The resumption of basketball and sports as a whole?

Due to the excitement of the current situation, I have developed insomnia. So some early morning thoughts.

That would leave the final 6 weeks or term it's pretty obvious that nothing get's going properly until the schools start. Would they still have the summer holiday?

It would be 7 weeks. And I doubt they'll be all in, all of the time. Senior schools aren't full at the moment, with Y11 and Y13 (where they have a 6th form) anyway

Being totally honest I've not even thought whether I would be comfortable him playing yet. If it's considered ok to do I certainly wouldn't stop him. He's worked hard for 10 years to get the opportunity.

As it is I'm worried first of all the club or the opportunity won't still be there for him as like all lower league clubs (its a League One Club) they will struggle to survive

And secondly I don't imagine he will be allowed to do anything involving contact for me to worry about

I think if the club does survive and the opportunity is still there for him it will either be solo training for a good while yet or else delayed a while

Tbf the people at the club have no idea yet what will happen themselves from what they've said so far

The kids aren't really at risk. Any with serious health issues will be kept at home. This issue is them spreading the virus while showing no symptoms. But.until they go back the economy can't get going again. There's no money tree to pay for all of this, furloughing only happened to stop public order breaking down.
There's not going to be a vaccine for a year, the world can't stop for that long. I'm ok with going back into a classroom in June , I don't think waiting until September will be any better

I'm resigned to the fact competitive sport ain't going to happen for 99 per cent of players until we get a viable vaccine

Think about it

How do away teams of any level get to a game?

Whether it's a school or an adult team?

Even relaxed social distance rules won't allow non family members to share cars

Let alone mini buses

So what's the alternative?

Everybody travelling to games individually in separate cars (kids with parents and adults on their own)? Anyone who's coached or managed a team knows some players need lifts. More than ever now I imagine as people lose jobs or self isolate etc.

Never going to happen

Once at a game - where would the players get changed?

How many changing rooms and showers etc are designed for any form of social distancing?

The chances are if just one player on either team is carrying the disease unknowingly that they are going to be passing it on to others within their own team and others on the opposition

And then whoever gets it on the opposition passes it on to his own team after the game

one kid or coach getting symptoms with track and trace would mean 100 plus people with families involved having to self isolate for 14 days after they contact all involved at the game 

I think for the next 24 months it's find a way to train and keep the skills you have for your chosen sports and hope an effective vaccine comes sooner rather than later

Playing competitive contact sport isn't just about the game itself which is a risk it's going to be far more about before and after the game

Players travel to games together and travel back together

In shared cars, mini buses and at the higher levels in buses and planes

Just the logistics of doing that safelt will make competitive sport not viable for all but a few

And as a few pundits have been saying even at the highest level - just one team member or support member getting the disease which inevitably will happen (we've seen it already) starts a domino effect on the rest of the squad and any opponents etc having to self isolate for 14 days

Team sport can't happen guys until we get a vaccine

I want it to happen as much as anybody - but the logistics won't allow it

The inherent risks are too high and too varied to be overcome IMO

Even competing within single schools without the extra travel risks for teams together will go against all the other things they implement at schools to keep kids safely apart

UFC are trying to find a way for just two people to compete safely by flying them to a private island and keeping them there for weeks on end

But even that idea is prone to criticusm

We won't be having teams competing and if we do it will get stopped in its tracks early on I'm sure once team members catch the disease

I don't like thinking this but I can't see how competitive contact sport can come up with answers that can possibly work?

Off the court or pitch - let alone on it.


As it stands Premier League footballers are driving to training grounds alone in their kit. Getting out of their cars - going on to the grass and getting one to one coaching from a distance before walking back to their cars and driving home. Not allowed to use toilets at the training ground or enter any buildings.

That's safe. Bring any of them together and you just add risks that the club's won't be able to manage long term

Nice contribution

Riderfan, you are spot on but its a tough pill to swallow for some who are holding out hope that sport will resume this year. It won't. Germany will follow French in cancelling football and the rest of Europe will follow. Its just too dangerous and uncertain. This debate should evolve into what sport (basketball in Europe/UK in particular) will look like in 2021 and beyond. I suspect there will be a lot less clubs, lower budgets, less imports and more domestic players, playing in their respective domestic leagues.

Any club with its own venue will struggle to survive without rich benefactors. They've not just lost match income. Those venues revolve around conferences and dinners and weddings and events. All stopped in their tracks at the same time. 13 out of 36 bundesliga clubs have said they will go bust if they can't end the season behind closed doors. They need the final TV payments to pay monies they owe to creditors already. It will be similar in all sports around the world. 

Re transport to games or anywhere next few months

There's a leaked report today saying buses for public and schools will need to be limited to 12 per cent capacity to allow safe social distancing inside them

The tube limited to 15 per cent capacity.

No BBL club will be able to afford travel costs to games. Forget about anything else.

I really don't think we'll see BBL games being played behind closed doors. Financially it just won't work.

But I think we'll probably see the NBA resume with games being played behind closed doors.