MLB season on the verge of shutting down.
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Scientists really don't have conclusive evidence yet, but some believe asymptomatic carriers might be slightly less contagious than symptomatic carriers, but they are still contagious for sure.
So I don't think it really matters as far as playing sports go if players on your team are symptomatic or asymptomatic.
I do too. I don't care about baseball but if they can't figure it out than there is no way football can.
Yeah honestly it was nice to see something live even with the adjustments and you hope it works out.
But there's gotta be some consequences for such sheer stupidity this far into the pandemic. And 'well they're just young people' just doesn't apply here. They signed a contract, for a job, like an adult, and adult behavior should be the expectation.
It has to be embarrassing at some point to know you caused the season to end because you couldn't handle getting paid to stay in a hotel room until the next day.
Right, but those consequences will also affect millions of fans who have been doing a good job of being smart. I agree with much of your post but it will be the fans who will be punished too if the season is canceled, and that sucks. Plus, if baseball with no fans can’t work, then there is no hope for a football season in the near future, which also really sucks.
Id say their best proposal was the spring training "bubbles" but arizona and florida are dumpster fires so idk.
Of course it's the Cardinals. What a waste of space and oxygen. Both the org and their fans. ******* east coast douchers stuck in the Midwest. It's no surprise that every boy that sucks at tee ball ends up a Cardinals fan.
So if the season augers in what is the stipulation on pay? Go home and cash in your millions?
Edit: Found this "Should a partial season take place, players will earn on a pro-rated basis." They were playing the 60 gamer at 37% of salary. So not sure what happens if they only play like 8 or 10 games.
Edit: Found this "Should a partial season take place, players will earn on a pro-rated basis." They were playing the 60 gamer at 37% of salary. So not sure what happens if they only play like 8 or 10 games.
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There's a reason why Manfred publicly told Tony Clark that the season is at risk.
But the problem is that baseball players are the dumbest of all the major sport athletes.
Closed spring training style bubble. Maybe one for nl and one for AL then the world series moves to one site.
Could never work for college sports and difficult for NFL. It's clearly the right choice for NBA, mlb and NHL.
NBA looking good time after time compared to most national leadership.
Pretty clear there was a plan. Found the executive summary on Manfred’s computer.
Plan: Hope no one gets coronavirus
That isn’t physically possible in football. A game a week is all the body can handle.
Edit - unless you mean staggering games but that would cause schedule problems.
My response here is neither to claim that the US has done a great job with Covid, nor is it to say that Covid is NOT serious (it is very bad). BUT, to say that Europe somehow took this virus "more serious" is quite a nebulous statement. If by "more serious" you mean "wearing masks" - that is definitely not true. Here is an article that goes country by country in Europe and their policy on masks and social distancing (notice how many did NOT mandate masks except in public transport and some businesses). https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-coronavirus-post-lockdown-rules-compared-face-mask-travel/
