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  1. Bartles
    The 70-game local TV money grab seemed like a stretch. The league can save a lot of money on testing and lodging by just bringing the playoff teams. Not to mention way safer environment.
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    Great idea...I doubt $1,500 per night keeps them afloat but props for being creative
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    2019-20 NHL

    Bartles replied to C-Man's topic in Other Sports

    NHL board approves 24-team playoff tournament upon return Top four seeds get a bye, but will still play each other to stay sharp, and those games might count in standings depending on negotiations. Vital details like when, where and how this will happen are still TBD.
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    Agree ^ , beaches and parks shouldn't be a huge problem. But their communities aren't built for distancing - the shops and restaurants will be crowded. If hotel and AirBnB occupancy is high, there's gonna be some outbreaks as guests swap out with little time to let the room sit empty.
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    That's a great observation. Can't spring for a scaled down studio show? At least on the first day? Pretty major event for those of us that aren't into motor sports, UFC or impressed by a handful of dudes playing golf.
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    Dudes are out here openly plotting out their seating plans. I don't care if it's Austin, Berkeley, East Lansing (LOL) or wherever...statehouse pencil pushers aren't gonna stop ticket sales if it's being done successfully elsewhere.
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    I'm in stores 3-4 times a week up here in Philly, since all our shopping is walkable. Quick, careful trips and wash hands immediately when I get home. I go mid-morning when it's not crowded, so I rarely have to wait more than a minute in any checkout line. People in my part of the city are great about masks and distancing. And I have noted the same clerks have been working the whole pandemic...no PPE in the beginning but got more and more safety measures during April.
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    Pretty sure I saw that most teams have a lot of money at stake in completing something like 70 games for their local TV deals. That would mean everybody still plays around 5-10 more games, then they can go into playoffs which may be slightly shorter series in the beginning. But all of that is TBD. What would be crazy is if they are trying to play 3-4 games simultaneously. Disney has plenty of space to do that, but imagine how many personnel would need to be on site especially since all would presumably be televised. Not exactly a small gathering
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    The Athletic reports Orlando (Disney) is the clear frontrunner to host the re-started season with training in mid-June and games in July. Sounds like all 30 teams would be there, not split with Vegas or Houston. I read MLS is also looking at the ESPN Disney complex, wonder if the NBA will "box them out" of hotels and facilities.
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    What a weird quote. The Big Ten doesn't have any schools that are wavering right now, and I don't think the Virginia schools are in danger either. Even the Pac-12 has come around with their language about finding a path to kicking off on time. I agree Texas is a border state though
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    All that stuff goes on as normal, just like past years when campus closes mid-December but FB teams and others are allowed to stay for their competitions. This whole rushed schedule is just about money. Get more kids signed and paid up now; the fast-tracked schedule gives them some cushion if they need to close for a couple weeks at some point (without refunding any tuition). They have zero idea what's going to happen. I don't blame them for being pragmatic about it.
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    Shhh, maybe no one from the players' assn reads fangraphs
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    If the anti-maskers continue to win people over, I would have a hard time getting on a plane. If I'm making a work trip, chances are things have calmed enough that many others will book flights as well, including lots of freedom lovers. I actually trust the airlines on safety for the most part, but the airport experience and especially the other passengers scare the fuck out of me right now. I wish some airline would do contact tracing, but no way that happens because they might not like the results a couple weeks after each flight.
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    Can't find it, think it was like this:
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    ^ You are correct. We're in the lull where people foresaw takes exactly like the Haake tweets, celebrating numbers that go back before easing of restrictions. Around Memorial Day is when we can expect to see those numbers rising. But it could work out. Hopefully the lessons learned from March combined with continued protection of the elderly will make it more of a mini-jump than a spike.
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    I did Kimmy Schmidt and enjoyed the experience 😏
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    Great video put together by Caesar's. That's what you have to do to save your industry. Hope it's not all for folly. Slots/video and sports books seem pretty easy to fire back up with physical distancing. Maybe that revenue can start to get them out of the abyss, especially if/when USA sports start to come back.
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    The thing about Riley's comments is there's a consensus that CFB players would be safer on campus than in their hometowns. Probably true in a lot of places. But he's right in terms of bringing them back would mean a ton of activity in general, and that would cause virus flareups for sure. I wish the question "What if one player tests positive" would get backburnered for a while. They could lock the US down until August 2021 and there would be a chance one player would test positive coming back. There is no good answer today, but there will be a better answer in a few months and an even better answer next year. Observe what happens overseas (Bundesliga at the moment) and things will come into focus.
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    I admit I was a mask non-believer before I had read much about it. Definitely remember the Vox tweets. It made sense that these things on an individual basis don't stop many particles from escaping. In simpler times, we would see all these Asians in airports wearing them, but never hear about outbreaks at airports so it felt unnecessary. Of course nowadays, it makes even more sense that if the masks are decent quality and worn correctly, and everyone is wearing them, the percentage of particles getting blocked rises a great deal. And we can see what a difference it makes in controlling spread.
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    Damn right. Fox animators already drawing up Philly fans throwing full Bud Lights (official sponsor) at visiting families
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    The open up/anti mask group is perfectly consistent: government is bad and can't be allowed to succeed at anything A huge percentage of them are also motivated by forcing others to suffer as backlash for their own lives not going as they hoped. They have no problem hurting themselves as long as others get hurt even more. They'll always have a major media voice because they are strong dramatic characters for the storyline.
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    Here's how we roll in Pennsylvania, restaurants still take-out only...
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    As is often pointed out, all the NCAA does is administer championships and oversee rules as determined by the member schools and conferences. With the Pac-12, would it be much different than when UAB sat out a couple years? There would still be decent appeal to revive those programs in 2021 and beyond. They have the financial and political clout to get an auto bid to the expanded playoff whenever it happens.
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    I don't want to overreact at the start of negotiations, especially since neither side has any reason to budge before early June. But fuck the owners if they shut it down because they'd lose $150 million instead of (wild guess) losing $120 million. I'm sure their accountants can game it out like it never happened either way. And they can find other revenue streams with no fans. Merchandise sales, paid zoom pre-game clubhouse access (or in-game dugout access), open the parking lots like drive-in theaters. Like Beau Vine said, if there's no season it's purely a move to crush the union.

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