I've seen it referenced in several contract and salary cap discussions. Some get it on the 1st day of the new league year, some on the 3rd or 15th. I've seen first day of the season and also 1st day of June. Usually it is before the season starts.
A vaccine is likely 16 months out. I'm not sure why that long, but it wont help us this go around.
If any of the anti-virals already used for other diseases pan out, then life will resume close to normal. ATM the problem is overloading the hospitals with people needing ICU space and the ventilators. The anti-virals are reported to reduce longevity and necessity of that in most instances. The 85-90% that don't get to that point can be treated as a normal flu/cold season. If this happens sometime before mid-summer then I expect a normal NFL season. (But how can any season be considered normal when Tom Brady plays for Tampa.) In future years, I expect Covid to be looked upon and treated as a really nasty type of highly contagious pneumonia.
It depends on the form of the guarantee.
I heard 12 months at best. Either way, that eliminates the football season, at least in the form we're familiar with.
Possibly. Not necessarily. I would say that if conditions are such that large gatherings are still being cancelled 12 months from now, and all the rest that implies, you'll have much, much bigger things to worry about than a football season, something worse than the financial crisis.
The additional playoff games are expected to add $100 million in additional revenue. Draw your own conclusion.
In the '82 strike shortened season, they modified the playoff system to include more teams. That was a long time ago, but I would think the league would have to make a decision on the playoff format when/if the time comes.
The vaccine I watched news about is they grabbed some genetic material from the virus and created something that mimics the virus enough to create immunity defenses. Dont know about you, but this seems potentially catastrophic without proper testing. If Corona killed 90% of people then I would say okay, but its seems to be less than 1%.
Yeah, painfully accurate point. I gotta believe Goodell, if he’s thinking about the good of the country versus NFL owner profits, is going to push back the start of the season by at least two months. We’ll know more in two weeks if the Coronavirus numbers start to plateau. That said, I don’t plan at being at any gatherings with more than a few people for the foreseeable future.
Pretty good, and scary, analogy. All that’s missing are the zombies. (I loved that movie, so I’m partial.)
Very good summary of the current state of affairs. Likely the NFL season gets pushed back or canceled. IMO games can’t be played without fans, not to mention the risk to the players. Get the board (bored) games out and keep Wet Ones handy.
Good question. IF they can start the season in say, November, they’ll likely play it as a shortened season with completely different rules for the playoffs. Who knows?
It wouldn't be up to him. Some states are moving from recommendations against large gatherings to outright bans. How about Pennsylvania's governor ordering hotels be closed as of 8:00 PM Friday night to be enforced as of midnight tonight? No hotels = no travel.
Good points. Many states have shut down completely except for essential services. No public gatherings, no football.
Sux. I know of 2 people that had travelled and decided to sequester themselves at a local hotel so as to not expose their families. Another guy I know of parked his RV inside his buddy's shed and is doing the same thing there.
We left Florida early on Wednesday, with a hotel stopover in Pitsburgh on Friday. While watching TV in the room a report came on saying that Pennsylvania was shutting all hotels as of 8:00 PM. My wife thought there might a knock at the door. I was skeptical. As it turned out enforcement was not to begin until midnight on Saturday.
Yes, the testing has to get much better...and everywhere. We need to get a handle on the true stats, and we do this by helping other parts of the world. Other places, as you pointed out, think things are not that bad probably because symptoms are not that bad and they just are not testing anyone. So the virus will expand.
