aaaaaand it's dead.Originally Posted by BCR
https://twitter.com/twt/status/1248645590948417536
aaaaaand it's dead.
https://twitter.com/twt/status/1248645590948417536
This new MLB plan to realign teams for this season only into divisions according to the location of their spring training facilities sounds interesting. Most players have a residence near their spring training sites rather than do the Arizona hotel thing. Intensive daily testing would, of course, be a prerequisite and certainly no fans allowed.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...on/5128935002/
First of all, that bolded part is completely not true.
Secondly, this almost certainly won't happen. I know the owners want to salvage some TV money, and plenty of players (especially the majority of young ones) just want to make some money, but its a logistical nightmare if the virus is still a threat. There will be big union issues with this. Wouldn't be surprised to see several vets/stars try to not play and rather stay home with their families for safety reasons.
Yeah I didn't think of that, but some players are near 40, and those guys may not be on board with taking such a risk.
Until the virus passes or a vaccine, sports are effectively dead. With one exception, horse racing which is thriving now. The action online is huge. I lost $500 today but was a red **** hair from winning many thousands because the pools were so huge. I'll try again in a couple days. Long shots seem to be surging at the moment probably because there are no crowds, the environment is different.
This, ironically from Peter King's football column, dealing with the spring training idea:
"I have my third child due in June. If this ‘bubble’ in Arizona was going to happen starting in May, you’re trying to tell me I’m not going to be able to be with my wife and see my kid until October? I’m going to go four or five months without seeing my kid when it’s born? I can tell you right now that’s not going to happen.”
—Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals, in a column written for the Associated Press with AP writer Howard Fendrich.
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This sounds more like false bravado once he realizes that this might be an incomeless year. You can never get that year back in an age sensitive profession. I think that the spring training idea is the best and most realistic of the two very imperfect possibilities. Of course, the union will bitch and they can present the options to its members: either play or don't get paid. Tell that to all the guys who are pre-free agency eligible and playing for short money by the standards of MLB contracts. Many of them come from incredibly impoverished families in Latin America. The $170 million that was negotiated even if the season never starts and would be divided between all players is less than just the Phillies payroll for 2019.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/mlb-...eason-pay.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...aseball-teams/
True, but guys who were much more poor and had much less reason to holdout (aka: Le'Veon Bell) have done so before. I seriously would guess that maybe 50% of the "star" level guys in MLB would play....and that might be an optimistic guess. Then, the legitimacy of the season in the fans eyes comes into play. Are people going to watch if the best players aren't playing? Would Nationals fans consider the season a proper title defense if Strasburg, Scherzer, and the aforementioned Zim all stay home?This sounds more like false bravado once he realizes that this might be an incomeless year. You can never get that year back in an age sensitive profession. I think that the spring training idea is the best and most realistic of the two very imperfect possibilities. Of course, the union will bitch and they can present the options to its members: either play or don't get paid. Tell that to all the guys who are pre-free agency eligible and playing for short money by the standards of MLB contracts. Many of them come from incredibly impoverished families in Latin America. The $170 million that was negotiated even if the season never starts and would be divided between all players is less than just the Phillies payroll for 2019.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/mlb-...eason-pay.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...aseball-teams/
The "season" would have a bigger asterisk than any asterisk in MLB history, and would be written off as a AAA season in the history books. Not a good look.
At the end of the day, I think the cancellation of games/reduction of schedule (already happening) and then playing like normal in normal cities but with empty arenas is the most half-ass you can pull-off. Anything more is just a logistical nightmare for all involved and the end result might be worse than just cancelling all-together.
$139.9 Million of carear earnings tends to empower you to make some decisions.This sounds more like false bravado once he realizes that this might be an incomeless year. You can never get that year back in an age sensitive profession. I think that the spring training idea is the best and most realistic of the two very imperfect possibilities. Of course, the union will bitch and they can present the options to its members: either play or don't get paid. Tell that to all the guys who are pre-free agency eligible and playing for short money by the standards of MLB contracts. Many of them come from incredibly impoverished families in Latin America. The $170 million that was negotiated even if the season never starts and would be divided between all players is less than just the Phillies payroll for 2019.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/mlb-...eason-pay.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...aseball-teams/
http://www.miraclecovers.com
"Donk down, that’s what you say to someone after they have lost 28K straight?" - Phil Hellmuth, online
I'll predict this doesn't happen.
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According to a report from John Ourand and Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, NFL execs have discussed this plan that includes a season that starts in October and ends at the end of February, 2021.
A Super Bowl that kicks off on Feb. 28.
A regular season that starts as late as Thursday, Oct. 15.
An NFL season with no bye weeks or Pro Bowl.
The NFL could shift the schedule for two early weeks to the end of the season. A third week would have teams against opponents with the same bye week, so that week could be erased and all regular-season bye weeks would be eliminated.
https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/...-schedule.aspx
http://www.miraclecovers.com
"Donk down, that’s what you say to someone after they have lost 28K straight?" - Phil Hellmuth, online
theyre never ever never ever never ever never ever gonna do this, but what makes the most sense is 14 regular season games...6 against your division and 8 more against your conference...this would allow for bye weeks...they're never giving up two weeks of revenue however...
makes me wonder if the product is gonna be complete shit without the bye weeks...unless they expand the rosters by like 4-6 guys to account for it...
http://www.miraclecovers.com
"Donk down, that’s what you say to someone after they have lost 28K straight?" - Phil Hellmuth, online
Am I the only one who just watched an entire Korean baseball league game?
It's hilarious that we as a society think everyone can be a dr, a lawyer, an engineer. Some people are just fucking stupid. Why can't we just accept that?
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