veganfan21 wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
The NFL will take the government to court and win before they have to cancel the season. The shutdowns started in March. If you can't play sports in September then when can you? This could be here in 2021 too without a vaccine.
The only real question is if fans are in the stands or not.
To me I think they'll cancel/be forced to cancel due to a combination of logistics and shaming. Here are some problems that I don't think they'll satisfactorily resolve, hence the cancellation:
1) Outbreak of the virus within a team or among two teams (110 players plus staff) and unreasonable/unworkable solutions to address the outbreak (e.g. if a center contracts the virus are you going to quarantine the entire line, assuming he'd worked out with them the most?)
2) City logistics vis-a-vis local attitudes toward social distancing and mass gatherings (two football teams even without fans can be considered a gathering too big for some)
3) Points 2 and 3 will be exacerbated in the event of a spike in cases, whether that spike is real or imagined by media outlets.
4) If a spike happens, public pressure will force the league to abort the season. Holding someone as close as possible while falling with them to the ground, while breathing on them, is the exact opposite of public health guidance. They will be shamed for not adhering to that guidance in the event of a spike.
5) Some high-profile players will object to playing out of fear for their own wellbeing or the wellbeing of family members.
6) If some players object and there is loud criticism of the league for marching forward, Twitter SJWs will excoriate the league for being racist.
1. Irrelevant. Waivers will be signed and players will play if they have no symptoms. All 32 teams will conceal positive tests for important players. Nfl will let them.
2. Irrelevant. If a city is actually stupid enough to do this the team will play elsewhere, but no city is stupid enough to do this so it’s a moot point.
3. No
4. Lol @ you thinking the nfl gives a single solitary fuck about “public pressure”
5. This seems very unlikely. Where are these high profile players you speak of? Cuz all of them want to play and are all currently breaking rules and protocols just to practice together
6. see point 5. This is just a bad point on your part. Nfl players, almost to a man out of the 1500+, all very much want to play
You good now? We’re having football this year.