But do not doubt the fatality of this coronavirus; in the last month, it’s killed more people than influenza killed over several months. And that’s across all age groups, more or less in certain sections of the population, just like the flu, but still. A different approach is going to be taken, whether initiated by Fauci , other health experts, or middle America itself. The result will be new rules for attending sporting events like football games, and admitting only those not considered vulnerable to the effects of the virus. Central League Principal are now looking to push back the start of all fall sports to October 1 and still League only schedule.
“I was kind of surprised this morning when I saw one story about Dr. Fauci where he said that now he doesn’t—he thinks some sports might not play till next year, but last week on the YES network, he said that—quite the opposite. Not surprisingly, Fauci’s sports forecast was met with some shock from people around the athletic world. Purchasing tickets for games became out of the question. Sports, that elixir of life, is clutching our jerseys and dragging us down to a place where “normalcy” is really a substitute for ruin. Perhaps we need to take an honest look at the mutations and absence of protections and shut it all down.
- Stay inside for 18 more months until we have a vaccine.
- Pro athletes, and the college players who aspire to that height, have a limited shelf life.
- The other game is Michigan who was scheduled to travel to Eugene to finish a home-and-home series started last season against Oregon.
- We more or less asked you all that on Twitter, and you will find the final poll results showing the answer on Friday afternoon.
- Applies to team and individual, school and non-school recreational youth sports.
The only point that made any sense about the lock down was to prevent the hospitals from getting overwhelmed with ICU patients and to gather statistical data on this relatively unknown disease. The hospitals are not overwhelmed right now, even in NYC. And we know for a fact that healthy people under 65 have very little risk of dying from this disease. So it’s time to let us come out of our homes and get back to living our lives. Even if we think we have gotten rid of the virus in America, someone will bring it back with them after they went to wherever on vacation. And then we are back to testing 350 million people, every 5 days.
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While many voters have stuck with Wolf, the recommendation to hold off on high school sports could weaken his support, said Christopher Borick, a political analyst at Muhlenberg College. “This is yet another example of the governor giving his recommendation but not allowing himself to be held accountable,” Ecker said in a statement. State Rep. Rob Kauffman, a Franklin County Republican, said the governor’s recommendation potentially crushes the dreams of families across Pennsylvania. This subreddit is for the collection and posting of news reports, questions directly related to PA, and personal experiences or information directly related to PA.
The governor offered his recommendation on high school sports at the end of a news investec women's hockey league table conference Thursday about efforts to increase testing for the coronavirus. The Wolf administration said Thursday afternoon it is a strong recommendation but not an order or mandate. Local school boards could make the final call on sports, the administration said Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday the Big Ten and PAC-12 conferences stated that they would not hold fall sporting events for 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Don’t open theaters or sporting events unless you want an influx of patients to hospitals and more deaths. Aside from getting the number of tests we would need. Aside from the fact that labs cant handle that many tests. You are gonna need to test 350 million people, every 5 days… Yeah, sure. Unfortunately there many of those who had no underlying health conditions who have died or been put into induced comas. We cannot assume people under 65 will survive this or avoid other health issues.
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Wolf said, "The guidance is that we ought to avoid any congregate settings... and that means anything that brings people together that's going to help that virus get us." PIAA Board of Directors president Frank Majikes, who is also the District 2 chairman, was attending a Zoom meeting of Wyoming Valley Conference athletic directors and left abruptly to set up an emergency meeting. The PIAA meeting will be an executive session, meaning no media or guests can attend. And if Newsome is leaning toward waiting until there is a vaccine before signing off on big concerts, games and other events taking place again, the wait could be considerably longer.
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While this will undoubtedly hurt the event planning industry and disappoint couples who had hoped for dream weddings in 2020, small group events can become more luxurious and potentially help venues and vendors stay afloat, Petersen said. Large weddings, religious rites of passage and services, reunions and other big gatherings will likely be on hold until 2021, too, say health experts. "Our revenue in essence has dropped to zero," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said on a conference call last month. "That's having a huge financial impact on the team business and the arena business." Northwestern is scheduled to play in the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City along with Cal-Berkley on November 23rd-24th. We struggle to believe anyone will notice the loss of this possible barn burner.
New job openings are down 53% from prequarantine levels, the biggest drop of any of the 21 industries tracked by CareerBuilder, the employment website. Job openings are typically a leading indicator illustrating executives don't expect their industry will have an immediate economic recovery, said Michelle Armer, chief people officer at CareerBuilder. It has been reported by a few outlets now, including CBS, that there are conversations regarding a possible bubble scenario for the sport. Namely it would require a conference only slate, which would certainly make for an interesting struggle in figuring out seeding for the NCAA tournament come March.
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First, the number of players and support staff required to stage a game would have to be less than any public-gathering restrictions. As college basketball tournaments were canceled this March, many conferences first banned spectators, then canceled games before ever employing that strategy. NPB still planned to open the regular season April 24, but as Japan’s coronavirus outbreak worsened, that became untenable. On Friday, league officials announced an indefinite extension to its delayed start. Nippon Professional Baseball, Japan’s top league, could serve as a cautionary tale for Major League Baseball.