How many more games until the NFL season is delayed/cancelled due to Coronavirus? *CATCH ALL NFL/COVID THREAD*

[trueblade]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Not a good sign: Coaches frustrated with NFL handling of virus

The biggest problem with a bubble for the NFL compared to NHL and NBA is how much an NFL game tears up the field. You need to play 14 to 16 games per weekend (depending on bye weeks). Even spread over Thursday, Sunday and Monday, that's multiple fields in close proximity and a herculean effort needed by the grounds crew. 

You have far fewer games of the playoffs so it'll be easier to find a place. If we can get to the end of the season, I think a post season bubble will be required. 

[dxpanther]

4 hours ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

It would be dumb to cancel the season. It’s time for everyone to wake up and realize that a vast, vast, VAST majority of people who get Covid are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. The hysteria needs to end. Look at the MLB for example, the Marlins had like 25 people test positive a couple months ago and now they are in the playoffs. The St Louis Cardinals had about 20 people infected and they came back a week early and swept their series. 
 

im not saying Covid is a hoax or anything, I do think it exists obviously but it’s only truly dangerous for a very, VERY small percentage of people and according to the CDC themselves only 4 yes, just 4% of all the US deaths were a direct result of Covid. This isn’t the unknown, super deadly virus it was back in March. While yes 210k deaths is a lot on paper, that’s out of population of 330 million people. That literally equates to roughly 0.075% of the US population. 

bottom line is we can’t keep living like this. You can cancel schools, NFL, and close down business all you want but that’s not sustainable and all you are doing is delaying the inevitable and kicking the can down the road. NYC is a prime example, they are shutting down schools and business again for 2-4 weeks, why? What’s going to change a few weeks from now?! 

Protect those most vulnerable and at risk.

 

it's not just about the death toll. the recovery time and cost for people that experience the sypmtoms is crazy. some will never fully recover, we have an hoa board member that has been in the hospital for 3 months and he will probably never come out, and my friends wife will have take heart meds for the rest of her life along with permanent respiratory issues. 

it's not just about your feelings and safety, it's about the millions of people that are vulnerable to it. sorry it affects your football season.

[Murph]

1 hour ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

You STILL don't get it.

What did he say that was incorrect and/or what does he still not get?

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, Anybodyhome said:

Sure. While colleges are collecting tuition from students taking classes remotely, the athletes are on campus, training, practicing and playing every weekend because that's where the real money is. 

You seriously think the "real money" at a university is with college athletics??????

[top dawg]

4 minutes ago, Murph said:

What did he say that was incorrect and/or what does he still not get?

The cavalier attitude toward the loss of life is quite frankly inhumane. Furthermore, the whole crisis has been mismanaged in America worse than most countries in the world. Lastly, a football game, nor most things really, is not worth the cost of infecting even more of the population with the coronavirus!

[MasterAwesome]

27 minutes ago, Murph said:

What did he say that was incorrect and/or what does he still not get?

Umm, how about "4% of all the US deaths were a direct result of Covid"....that silly claim has been debunked countless times by experts.  The fact that people are still repeating it is an astounding display of ignorance.

[SmokinwithWilly]

5 minutes ago, top dawg said:

The cavalier attitude toward the loss of life is quite frankly inhumane. Furthermore, the whole crisis has been mismanaged in America worse than most countries in the world. Lastly, a football game, nor most things really, is not worth the cost of infecting even more of the population with the coronavirus!

The truth is most people have made a choice to live their lives with some inconvenience for now rather than cower in fear over Covid19. The world has to go on. People have to interact. We've seen what happens when people feed into the hysteria. Watching people mass hoard food and TP while others went without because of panic, there's humanity at its finest. No one could wear a mask because someone took their paycheck and bought 10k to sell online at 50 bucks a pop.

People will die from this virus, until there is a vaccine or it burns itself out. That's not being cavalier, that's just reality. It's been mismanaged because of people vying for political power. Go back and read the early pages of the Corona virus thread. Regular people saying isolate the most susceptible, wash your hands and wear a mask, if you could find one and avoid clusters of people. 

But to answer OP question, the season will play in full. Teams will end up isolating at/near their training facilities and families will be allowed limited access. It may take longer, the SB may be in April, the draft in June, but the season will go on. Too much money at stake for too many people for it not to.

[Bama Panther]

36 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

Umm, how about "4% of all the US deaths were a direct result of Covid"....that silly claim has been debunked countless times by experts.  The fact that people are still repeating it is an astounding display of ignorance.

The number, which is actually 6% solely COVID deaths, was released by the CDC. Is the Centers for Disease Control not made up of experts?

[CRA]

10 minutes ago, Bama Panther said:

The number, which is actually 6% solely COVID deaths, was released by the CDC. Is the Centers for Disease Control not made up of experts?

In the last decade (10 years), the CDC estimates the worst flu season killed approximately 51,000 people.   34,000 people last year. 

COVID isn't the flu.  As the POTUS was told by his doctors this past week....COVID is more contagious and deadly than the flu.  And we know that by the 210,000 deaths and counting.   

[CRA]

I think we will play more games.  I don't see them finishing in reality.  NFL made a mistake.  If they were going to have a season it needed to be shortened and a more bubble approach applied.  

Too much COVID currently in America and we now too committed to dealing with it.....which means when the cold arrives....we are going to have a nightmare.   And I think the players will essentially force the move to shut it down. 

Hope I am wrong.  

[Brooklyn 3.0]

1 hour ago, Murph said:

What did he say that was incorrect and/or what does he still not get?

What, you ask?

Covid isn't about me, you, your friend, or an athlete getting sick. It also isn't about how deadly it is or isn't. It isn't even about how contagious it is or isn't.

It's about me, you, your friend, or an athlete getting it ... and then passing it on to someone who could die. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. Indirect murder you could argue.

He wants to basically lock up the weak and old, lol. Like they don't have lives. NOT HIS PROBLEM. All so he can go back to normal life. He thumbs his nose at 200k EXTRA DEATHS. I mean, according to him, the amount of kidnapped kids each year is next to nothing compared to the population. Any kidnapped kid is horrible. 200k extra deaths is beyond horrible.

Do your part. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Socially distance yourself.

But he only sees some numbers and skews them.

So ... that.

[CRA]

I think the Titans should lose a draft pick.  If you are going to dock teams a draft pick for not wearing a mask on a sideline.....well, you dock the Titans blatantly violating COVID protocols. 

[Bama Panther]

14 minutes ago, CRA said:

In the last decade (10 years), the CDC estimates the worst flu season killed approximately 51,000 people.   34,000 people last year. 

COVID isn't the flu.  As the POTUS was told by his doctors this past week....COVID is more contagious and deadly than the flu.  And we know that by the 210,000 deaths and counting.   

I get that. Doesn’t change the CDC release regarding the 6% number. 

[CRA]

1 minute ago, Bama Panther said:

I get that. Doesn’t change the CDC release regarding the 6% number. 

yeah, I probably shouldn't of quoted you either.  I was just kinda piggybacking and putting more numbers out there.