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Post by youngrocks on May 4, 2020 10:14:57 GMT
Probably EPL NBA NFL only sports that could play behind closed doors.
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 4, 2020 11:20:26 GMT
Probably EPL NBA NFL only sports that could play behind closed doors. I think you could add international cricket, tennis, golf, athletics and horse racing to those. UFC and boxing There's some money in rugby but of all the sports its got to be pretty impossible to play with any kind of social distancing safety in mind |
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Post by SamH on May 4, 2020 11:53:59 GMT
NBA has suggested a December start for the 20-21 season, with a later finish (though that would cause issues with the Olympics) primarily to have as many games as possible played with fans there.
Snooker world championship remains on schedule to begin end of July, but I do think that's going to end up being with no spectators.
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Post by bullets92 on May 4, 2020 12:04:21 GMT
France has cancelled all sporting events until September. Is that all spectator sporting events or ALL sporting events I know Germany has cancelled all spectator sporting events until October I’m sure I read they still want the Tour De France to go ahead, albeit a bit later than usual |
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Post by connors on May 4, 2020 12:22:21 GMT
I’m still flip flopping on this topic daily!
I agree with some of the doom that IRF is mongering because the sort of challenges he mentions ring true to me and are not easy to overcome.
On the other hand I also agree with Herseys view that it seems inevitable that once schools re-open (and I’m more optimistic about that now) that many other things will fall like dominos and things will resume.
There is some logic in both views. I reckon if the college where we play opened this Saturday and we put on a kids session we’d get well over half the kids there as normal. Suspect that parents maybe less keen to sit and watch (e.g. look at their phones). Probably no grandparents.
Equally if we put on an adult session I reckon we’d get a big % of players turn up. Including me.
I really believe though that there is top level pro sports resuming and grass roots are not linked. The motivation to do so, the implications of doing so and the challenges are very different.
I’m going to attempt a zoom ball handling session with my U10s team this week.........
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 4, 2020 13:06:27 GMT
I’m still flip flopping on this topic daily! I agree with some of the doom that IRF is mongering because the sort of challenges he mentions ring true to me and are not easy to overcome. On the other hand I also agree with Herseys view that it seems inevitable that once schools re-open (and I’m more optimistic about that now) that many other things will fall like dominos and things will resume. There is some logic in both views. I reckon if the college where we play opened this Saturday and we put on a kids session we’d get well over half the kids there as normal. Suspect that parents maybe less keen to sit and watch (e.g. look at their phones). Probably no grandparents. Equally if we put on an adult session I reckon we’d get a big % of players turn up. Including me. I really believe though that there is top level pro sports resuming and grass roots are not linked. The motivation to do so, the implications of doing so and the challenges are very different. I’m going to attempt a zoom ball handling session with my U10s team this week......... Last week someone asked me if I would be worried about my son playing contact sport. My initial answer was no I wouldn't and I wouldn't stop him Someone pointed out to me over the weekend that from playing contact sport even if he doesn't catch Covid but one of his team or opposition do then he would be traced and told to self isolate. We also would have to self isolate with him for 14 days. My wife and I are self employed as is my daughter. We all live in the same house during this. So we have to weigh up the financial impact on 3 of us if he plays contact sport and someone involved has or gets Covid. And we can't work for 14 days at a time etc. That's based on best case scenario that he himself hasn't caught it. So it's not just going to be about safety - for many it's about livelihoods at stake. Anyway having said all that I have a feeling we would take the risk on his behalf. Others may not be prepared or able to take that risk for their kids sport or for their own livelihoods if they are adults. Everyone will have their own decisions to take. Tough decisions ahead for lots of people. I have no doubt many of us will want to play and watch sport and be prepared to take risks to do so. It's the practical implications though if we do. Track and trace becomes a whole lot more complicated and has its own domino effect on many people and families if contact sport is involved. Can't see the government adding complications at the same time as being strict elsewhere myself So I doubt at lower levels at least we will get the choice for a long time yet. |
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Post by ko25 on May 4, 2020 13:52:51 GMT
Is that all spectator sporting events or ALL sporting events I know Germany has cancelled all spectator sporting events until October I’m sure I read they still want the Tour De France to go ahead, albeit a bit later than usual I've not looked since but it was moved to start in the last couple of days in August. |
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 4, 2020 16:02:06 GMT
Could the Premier League be completed in Australia?
Football agent Gary Williams is working on a big idea to finish the Premier League - completing the season in Australia.
He approximates 1500-2000 people would travel, about 75 per team. They would be checked for coronavirus before boarding direct flights from London to Perth and all those travelling would have to isolate in hotels on arrival.
"I rang various Premier League clubs to see what they thought of the idea," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"I got a very positive return. Once I got the positive return from the clubs we spoke to I spoke to a federal senator over here and the minister for sport to see if it would be viable.
"They thought it would be viable. The federal health minister has gone on radio today and said if all health restrictions are attended to then he’ll give his support behind it.
"There’s less and less restrictions every day over here. There have been no new cases for five days and there’s only 19 active cases in the state."
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Could the Premier League be completed in Australia? Football agent Gary Williams is working on a big idea to finish the Premier League - completing the season in Australia. He approximates 1500-2000 people would travel, about 75 per team. They would be checked for coronavirus before boarding direct flights from London to Perth and all those travelling would have to isolate in hotels on arrival. "I rang various Premier League clubs to see what they thought of the idea," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "I got a very positive return. Once I got the positive return from the clubs we spoke to I spoke to a federal senator over here and the minister for sport to see if it would be viable. "They thought it would be viable. The federal health minister has gone on radio today and said if all health restrictions are attended to then he’ll give his support behind it. "There’s less and less restrictions every day over here. There have been no new cases for five days and there’s only 19 active cases in the state." I wonder if anyone has asked the players how keen they are on the idea? |
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 4, 2020 20:29:13 GMT
Could the Premier League be completed in Australia? Football agent Gary Williams is working on a big idea to finish the Premier League - completing the season in Australia. He approximates 1500-2000 people would travel, about 75 per team. They would be checked for coronavirus before boarding direct flights from London to Perth and all those travelling would have to isolate in hotels on arrival. "I rang various Premier League clubs to see what they thought of the idea," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "I got a very positive return. Once I got the positive return from the clubs we spoke to I spoke to a federal senator over here and the minister for sport to see if it would be viable. "They thought it would be viable. The federal health minister has gone on radio today and said if all health restrictions are attended to then he’ll give his support behind it. "There’s less and less restrictions every day over here. There have been no new cases for five days and there’s only 19 active cases in the state." I wonder if anyone has asked the players how keen they are on the idea? It will sound like a holiday to most of them |
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 5, 2020 7:23:22 GMT
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the country will not have open borders with the rest of the world for "a long time to come".
Ms Ardern was speaking after attending part of Australia's cabinet meeting via video link.
The meeting discussed a possible "trans-Tasman bubble", where people could go between Australia and New Zealand freely, and without quarantine.
But she said visitors from further afield were not possible any time soon.
Both Australia and New Zealand have closed their borders to almost all foreigners as part of their Covid-19 response.
The UK does have an advantage that we are an island and if we could eradicate the disease and were prepared to close borders in and out then we would be able to resume normal life and sport albeit just amongst ourselves
No doubt we would still need some imports that would need to be sanitised etc
But right now places like New Zealand and Australia are the place to be if you want to start getting back to normal life
Without a vaccine overseas travel in and out of UK makes this disease so much harder to control
Our way of life would change an awful lot our economy would suffer.
But it would be better than stop start lockdown
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 5, 2020 8:41:29 GMT
If only the rest of us had access to the BBC website Yet another great contribution |
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Post by uninteresting bullets fan on May 5, 2020 8:49:53 GMT
in contrast:
Spain has gradually eased its lockdown measures - allowing people outside to exercise for the first time in weeks, for instance. But the government wants to extend the state of emergency by another two weeks on Wednesday, and the opposition says it will not back the move. Pablo Casado, leader of the opposition Popular Party, said it “makes no sense”
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Post by uninteristing bullets fan on May 5, 2020 8:50:48 GMT
Cafes and restaurants will reopen in Finland from 1 June, with pupils returning to school and borders partially reopening for essential travel and work from 14 May. Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced the moves on Monday, weeks after imposing strict lockdown measures in her country
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Post by uninteresting bullets fan on May 5, 2020 8:51:37 GMT
Officially, France recorded its first coronavirus cases on 24 January. But a Parisian doctor now says one of his patients had the virus in December. Amirouche Hammar was admitted to hospital with pneumonia last year, when the virus was thought to be confined to China
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2020 8:58:09 GMT
Bundesliga returning on the 15th of May
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2020 9:31:51 GMT
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the country will not have open borders with the rest of the world for "a long time to come". Ms Ardern was speaking after attending part of Australia's cabinet meeting via video link. The meeting discussed a possible "trans-Tasman bubble", where people could go between Australia and New Zealand freely, and without quarantine. But she said visitors from further afield were not possible any time soon. Both Australia and New Zealand have closed their borders to almost all foreigners as part of their Covid-19 response. The UK does have an advantage that we are an island and if we could eradicate the disease and were prepared to close borders in and out then we would be able to resume normal life and sport albeit just amongst ourselves No doubt we would still need some imports that would need to be sanitised etc But right now places like New Zealand and Australia are the place to be if you want to start getting back to normal life Without a vaccine overseas travel in and out of UK makes this disease so much harder to control Our way of life would change an awful lot our economy would suffer. But it would be better than stop start lockdowns Even if the EPL could get the Australian government to agree, I still think enough of the players would be against the idea to make it a non starter. It's not a realistic option in the first place IMO, just an idea that's been allowed to spread in the media to fill column inches. |
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Post by connors on May 5, 2020 11:07:13 GMT
I’m not sure that measure being carried out around the world to ease lockdowns have any bearing on when ground roots sports will carry on in the UK.
Most countries are on very different time lines. Certainly I get the feeling that we are slowly moving to an easing of restrictions and that edges us closer but with no real timeline.
Schools back is a key domino to fall in this chain and then maybe we might get a better feel for it.
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 5, 2020 11:19:03 GMT
I’m not sure that measure being carried out around the world to ease lockdowns have any bearing on when ground roots sports will carry on in the UK. Most countries are on very different time lines. Certainly I get the feeling that we are slowly moving to an easing of restrictions and that edges us closer but with no real timeline. Schools back is a key domino to fall in this chain and then maybe we might get a better feel for it. Honestly i cannot see any grassroots contact sport for a long time. It goes so much against social distancing. There will be new forms of solo physical exercise for PE teachers and schools etc. Maybe with competitive elements in time. Skipping, aerobics etc. |
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Post by ko25 on May 6, 2020 18:40:00 GMT
What would be interesting is to hear a perspective from others in different countries as I know we have a number of guest user from both USA and Germany it'd be good to hear your thoughts too.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 19:34:40 GMT
I’m not sure that measure being carried out around the world to ease lockdowns have any bearing on when ground roots sports will carry on in the UK. Most countries are on very different time lines. Certainly I get the feeling that we are slowly moving to an easing of restrictions and that edges us closer but with no real timeline. Schools back is a key domino to fall in this chain and then maybe we might get a better feel for it. Honestly i cannot see any grassroots contact sport for a long time. It goes so much against social distancing. There will be new forms of solo physical exercise for PE teachers and schools etc. Maybe with competitive elements in time. Skipping, aerobics etc. Is there any part of the pandemic you're not an expert on? I can't imagine why you're not advising the Government. At least you could then ignore the rules the rest of us have to abide by. |
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 6, 2020 20:36:35 GMT
Honestly i cannot see any grassroots contact sport for a long time. It goes so much against social distancing. There will be new forms of solo physical exercise for PE teachers and schools etc. Maybe with competitive elements in time. Skipping, aerobics etc. Is there any part of the pandemic you're not an expert on? I can't imagine why you're not advising the Government. At least you could then ignore the rules the rest of us have to abide by. Yet another great contribution |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 20:40:33 GMT
It was genuine question.
It would be a loss to the nation if you didn't help out in this time of need. Although I suspect we're not the only message board that gets the benefit of your wisdom.
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Post by boshspice on May 6, 2020 20:44:26 GMT
What would be interesting is to hear a perspective from others in different countries as I know we have a number of guest user from both USA and Germany it'd be good to hear your thoughts too. I’d be happy to give an account on life in the Czech Republic and the postponement and resumption of sport out here. The country as a whole has actually excelled in its handling of the situation, with a low level of deaths and cases in general. People were instructed by law to socially distance and wear face masks from a very early point in the pandemic. It was made clear that a failure to quarantine when instructed to do so would result in a more than hefty fine (I believe the figure to be around £100,000) and potentially prison time for ‘spreading a deadly disease’. The difficult thing to do is to make a broader comparison from here to say, Great Britain. The population is much smaller here and the general social attitude to life is also far more laissez-faire. Having said that, when the government (or any higher power) speak or instruct the people generally listen and obey. I have been told by friends and work colleagues that this can be attributed to their not so distant communist past. With that being said, the prime-minister here is as corrupt as they come and deserves very little credit (imagine Rupert Murdock being prime-minister of Britain, whilst also owning 90% of the agricultural industry as well as the media), and only implemented these measures due to large pressure from medical and scientific experts. What the people here truly deserve credit for in my opinion, is their resolute, respectful (helping your elderly neighbour, not fearmongering etc) and perserverant attitude. Most people (especially in cities) live in old communist tower blocks. This means that space is obviously limited, yet I haven’t seen many people needlessly leaving their homes. Restrictions have been largely lifted in the past week, and there are signs that life will be ‘back to normal’ within the month. Regarding sport; a line was drawn under the season in almost all professional sport 7 weeks ago in line with government procedure and the declared state of emergency. Professional sports teams have been told to look to the future and focus on building for next season as a priority. However, things have moved on so quickly here in the space of two weeks- sports teams are training again (without distancing) generally in groups of 10 or less. ‘Beer ice hockey leagues‘ are being arranged for this summer and the reality of pick up basketball next week on an outdoor court is now a very real possibility I’m happy to say, so I expect that the option of grassroots sport will be up and running here in the very near future. One final observation; due to the popularity of Jaromír Jagr here, it’s not uncommon to see men over 45/50 rocking the mullet in its full glory. Due to the lack of lockdown hairdressing options, I’m looking forward to seeing the mullet out in full force, stronger and more bold than ever! |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 21:10:52 GMT
Bearing in mind your understandable mistrust of your leader and his control of the media, do you believe your death/infection figures?
I find China's claims of how they've contained things to be utterly unbelievable
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