The resumption of basketball and sports as a whole?

I plan ahead for my businesses by checking the exit strategies and what is working around the world each day on the internet

I'm looking for positives but only finding negatives when I do. Each morning I hope there's been some new vaccine or new miracle cure. Each morning when I Google exit strategy the news isn't positive

I'm planning what I do on worst case scenario and anything else is a bonus

Pat the fact is for contact sport there's barely any positive news to pass on. Pro clubs WANT to continue for sure by and large.

I more than most would want contact sport back asap as it impacts my son badly if it doesn't happen.

But the fact is there's no positive news to report in that respect.

I could come on here and pretend there was I guess.

I get where you are coming from re doom and gloom. I haven't told my son what I've been reading etc as it would just upset him.

But this is a forum used by adults by and large I suggest and this is a thread that discusses the return of basketball and sport.

The outlook isn't good for contact sport.

If anything positive happens anywhere around the world with contact sport I would be the first to post it I wager as I research. Similarly if there's a likely vaccine or cure anywhere the same. If it's there and making news somewhere I will spot it.

Right now the best I've read is one of the cures being trialled can reduce length of time in hospital for patients who recover from 14 days to 11 days. Which doesn't sound that great but clearly it's a start.



And some countries are working on 1.5 metre social distancing rather than 2 metres.

On of the most positive stories is a state in Australia that wants to remove all restrictions by June.

However, they are able to aim for that as they have had no new cases for 3 weeks and state borders are closed so no new cases can come in theoretically.

They've lifted lots of restrictions already. But only allowing solo sport even with no cases for 3 weeks. And everything else people do 1.5m apart.

Other states in Australia still trying to contain the virus.

Oh Jesus the irony.
Has there ever been a sadder more pathetic couple on an Internet forum than these 2?
Truly weirdos

Yeah, but you think we should play next season outdoors 😂

If social distancing restrictions need to remain for any length of time I suspect there'll be a push for 3v3.

Events can be hosted at single venues, including outdoors over the summer. Fewer referees, table officials and coaches are needed. Teams can travel in one car etc. It makes sense for a whole host of reasons. The negative is that it's not "proper" basketball. But "proper" basketball may be difficult for many for a while if some of the less committed / more risk averse players drop off the radar until things are more normal.

It's likely more for grass roots but I wonder if the BBL might think of resuming with one or more one off event(s) over the summer or pre-season. It would allow them have a dry run at hosting games with social distancing restrictions in place (for example needing to leave every other seat unoccupied). Teams can use Brits or foreign players that live here rather than needing to import players. And it may even make them some money.

3 on 3 please don't say that, I couldn't see the point in that really other than a nice thing to put on at HT.

I heard Tuesdays were going to be height restricted for kids under 5ft to help with the distancing.

UK government approves £16m loans to 'protect' rugby league
Rugby league in England will receive £16m in government loans to help it recover from the impact of the pandemic.

Rugby Football League (RFL) chief executive Ralph Rimmer asked for assistance after the suspension of the game on 16 March.

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the government had intervened "to protect an entire sport". Rugby league is seen as a special case because of its social value in mainly northern communities.

"Rugby league is not a wealthy sport. But it is rich in the things that matter most - outstanding sporting and life chances in often disadvantaged communities," said Mr Rimmer.

Its encouraging that Rugby League has got support. It's a loan though that needs paying back. I'm sure British Basketball clubs would be hoping for some kind of grant rather than loan

One measure I can see happening is all junior games and training having to be held "behind closed doors" with no parents/spectators allowed.

I think a lot of parents will react badly to this, but realistically most teams aren't going to have the manpower (or want the responsibity) to enforce social distancing of spectators.

We can't close the whole country down for the next year or two, but we also can't go back to normal for the time being, so IMO these are the sorts of practical measures we should be looking at.

I had similar thoughts while watching the news story explaining a track and trace phase. It only tracks 100% of the people who have a smart phone with Bluetooth on and the app downloaded. So no guarantee everyone in that shop with you is traceable.

However a junior training session - I have a coaching session attendance list for the squad I coach. When sport returns, I have that admin task to do anyway at each session.

Game day - no problem, there is a scoresheet with all player names, floor and table official names and coaches. So worst case someone goes ill, we know who needs to be informed. As you mention just need to be spectator free environment.

There are solutions to challenges if you want to seek them out - the first thing though is 'the science' needs to tell us its ok for a games hall of people under a certain age limit to be involved as the risk factor is low enough to let it happen.

Yep, pretty soon there are a lot of people self isolating because one person has shown symptoms. And then those people can't work and the economy suffers so you can see why the government might not be keen. Which is why I think basketball may push for some kind of 3v3 in the short term and argue that it's much less of a risk than 5v5 would be. Either that or clubs will be holding more camps and intra-club competitions to keep kids interested and an income coming in.

You can see why finding an accurate test that gives quick results is so important. Even then you're relying on people to actually declare when they have symptoms. A shopkeeper in my area with the virus died last week.. by all accounts they'd been showing symptoms for days but were telling customers it was just a cold. Whether it was just denial or they couldn't afford not to work, how many others would do the same thing? And how many teenagers would keep quiet for fear of being kept from seeing their mates or missing out on a big game?

I agree, but I do think it's going to feature more heavily in grass roots basketball for as long as there are restrictions of some kind.

www.gov.je/Health/Coronavirus/SafeExitFramework/Pages/ExitFramework.aspx

This is the detailed exit strategy published by Jersey yesterday

It has 4 stages

Whatever your own situation in life it's worth reading the above link to get an idea of what will happen in upcoming months

The above strategy mirrors whats happening in other places and no doubt the UK exit strategy when published will be very similar to this. All the exit strategies seem to be following the same lines

The 4 stages are designed so that they can be moved back a stage as well as forward a stage depending on the number of new cases at any time