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What are the odds the 2020 NFL season is played? (1 Viewer)
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NutterButter
Footballguy
May be delayed a bit if they want to get in a full training camp and preseason, but I see no way that it doesn't happen. Training camp starts almost 4 months from. I haven't seen any projections where most of this won't be behind us by then. Attendance may be really low, but the games will go on.
fred_1_15301
Footballguy
I think we will be back to some sort of normalcy by September. This virus will run its course. I voted 70%
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Adding “as normal” to the poll question changed my vote. Even if the virus crisis is resolved within a few months, there is almost zero possibility things will be normal by the time camps are supposed to open.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
And teams can survive with less fans at the game. As long as they can still put the games on tv they will find a way to play sooner or later.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Judging on the fact they didn't wait a minute to get their precious free agency rolling and have full plans to host the NFL Draft in April and simply not allow fans to participate, it would seem they are going to figure out a way to make it happen even if they have to pump in crowd noise or fans...oh that's right, Fox had already done that a decade ago.
They will figure out a way, this is Roger Goodell and the Evil Empire we are talking about.
Players signing $50 million, $100 Million deals while people who make $15 an hour are being told they are out of work and likely will remain that way for months. Great message the NFL sends to their fan base about what they really think of them.
They will figure out a way, this is Roger Goodell and the Evil Empire we are talking about.
Players signing $50 million, $100 Million deals while people who make $15 an hour are being told they are out of work and likely will remain that way for months. Great message the NFL sends to their fan base about what they really think of them.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I voted 60%. That's basically the odds I'm currently putting on "life is back to normal in the fall." If we're still on lock-down by the time football season gets here, we have bigger problems than no football.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
DocHolliday
Footballguy
I think the season gets a late start with less games played.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
The term “normal” made me vote 0%. This virus will not pass soon—our governments strategy of fighting it insures it. They are trying to flatten out the curve of the virus in order to try to put the least amount of stress on the healthcare system. This by nature prolongs the length of time that the pandemic is around. China instituted full military backed quarantines for close to 2 months—and they are still not back to “normal”. Football is a sport where teams have large rosters, training and medical staffs—-if they start the season and just a player or two gets the virus—what will the league do then?
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Normal......20%. Will they play the games......80%. If they can broadcast empty stadium games, they will. Too much tv money at stake. Also think testing will be much better by then.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
If they don’t play at all, teams giving out decent chunks of money to older players may regret those contracts. Brady at $50M seems ok now, but Brady another year older and having not played for a year? That deal starts to look a bit more dicey.
And would guys like Larry Fitzgerald just retire?
And would guys like Larry Fitzgerald just retire?
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
Without a vaccine...and the 2020 NFL season will/would take place prior to one being available, I can’t see a season taking place.
People don’t understand the psychological damage this country is about to endure. By the time training camps would be open, hundreds of thousands of people nationwide could be dead from this thing...perhaps on the way to a seven figure death toll. And while we may get a respite from this in the summer, as temps turn colder...all expect another wave of this.
For Goodell/NFL to try and move forward with the season under these conditions would be the definition of tone-deaf...
People don’t understand the psychological damage this country is about to endure. By the time training camps would be open, hundreds of thousands of people nationwide could be dead from this thing...perhaps on the way to a seven figure death toll. And while we may get a respite from this in the summer, as temps turn colder...all expect another wave of this.
For Goodell/NFL to try and move forward with the season under these conditions would be the definition of tone-deaf...
Capella
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
Tens of billions of dollars are on the line. Those owners don’t care about anything else and the president will say something like the country needs this to get back to normal etc. Season will definitely be played, but I am sure there will be some kind of disruption.
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
As of now—the NFL season is supposed to start in September. Keep in mind—the only way to guarantee that the virus wouldn’t be spread in games would be if the tests and results could happen literally upon entering the stadium. Even with better testing —I highly doubt that they will be able to conduct 2500-3000 instantaneous tests (53 players per team, plus coaching staff, plus trainers, plus security personnel, plus equipment managers and handlers) with immediate results every week. With that said—I do think that your other points about empty stadiums and such could very well be right on and I do not disagree there.
Capella
Footballguy
Anarchy99
Footballguy
ChiefD
Footballguy
To be honest, I’m glad they are proceeding.
As a guy whose hobby is sports, it’s been a nice distraction to read about something normal in the world of sports. I take no offense if these guys are making millions, just as I take no offense of doctors and lawyers making more than me.
Reading these articles about players switching teams and the possible moves and the upcoming draft - gives me something to look forward to in the world of sports.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
100%. Life will be back to normal. Not the pre-pandemic normal but a new normal that includes football.
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
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DaVinci
FairTaxguy
Capella
Footballguy
Nothing in regards to billionaires getting as much as they can will ever change in a capitalistic society like the one way have here.
Capella
Footballguy
No but circumstances are different now than they will be 6 months from now. This just hit us. If we flatten the curve hospitals won’t be as overrun, hopefully there are more tests and ventilators and hopefully some kind of treatment is found.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
There are a lot of unknowns. If the virus mutates and it effects young people more and requires a different vaccine, then all bets are off.
Capella
Footballguy
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
That’s not the right reason, the NFL owners losing tv revenue will not be the cause. European football teams are losing way more and they are completely shut down.
Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
Might interfere with training camp, but even with a significantly flattened curve we would peak in summer. Once enough people have had it, restrictions will not continue to make sense.
DaVinci
FairTaxguy
They are completely shut down right now. Do you think they’ll still be shut down 6 months from now after we have a better handle on testing and treatment?
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Nobody listens to me when I say this but this is the future of sports. Sports using actual people will be a niche event.A bunch of NASCAR drivers are doing sim races. Maybe the NFL could play the season on Madden.
bagger
Footballguy
I think it is almost a certainty but honestly who knows.
I would think that the virus works it’s way through by May and then everything gets back to normal by end of July?
But it’s really too early to tell.
I put 90% but that may just be hope.
if we are not online back to normalcy by August this really is 12 monkeys type stuff.
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
while it may not ever fully supplant actual human athletes, i think it will be the dominant form of competition sooner than most might think - i feel what you're saying
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Exactly!
All of them really except the players didn't have a choice although I also didn't hear or read a lot of "Sorry to my fan base and what they are going thru but I had to move forward for me and my family" and maybe some fo that did happen but I haven't seen anything like that.
The 32 Owners are squarely to blame with Goodell as the ringleader so those 33 is where I'll start. And ironically that's how old Jesus was at the time of his death so I have the bible on my side
Cjw_55106
Footballguy
This is a BS take. Why should people feel guilty or apologize when their life is good and maybe someone else’s isn’t? The salary that the players make has zero to do with a barber in Spokane Washington who no longer has work or a mechanic in Tallahassee who’s garage is closed. What’s the cut off for your angst? Should an IT director that pulls in six figures also be apologetic ? When they receive their paycheck should they apologize to someone or show sympathy to others outside of the norm?Exactly!
All of them really except the players didn't have a choice although I also didn't hear or read a lot of "Sorry to my fan base and what they are going thru but I had to move forward for me and my family" and maybe some fo that did happen but I haven't seen anything like that.
The 32 Owners are squarely to blame with Goodell as the ringleader so those 33 is where I'll start. And ironically that's how old Jesus was at the time of his death so I have the bible on my side
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
The NBA is shutting off the valve on $$$ April 1st.
MLB canceled the season so far and I had front row tickets 1B bag in St Pete for the opener with my son.
The NHL shut down everything.
I'm glad you are having fun, I certainly posted in depth in the Phins thread and made no apologies for doing so, never brought up the CV-19. But being honest, it felt guilty and I understand why people think the NFL is pretty insensitive. We're talking about a league that when Vick was convicted of dog murder and women were having an outcry, the NFL responded with pink wristbands and shoes to show how understanding and sensitive they were and to not piss off their fan base.
Let's call a spade a spade. It's not a BS take at all, it's a pretty clear 2nd side of the Coin here.
Cjw_55106
Footballguy
The other league shut down to protect players, workers and fans. The NFL continuing with free agency and the draft is putting nobody in danger. If people are upset with the NFL, they are looking for reasons to be upset. What the NFL is doing has no effect on anyone else.
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ghostguy123
Footballguy
That depends. By week 1 will it be ok for players with active COVID be allowed to play, and will other players care?
Cause this virus is going to be around for at least a year before a real widespread vaccine is available.
Cause this virus is going to be around for at least a year before a real widespread vaccine is available.
Grace Under Pressure
Footballguy
0% chance
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