 

[BelichickFan]

I'll be the second guy on my block in line to get it

I don't think I'll be picked but I volunteered to be part of a vaccine trial. I can't live like this with everyone scared of their own shadow. Not to mention the stupid uniform (the M word).

 

[TinhWoodhead]

One plague at a time

 

[Soliel]

Just give them methadone and call it a wrap

 

[PatsFanInVa]

I don't think I'll be picked but I volunteered to be part of a vaccine trial. I can't live like this with everyone scared of their own shadow. Not to mention the stupid uniform (the M word).

Annnnd just like that, off we go into the politics of schizophrenia again.

 

[Tony2046]

I love the stories I'm seeing & of course, hope for the best. For Reuters to be saying they'll begin production in late summer is extraordinary (particularly since no vaccines are out of clinical trials).

The story here is that they're planning to produce while doing the scaled up testing of the vaccine. It's also possible that the Oxford trial (I think) have T-cell boosting effects as well as antigen production, which would be great, because it's looking like immunity is fleeting with COVID.

Now for the cold water... the first tranche of doses are likely for the health care front lines (and naturally the politicians). Probably, so that everything looks "normal," they'll include athletes too.

The downside is that any downsides from pushing really hard to go really fast could turn the public off the vaccine even once it's fixed

There's also a marked preference for optimistic results and a marked tendency in the present regime to put the politics ahead of the science. Stay tuned.

I'll be the second guy on my block in line to get it

Heard an NPR interview with a microbiologist a while back and he said that under certain circumstances such as a pandemic that multiple labs would agree to focus on different methods to create a vaccine. One would use method A, another method B and so on to expedite the creation of a working vaccine. At the time he said that with that teamwork effort and the advances in microbiology it would be quite possible to have a vaccine by the end of the year. Anyway I'll keep my fingers crossed.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

There might be a vaccine soon. Hopefully so because I really want the season to happen.

U.S. COVID-19 vaccine program to start manufacturing by late summer, says U.S. official

The NFL is going to have to make a decision before late summer on the season. The NFLPA and NFL owners have to come to an agreement probably some time next month. I doubt they can rely on the covid vaccine being available in August.

 

[1960Pats]

I think practices and games should be run very, very carefully and that any player who wants to play should have that right. Anyone who doesn't agree has the right to stay away.

 

[luuked]

I think practices and games should be run very, very carefully

What does that mean in the context of football ? How do you practice or play games very, very carefully ?

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Heard an NPR interview with a microbiologist a while back and he said that under certain circumstances such as a pandemic that multiple labs would agree to focus on different methods to create a vaccine. One would use method A, another method B and so on to expedite the creation of a working vaccine. At the time he said that with that teamwork effort and the advances in microbiology it would be quite possible to have a vaccine by the end of the year. Anyway I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Hope for the best, plan -- and act -- for the worst. Including the 2 or 3 things we know work. Wear a mask or murder your neighbor (not to mention screw up football this year.)

We've screwed this pooch so hard.