10 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Also, spring training crowds would be significantly smaller. 

I would guess they would probably ban fans if it got to the point of not allowing teams out of AZ.

 

Just my opinion, but everyone is acting too slowly. 

So you would have AZ teams just playing each other I would guess. Might be the best solution.

11 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

Just my opinion, but everyone is acting too slowly. 

While I agree with your thought Jack, the execution is much harder to force.

When you close schools; who takes care of kids? Who can afford to stay home with their children and forgo work? 

When you close offices, who protects the businesses and their workers? 

Hospitality/Service is the fifth largest industry in the country; 15+ million people work directly in it, and another 30-50 million are directly effected by the industry results. There are 160 million people employed in the USA; you're talking about 30% of the population being hurt significantly by closures and etc. This could cost millions of people their job. 

At the end of the day, the government needs to come up with a stimulus plan of some sorts to give people some security to allow them to work from home or take off work in general.

You can't just close everything without a plan to help those people; imo. That plans needs action; if we don't see a feasible plan shortly, the market will dip below where it was 4 years ago and that's a big problem. Company cash hoarding has already begun. Corporate America is not going to bail the USA out; it is driven by profits and not people.

16 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

While I agree with your thought Jack, the execution is much harder to force.

When you close schools; who takes care of kids? Who can afford to stay home with their children and forgo work? 

When you close offices, who protects the businesses and their workers? 

Hospitality/Service is the fifth largest industry in the country; 15+ million people work directly in it, and another 30-50 million are directly effected by the industry results. There are 160 million people employed in the USA; you're talking about 30% of the population being hurt significantly by closures and etc. This could cost millions of people their job. 

At the end of the day, the government needs to come up with a stimulus plan of some sorts to give people some security to allow them to work from home or take off work in general.

You can't just close everything without a plan to help those people; imo. That plans needs action; if we don't see a feasible plan shortly, the market will dip below where it was 4 years ago and that's a big problem. Company cash hoarding has already begun. Corporate America is not going to bail the USA out; it is driven by profits and not people.

Oh I get it completely. The bottom line is that we should deal with the public health crisis first, and the consequences later. The US system where lassez-faire capitalism rules is not designed to handle a public health crisis at this level. Everyone should come to grips with the consequences of what's about to happen. The huge issue is that people aren't taking this seriously, and accusing those who are of inciting fear and panic. 

There's not a plan in the world that can be drummed up that will adequately mitigate the economic consequences of this thing. 

Edited March 11, 20206 yr by Jack Parkman

5 hours ago, reiks12 said:

You dont need the media to make up yoir mind for you. There are plenty of sources available to you, including those from reputable health services. I suggest you do your own research and look for those who know what they are talking about.

There is enough misinformation out there so everyone has something they want to believe. I would discredit any pol who tells you to blame the media while they pick your pockets. 

Isn’t there a clause that kicks in with lots of insurance world-wide that kicks in when a pandemic has officially been declared by the WHO?

CNN did it 2-3 days earlier, obviously that declaration wouldn’t be legally enforceable.

 

Figuring out a new schedule when you have the split of teams you do between AZ and FL is a logistical nightmare...not to mention the pitchers in AZ are going to put up lopsided numbers on the negative side of the ledger.   Detroit and Minnesota would have to play against each other almost every week?    

The biggest stadiums down there are around 10-12,000....like just a few AAA parks?

The schedule will be eviscerated but really not a major deal.

Two quick points.

133 million Americans are reported to have underlying conditions, or roughly 40% of the US population.

 

One of the major lessons here in China was the high percentage of smokers (and it's still a majority of the population of males over 50 here) had staggeringly negative outcomes throughout this...and how much unrecoverable damage it does to the lungs, even to those who end up surviving it through emergency interventions and therapeutics/HIV-family drugs more commonly known as antiretrovirals.

A player on Juventus just tested positive. They soldiered through a game this past weekend. Every one of those players has been exposed. 

This is why I don't think the no fans thing is feasible. 

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/jazz-thunder-rudy-gobert-ruled-questionable-days-after-touching-mics-to-make-a-point-about-coronavirus-201553536.html
 

GS Warriors also going to no-fan home games, at least temporarily.

5 hours ago, ptatc said:

Because large groups of people from the teams won't be moving from place to place and spreading it across the nation. If they stay in AZ, so does anything they are carrying.

Won't teams be flying back and forth from Florida and Arizona though, unless they change the schedule?

48 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

Won't teams be flying back and forth from Florida and Arizona though, unless they change the schedule?

That’s just not practical with too many time changes/jet lag...

OKC basketball game cancelled tonight by NBA.

Edited March 12, 20206 yr by caulfield12

48 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

OKC basketball game cancelled tonight by NBA.

I think opening day got canceled right there. 

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

https://sports.yahoo.com/jazz-thunder-rudy-gobert-ruled-questionable-days-after-touching-mics-to-make-a-point-about-coronavirus-201553536.html
 

This is nuts and such an obvious version of the “its not a big deal” response.

13 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

This is nuts and such an obvious version of the “its not a big deal” response.

Emmanuel Mudiay is sick as well...not sure if it’s related to Gobert, but wouldn’t be a shocker.

4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Emmanuel Mudiay is sick as well...not sure if it’s related to Gobert, but wouldn’t be a shocker.

They’re both being tested. Also Tom hanks has it. 

 

JFC this thing is OUT THERE out there. 

6 minutes ago, mqr said:

They’re both being tested. Also Tom hanks has it. 

And Rita Wilson...seemingly, situation in Australia is a lot calmer, unless you need toilet paper.

And there goes the NBA season apparently

At what point do we get worried about baseball postponing the season? 

7 hours ago, Balta1701 said:

Based on where we currently are at...unless there really is an effect of hot weather (maybe?), someone from one of the active major sports will either be exposed this week or they already have been. 

But, it takes ~2 weeks for symptoms to show up, so by the end of this month, give or take, we'll probably be very likely to have someone in the major sports test positive. 

I do find it interesting that "Steph curry has the regular flu" was a thing yesterday which would somehow mean he had already gotten one of the golden tests that are so hard for everyone else to get.

Balta, Balta, Balta, you seriously need to stop being so positive. 2 weeks? 7 hours dude, 7 hours.